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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New York 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


New York7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Albany County7 Allegany County7 Bronx County7 Broome County7 Cattaraugus County7 Cayuga County7 Chautauqua County7 Chemung County7 Chenango County7 Clinton County7 Columbia County7 Cortland County7 Delaware County7 Dutchess County7 Erie County7 Essex County7 Franklin County7 Fulton County7 Genesee County7 Greene County7 Hamilton County7 Herkimer County7 Jefferson County7 Kings County7 Lewis County7 Livingston County7 Madison County7 Monroe County7 Montgomery County7 Nassau County7 New York County7 Niagara County7 Oneida County7 Onondaga County7 Ontario County7 Orange County7 Orleans County7 Oswego County7 Otsego County7 Putnam County7 Queens County7 Rensselaer County7 Richmond County7 Rockland County7 Saratoga County7 Schenectady County7 Schoharie County7 Schuyler County7 Seneca County7 St. Lawrence County7 Steuben County7 Suffolk County7 Sullivan County7 Tioga County7 Tompkins County7 Ulster County7 Warren County7 Washington County7 Wayne County7 Westchester County7 Wyoming County7 Yates County7


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2026 11:32 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.

7 Source: SEER November 2024 submission.

§§ Data not available for this combination of geography, statistic, age, and race/ethnicity.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.