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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arkansas by County

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

Hispanic (any race), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name

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


Arkansas2


US (SEER+NPCR)§1


Baxter County2


Benton County2


Carroll County2


Conway County2


Craighead County2


Crawford County2


Crittenden County2


Faulkner County2


Garland County2


Greene County2


Hempstead County2


Independence County2


Jefferson County2


Johnson County2


Lonoke County2


Madison County2


Miller County2


Mississippi County2


Polk County2


Pope County2


Pulaski County2


Saline County2


Sebastian County2


Sevier County2


Union County2


Washington County2


White County2


Yell County2


Arkansas County2 Ashley County2 Boone County2 Bradley County2 Calhoun County2 Chicot County2 Clark County2 Clay County2 Cleburne County2 Cleveland County2 Columbia County2 Cross County2 Dallas County2 Desha County2 Drew County2 Franklin County2 Fulton County2 Grant County2 Hot Spring County2 Howard County2 Izard County2 Jackson County2 Lafayette County2 Lawrence County2 Lee County2 Lincoln County2 Little River County2 Logan County2 Marion County2 Monroe County2 Montgomery County2 Nevada County2 Newton County2 Ouachita County2 Perry County2 Phillips County2 Pike County2 Poinsett County2 Prairie County2 Randolph County2 Scott County2 Searcy County2 Sharp County2 St. Francis County2 Stone County2 Van Buren County2 Woodruff County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 9:05 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.

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.

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.