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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Missouri 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


Missouri2


US (SEER+NPCR) § 1


Barry County2


Boone County2


Buchanan County2


Cass County2


Christian County2


Clay County2


Cole County2


Dunklin County2


Franklin County2


Greene County2


Jackson County2


Jasper County2


Jefferson County2


Lawrence County2


McDonald County2


Pettis County2


Platte County2


Pulaski County2


Saline County2


St. Charles County2


St. Louis City2


St. Louis County2


Taney County2


Adair County2 Andrew County2 Atchison County2 Audrain County2 Barton County2 Bates County2 Benton County2 Bollinger County2 Butler County2 Caldwell County2 Callaway County2 Camden County2 Cape Girardeau County2 Carroll County2 Carter County2 Cedar County2 Chariton County2 Clark County2 Clinton County2 Cooper County2 Crawford County2 Dade County2 Dallas County2 Daviess County2 DeKalb County2 Dent County2 Douglas County2 Gasconade County2 Gentry County2 Grundy County2 Harrison County2 Henry County2 Hickory County2 Holt County2 Howard County2 Howell County2 Iron County2 Johnson County2 Knox County2 Laclede County2 Lafayette County2 Lewis County2 Lincoln County2 Linn County2 Livingston County2 Macon County2 Madison County2 Maries County2 Marion County2 Mercer County2 Miller County2 Mississippi County2 Moniteau County2 Monroe County2 Montgomery County2 Morgan County2 New Madrid County2 Newton County2 Nodaway County2 Oregon County2 Osage County2 Ozark County2 Pemiscot County2 Perry County2 Phelps County2 Pike County2 Polk County2 Putnam County2 Ralls County2 Randolph County2 Ray County2 Reynolds County2 Ripley County2 Schuyler County2 Scotland County2 Scott County2 Shannon County2 Shelby County2 St. Clair County2 St. Francois County2 Ste. Genevieve County2 Stoddard County2 Stone County2 Sullivan County2 Texas County2 Vernon County2 Warren County2 Washington County2 Wayne County2 Webster County2 Worth County2 Wright County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 11:23 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

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.


† 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.

‡ Incidence data come from different sources. 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.

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.

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.

1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.

2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).

* 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.