State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Vermont by County

All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 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

Vermont

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 185.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 178.9 to 191.3 and 742 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.4.

United States

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 177.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 177.2 to 177.8 and 315,770 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -2.0.

Franklin County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 237.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 211.1 to 265.8 and 65 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 4)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.4.

Bennington County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 204.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 180.4 to 231.5 and 54 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.8.

Essex County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 203.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.0 to 271.5 and 12 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -0.5.

Grand Isle County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 200.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 144.7 to 273.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -0.2.

Rutland County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 199.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 180.0 to 219.7 and 87 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.7.

Orleans County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 196.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.6 to 228.7 and 38 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 13)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.2.

Lamoille County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 191.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 161.4 to 226.4 and 30 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.5.

Windham County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 185.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 162.8 to 210.0 and 56 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (2, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.2.

Caledonia County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 181.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 155.0 to 210.5 and 38 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (2, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.7.

Washington County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 180.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 161.3 to 202.0 and 67 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (3, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.8.

Orange County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 171.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 145.4 to 200.7 and 35 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (4, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.6.

Windsor County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 171.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.2 to 190.9 and 73 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (5, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -1.1.

Chittenden County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 169.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 156.4 to 182.7 and 137 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (7, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.6.

Addison County

• Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
• Rate : The death rate is 164.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 141.6 to 190.2 and 40 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (6, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.1.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 09/21/2023 4:16 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.


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.

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.