Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maryland by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by Count
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of *** is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:
- Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
- Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
- Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.
AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time
- Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
- Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.
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
Maryland6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 490.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 486.9 to 493.9 and 16,319 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 2.3.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Rate : The incidence rate is 480.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 480.1 to 481.1 and 863,255 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.0.
Kent County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 533.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 480.4 to 592.1 and 85 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.3.
Somerset County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 566.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 513.8 to 624.2 and 89 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.6.
Garrett County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 419.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 380.1 to 462.2 and 92 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (20, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.5.
Caroline County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 504.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 459.9 to 551.4 and 103 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (3, 21)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.7.
Dorchester County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 539.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 495.7 to 586.3 and 123 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 1.0.
Talbot County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 513.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 475.7 to 554.6 and 162 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (3, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.9.
Queen Annes County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 529.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 494.5 to 566.9 and 183 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (2, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 1.0.
Worcester County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 534.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 502.2 to 568.5 and 239 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.8.
Calvert County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 508.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 480.2 to 537.0 and 272 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (7, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.2.
Allegany County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 569.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 539.2 to 601.4 and 273 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.8.
St. Marys County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 503.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 478.0 to 530.4 and 306 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (8, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 0.4.
Wicomico County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 575.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 546.5 to 604.9 and 322 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -0.5.
Cecil County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 541.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 514.5 to 569.4 and 333 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.6.
Charles County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 504.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 481.2 to 528.0 and 403 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (9, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.5.
Washington County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 491.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 471.2 to 512.5 and 457 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (12, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.3.
Carroll County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 558.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 537.9 to 580.4 and 578 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 5.4.
Frederick County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 484.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 467.5 to 501.5 and 674 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (14, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 3.1.
Howard County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 437.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 422.9 to 452.1 and 747 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (21, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 6.9.
Harford County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 561.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 543.4 to 579.2 and 819 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.3.
Anne Arundel County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 496.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 485.4 to 508.2 and 1,565 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (13, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.5.
Baltimore City6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 549.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 537.1 to 562.1 and 1,617 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (2, 11)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to 1.4.
Prince Georges County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 446.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 437.0 to 455.5 and 1,988 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (20, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.1.
Montgomery County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 404.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 397.1 to 412.2 and 2,323 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (23, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.6 to 3.9.
Baltimore County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 528.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 518.7 to 537.7 and 2,511 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (7, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 1.0.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/15/2024 6:13 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.
^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) summary stage.
⋔ 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.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada.
Data for the 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.