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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Michigan by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by Count

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


Michigan2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Kalkaska County2


Cheboygan County2


Crawford County2


Gladwin County2


Huron County2


Houghton County2


Leelanau County2


Dickinson County2


Mason County2


Alpena County2


Antrim County2


Emmet County2


Sanilac County2


Otsego County2


Delta County2


Clare County2


Isabella County2


Mecosta County2


Roscommon County2


Iosco County2


Manistee County2


Branch County2


Newaygo County2


Tuscola County2


Wexford County2


St. Joseph County2


Barry County2


Hillsdale County2


Ionia County2


Cass County2


Marquette County2


Montcalm County2


Clinton County2


Lapeer County2


Lenawee County2


Midland County2


Eaton County2


Shiawassee County2


Van Buren County2


Grand Traverse County2


Allegan County2


Berrien County2


Bay County2


Calhoun County2


Monroe County2


Muskegon County2


Ottawa County2


St. Clair County2


Ingham County2


Saginaw County2


Jackson County2


Livingston County2


Kalamazoo County2


Washtenaw County2


Genesee County2


Kent County2


Macomb County2


Oakland County2


Wayne County2


Alcona County2 Alger County2 Arenac County2 Baraga County2 Benzie County2 Charlevoix County2 Chippewa County2 Gogebic County2 Gratiot County2 Iron County2 Keweenaw County2 Lake County2 Luce County2 Mackinac County2 Menominee County2 Missaukee County2 Montmorency County2 Oceana County2 Ogemaw County2 Ontonagon County2 Osceola County2 Oscoda County2 Presque Isle County2 Schoolcraft County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 4:39 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.

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.

⋔ 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.