Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Rhode Island by County
All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019
White (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 0.0 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
Rhode Island
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 160.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.0 to 163.4 and 2,078 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.3.
United States
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 153.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.2 to 153.6 and 505,697 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.7.
Kent County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 175.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 167.3 to 183.2 and 401 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 1)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.0.
Providence County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 161.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.0 to 165.8 and 1,106 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (2, 3)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -1.1.
Washington County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 156.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 148.0 to 165.1 and 286 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (2, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.2.
Newport County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 150.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 140.2 to 160.6 and 187 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (2, 4)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.3.
Bristol County
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 130.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 119.0 to 143.3 and 99 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (5, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.3.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2022 3:53 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 2020 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 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.