Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2016-2020
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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
Maine6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 449.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 443.7 to 456.2 and 4,528 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.1.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Rate : The incidence rate is 416.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 416.0 to 416.8 and 835,074 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.0 to 0.1.
Lincoln County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 402.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 367.4 to 440.4 and 126 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (8, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to 0.0.
Franklin County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 412.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 372.5 to 455.3 and 92 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (5, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 1.0.
Cumberland County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 427.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 414.7 to 441.1 and 899 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (9, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.2.
Oxford County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 432.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 403.1 to 463.1 and 191 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (5, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.6 to 2.4.
Androscoggin County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 436.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 414.4 to 459.0 and 325 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (5, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.4.
Aroostook County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 437.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 410.8 to 466.1 and 240 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (4, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.3.
Sagadahoc County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 444.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 408.4 to 484.3 and 126 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (2, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 0.7.
Kennebec County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 447.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 427.0 to 468.7 and 405 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (4, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.4.
York County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 457.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 442.0 to 474.2 and 717 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (3, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.5.
Somerset County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 458.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 426.6 to 491.5 and 177 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (2, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 1.3.
Waldo County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 458.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 422.8 to 496.4 and 144 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.4.
Knox County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 471.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 434.4 to 510.2 and 155 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 1.4.
Hancock County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 473.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 442.2 to 507.0 and 209 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.6.
Washington County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 476.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 435.9 to 520.3 and 122 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 1.0.
Penobscot County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 497.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 477.5 to 518.0 and 524 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.4.
Piscataquis County6
- Rate : The incidence rate is 514.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 457.1 to 578.4 and 73 average annual cases over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 10)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 2.3.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/29/2024 8:37 am.
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.