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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report by State

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

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

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


Puerto Rico2


Pennsylvania2


Oregon2


Massachusetts2


District of Columbia2


Rhode Island2


Arizona2


Indiana2


South Carolina2


Arkansas2


Delaware2


Michigan2


Virginia2


Tennessee2


Hawaii7


New Hampshire2


Mississippi2


New Jersey7


Washington1


Maryland2


North Carolina2


Vermont2


Alaska2


Idaho7


Kansas2


Colorado2


Nevada2


Texas7


Wisconsin2


Georgia7


Illinois7


Missouri2


Wyoming2


Alabama2


California7


Florida2


Maine2


New Mexico7


Ohio2


Oklahoma2


Iowa7


Kentucky7


Louisiana7


Montana2


Utah7


West Virginia2


Minnesota2


Nebraska2


South Dakota2


North Dakota2


New York7


Connecticut7





Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 1:04 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 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.

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

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.