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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Mississippi by County

Childhood (Ages <15, All Sites) (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes

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


Mississippi2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Rankin County2


Hinds County2


Harrison County2


Jackson County2


DeSoto County2


Adams County2 Alcorn County2 Amite County2 Attala County2 Benton County2 Bolivar County2 Calhoun County2 Carroll County2 Chickasaw County2 Choctaw County2 Claiborne County2 Clarke County2 Clay County2 Coahoma County2 Copiah County2 Covington County2 Forrest County2 Franklin County2 George County2 Greene County2 Grenada County2 Hancock County2 Holmes County2 Humphreys County2 Issaquena County2 Itawamba County2 Jasper County2 Jefferson County2 Jefferson Davis County2 Jones County2 Kemper County2 Lafayette County2 Lamar County2 Lauderdale County2 Lawrence County2 Leake County2 Lee County2 Leflore County2 Lincoln County2 Lowndes County2 Madison County2 Marion County2 Marshall County2 Monroe County2 Montgomery County2 Neshoba County2 Newton County2 Noxubee County2 Oktibbeha County2 Panola County2 Pearl River County2 Perry County2 Pike County2 Pontotoc County2 Prentiss County2 Quitman County2 Scott County2 Sharkey County2 Simpson County2 Smith County2 Stone County2 Sunflower County2 Tallahatchie County2 Tate County2 Tippah County2 Tishomingo County2 Tunica County2 Union County2 Walthall County2 Warren County2 Washington County2 Wayne County2 Webster County2 Wilkinson County2 Winston County2 Yalobusha County2 Yazoo County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 10:48 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.