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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report by State

Brain & ONS (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


US (SEER+NPCR)1


New Hampshire2


Vermont2


North Dakota2


Kentucky7


Massachusetts2


Utah7


Rhode Island2


Florida2


Minnesota2


Louisiana7


Iowa7


Michigan2


Wisconsin2


Maine2


Washington1


Delaware2


Arizona2


California7


Idaho7


Kansas2


West Virginia2


Texas7


Wyoming2


Tennessee2


Arkansas2


Colorado2


Missouri2


Indiana2


Ohio2


Alaska2


Nebraska2


Oregon2


Connecticut7


Georgia7


North Carolina2


Montana2


Pennsylvania2


Illinois7


Maryland2


New York7


Mississippi2


South Carolina2


New Jersey7


Virginia2


Hawaii7


New Mexico7


Oklahoma2


District of Columbia2


Nevada2


Alabama2


South Dakota2


Puerto Rico2





Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 9:44 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.

^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. 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.

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

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.