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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Alabama by County

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

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

Sorted by Rate

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


Alabama2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Lee County2


DeKalb County2


Choctaw County2


Tuscaloosa County2


Coosa County2


Shelby County2


Escambia County2


Russell County2


Covington County2


Perry County2


Lauderdale County2


Madison County2


Dallas County2


Franklin County2


Sumter County2


Cullman County2


Geneva County2


Fayette County2


Limestone County2


Marion County2


Coffee County2


Blount County2


Bullock County2


Cherokee County2


Greene County2


Colbert County2


Monroe County2


Bibb County2


Marshall County2


Jackson County2


Chilton County2


Lamar County2


Jefferson County2


Randolph County2


St. Clair County2


Cleburne County2


Chambers County2


Macon County2


Houston County2


Mobile County2


Dale County2


Baldwin County2


Marengo County2


Winston County2


Barbour County2


Montgomery County2


Henry County2


Morgan County2


Hale County2


Talladega County2


Washington County2


Autauga County2


Etowah County2


Pickens County2


Butler County2


Lawrence County2


Wilcox County2


Elmore County2


Tallapoosa County2


Pike County2


Clay County2


Walker County2


Conecuh County2


Calhoun County2


Clarke County2


Lowndes County2


Crenshaw County2





Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/16/2026 12:44 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.