Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Washington by County
Lung & Bronchus, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 25.1 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
Washington
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 29.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.3 to 30.3 and 2,765 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -4.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.8 to -4.0.
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.3 to 32.5 and 136,831 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.4 to -4.1.
Cowlitz County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 47.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.6 to 52.6 and 75 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.0 to -1.2.
Okanogan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 44.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.2 to 52.4 and 30 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.4.
Mason County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 43.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.0 to 49.8 and 48 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.2.
Grays Harbor County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 39.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.3 to 44.6 and 50 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.7 to -3.6.
Pacific County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 38.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.4 to 48.2 and 21 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 28)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.1.
Wahkiakum County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 37.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.9 to 65.7 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Clallam County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 36.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.1 to 41.2 and 59 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (3, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.9.
Lewis County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 35.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.9 to 40.6 and 46 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (3, 27)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -1.4.
Skagit County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 34.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.1 to 38.6 and 70 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (4, 26)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.7 to 3.6.
Pierce County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 33.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.8 to 35.1 and 337 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (7, 22)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.1 to -3.4.
Pend Oreille County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 33.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.6 to 46.7 and 9 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -0.8.
Clark County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.7 to 34.9 and 197 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (7, 25)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.2 to -3.3.
Spokane County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.7 to 34.7 and 220 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (7, 25)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.3 to -3.3.
Klickitat County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.1 to 42.1 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (2, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.2.
Stevens County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.8 to 38.6 and 26 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (4, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.2.
Walla Walla County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 32.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.0 to 38.1 and 29 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (4, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.8.
Snohomish County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.0 to 33.4 and 285 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (9, 26)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.2 to -2.8.
Douglas County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.3 to 39.2 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (3, 35)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -0.8.
Ferry County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.8 to 50.8 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -0.3.
Thurston County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 31.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.9 to 34.1 and 123 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (8, 29)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.5 to -2.6.
Whitman County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 30.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.5 to 39.7 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (3, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.5.
Franklin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 30.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.1 to 37.1 and 23 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (4, 35)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -17.0 to -3.2.
Grant County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 30.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.1 to 35.8 and 33 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (6, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.1 to -2.5.
Yakima County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 30.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.5 to 33.5 and 83 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (9, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -7.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -14.9 to -3.4.
Chelan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 29.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.3 to 34.6 and 35 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (7, 34)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -2.0.
Benton County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 29.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.3 to 32.6 and 71 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (11, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -12.1 to -2.8.
Skamania County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 28.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.1 to 43.1 and 6 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (2, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.1.
Kitsap County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 28.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.2 to 31.2 and 108 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (16, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -6.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -15.0 to -3.4.
Kittitas County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 27.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.9 to 35.1 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (6, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.6.
Asotin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 27.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.2 to 36.2 and 11 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (6, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -0.5.
Island County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 26.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.9 to 30.7 and 41 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (15, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -2.0.
Adams County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 25.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.4 to 38.8 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (3, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -0.9.
Whatcom County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 25.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.2 to 28.6 and 76 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (23, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -6.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.7 to -3.9.
Lincoln County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 24.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.1 to 38.2 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (5, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -42.1 to -2.6.
King County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 23.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.2 to 24.0 and 546 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (31, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -4.1.
Jefferson County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 21.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.3 to 27.6 and 19 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (26, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -16.9 to -5.5.
San Juan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 21.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.0 to 30.2 and 9 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (19, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to 0.0.
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : ***
- Rate : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- CI*Rank ⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 25.1? : ***
- Rate : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- CI*Rank ⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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Trend
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.
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.
† 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.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
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.