State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Maryland by County

Colon & Rectum, 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 8.9 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

• Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
• Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
• Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program

Other Notes

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

Maryland

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 12.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.4 to 13.1 and 962 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.

United States

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 12.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.8 to 12.9 and 52,325 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.8.

Worcester County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 9.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.1 to 13.5 and 10 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (8, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to -2.6.

Wicomico County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 13.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.8 to 17.2 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (1, 22)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.7.

Washington County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 14.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.4 to 17.3 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.7.

Talbot County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 10.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.1 to 15.0 and 8 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (4, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.1 to -2.8.

St. Marys County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 13.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.2 to 16.3 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (2, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to 7.4.

Somerset County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 11.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.8 to 19.0 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (1, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.1 to -1.8.

Queen Annes County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 9.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.5 to 13.8 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (7, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -1.7.

Prince Georges County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 13.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.1 to 14.1 and 138 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (7, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.5 to -3.0.

Montgomery County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 10.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.7 to 11.3 and 137 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (16, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 7.3.

Kent County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 14.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.8 to 22.6 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -0.3.

Howard County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : Yes
• Rate : The death rate is 8.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.5 to 10.3 and 32 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (19, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.4 to -3.0.

Harford County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 14.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.8 to 16.6 and 49 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 17)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.4.

Garrett County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 15.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.8 to 22.0 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -0.5.

Frederick County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 11.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.9 to 13.3 and 38 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (9, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.8 to -2.7.

Dorchester County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 18.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.2 to 25.6 and 9 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 18)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.5 to -0.7.

Charles County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 13.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.8 to 15.8 and 24 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.7 to -3.2.

Cecil County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 14.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.7 to 18.2 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.3.

Carroll County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 14.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.1 to 16.8 and 33 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 19)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.8 to -2.4.

Caroline County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 15.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 10.6 to 22.4 and 6 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 23)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.4 to -2.1.

Calvert County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 12.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.4 to 15.4 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (3, 24)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to -2.5.

Baltimore County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 13.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.8 to 14.8 and 156 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (5, 17)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to 5.3.

Baltimore City

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 15.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.4 to 17.3 and 104 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -2.1.

Anne Arundel County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 12.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.2 to 13.6 and 85 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (8, 20)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -2.5.

Allegany County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 15.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 11.8 to 19.4 and 15 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 21)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.6.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/08/2024 5:00 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.


Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.