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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Iowa by County

Cervix (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Iowa7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Linn County7


Polk County7


Woodbury County7


Scott County7


Black Hawk County7


Dallas County7


Johnson County7


Pottawattamie County7


Adair County7 Adams County7 Allamakee County7 Appanoose County7 Audubon County7 Benton County7 Boone County7 Bremer County7 Buchanan County7 Buena Vista County7 Butler County7 Calhoun County7 Carroll County7 Cass County7 Cedar County7 Cerro Gordo County7 Cherokee County7 Chickasaw County7 Clarke County7 Clay County7 Clayton County7 Clinton County7 Crawford County7 Davis County7 Decatur County7 Delaware County7 Des Moines County7 Dickinson County7 Dubuque County7 Emmet County7 Fayette County7 Floyd County7 Franklin County7 Fremont County7 Greene County7 Grundy County7 Guthrie County7 Hamilton County7 Hancock County7 Hardin County7 Harrison County7 Henry County7 Howard County7 Humboldt County7 Ida County7 Iowa County7 Jackson County7 Jasper County7 Jefferson County7 Jones County7 Keokuk County7 Kossuth County7 Lee County7 Louisa County7 Lucas County7 Lyon County7 Madison County7 Mahaska County7 Marion County7 Marshall County7 Mills County7 Mitchell County7 Monona County7 Monroe County7 Montgomery County7 Muscatine County7 O'Brien County7 Osceola County7 Page County7 Palo Alto County7 Plymouth County7 Pocahontas County7 Poweshiek County7 Ringgold County7 Sac County7 Shelby County7 Sioux County7 Story County7 Tama County7 Taylor County7 Union County7 Van Buren County7 Wapello County7 Warren County7 Washington County7 Wayne County7 Webster County7 Winnebago County7 Winneshiek County7 Worth County7 Wright County7


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/18/2026 7:46 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 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.