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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2018-2022

American Indian/Alaska Native Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

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Explanation of Column Headers
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:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Allegheny County2


Philadelphia County2


Bucks County2


Luzerne County2


Montgomery County2


York County2


Adams County2 Armstrong County2 Beaver County2 Bedford County2 Berks County2 Blair County2 Bradford County2 Butler County2 Cambria County2 Cameron County2 Carbon County2 Centre County2 Chester County2 Clarion County2 Clearfield County2 Clinton County2 Columbia County2 Crawford County2 Cumberland County2 Dauphin County2 Delaware County2 Elk County2 Erie County2 Fayette County2 Forest County2 Franklin County2 Fulton County2 Greene County2 Huntingdon County2 Indiana County2 Jefferson County2 Juniata County2 Lackawanna County2 Lancaster County2 Lawrence County2 Lebanon County2 Lehigh County2 Lycoming County2 McKean County2 Mercer County2 Mifflin County2 Monroe County2 Montour County2 Northampton County2 Northumberland County2 Perry County2 Pike County2 Potter County2 Schuylkill County2 Snyder County2 Somerset County2 Sullivan County2 Susquehanna County2 Tioga County2 Union County2 Venango County2 Warren County2 Washington County2 Wayne County2 Westmoreland County2 Wyoming County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 3:28 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 (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). 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. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.

⋔ 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. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

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.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

* 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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.