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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Nebraska by County

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

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

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


Nebraska2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Pawnee County2


Hamilton County2


Sheridan County2


Thayer County2


Saline County2


Cass County2


Garden County2


Lancaster County2


Kimball County2


Stanton County2


Nemaha County2


Dawes County2


Richardson County2


Boone County2


Webster County2


Sherman County2


Butler County2


Hall County2


Seward County2


Howard County2


Harlan County2


Phelps County2


Scotts Bluff County2


Boyd County2


Brown County2


Fillmore County2


Gosper County2


Adams County2


Gage County2


Knox County2


Buffalo County2


Cheyenne County2


Dawson County2


Keith County2


Nuckolls County2


Thurston County2


Wayne County2


Dodge County2


Douglas County2


Perkins County2


Red Willow County2


Sarpy County2


Greeley County2


Holt County2


Madison County2


Platte County2


York County2


Box Butte County2


Johnson County2


Lincoln County2


Otoe County2


Colfax County2


Cuming County2


Dixon County2


Polk County2


Custer County2


Dakota County2


Chase County2


Merrick County2


Pierce County2


Clay County2


Saunders County2


Jefferson County2


Frontier County2


Furnas County2


Kearney County2


Antelope County2


Cherry County2


Washington County2


Hitchcock County2


Morrill County2


Burt County2


Valley County2


Garfield County2


Cedar County2


Nance County2


Franklin County2


Rock County2


Arthur County2 Banner County2 Blaine County2 Deuel County2 Dundy County2 Grant County2 Hayes County2 Hooker County2 Keya Paha County2 Logan County2 Loup County2 McPherson County2 Sioux County2 Thomas County2 Wheeler County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2026 6:22 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.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.