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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Georgia by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 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.

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


Georgia7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Crisp County7


Gilmer County7


Brantley County7


Banks County7


Greene County7


Murray County7


Union County7


Berrien County7


Washington County7


Polk County7


Fannin County7


Stephens County7


McDuffie County7


Haralson County7


Morgan County7


Walker County7


Madison County7


Butts County7


Catoosa County7


Spalding County7


Walton County7


Peach County7


Richmond County7


Whitfield County7


Hart County7


Camden County7


Bartow County7


Jones County7


Putnam County7


Grady County7


Pickens County7


Hall County7


Newton County7


Lumpkin County7


Bryan County7


White County7


Coweta County7


Lowndes County7


Emanuel County7


Troup County7


Douglas County7


Floyd County7


Sumter County7


Liberty County7


Gordon County7


Laurens County7


Dougherty County7


Carroll County7


Cherokee County7


Muscogee County7


Monroe County7


Jackson County7


Barrow County7


Chattooga County7


Houston County7


Forsyth County7


Colquitt County7


Effingham County7


Decatur County7


Clarke County7


Columbia County7


Glynn County7


Thomas County7


Tift County7


Dawson County7


Rockdale County7


Wayne County7


Lee County7


Bulloch County7


Fayette County7


Chatham County7


Bibb County7


Fulton County7


Henry County7


Coffee County7


Cobb County7


Gwinnett County7


Paulding County7


DeKalb County7


Clayton County7


Habersham County7


Harris County7


Baldwin County7


Appling County7 Atkinson County7 Bacon County7 Baker County7 Ben Hill County7 Bleckley County7 Brooks County7 Burke County7 Calhoun County7 Candler County7 Charlton County7 Chattahoochee County7 Clay County7 Clinch County7 Cook County7 Crawford County7 Dade County7 Dodge County7 Dooly County7 Early County7 Echols County7 Elbert County7 Evans County7 Franklin County7 Glascock County7 Hancock County7 Heard County7 Irwin County7 Jasper County7 Jeff Davis County7 Jefferson County7 Jenkins County7 Johnson County7 Lamar County7 Lanier County7 Lincoln County7 Long County7 Macon County7 Marion County7 McIntosh County7 Meriwether County7 Miller County7 Mitchell County7 Montgomery County7 Oconee County7 Oglethorpe County7 Pierce County7 Pike County7 Pulaski County7 Quitman County7 Rabun County7 Randolph County7 Schley County7 Screven County7 Seminole County7 Stewart County7 Talbot County7 Taliaferro County7 Tattnall County7 Taylor County7 Telfair County7 Terrell County7 Toombs County7 Towns County7 Treutlen County7 Turner County7 Twiggs County7 Upson County7 Ware County7 Warren County7 Webster County7 Wheeler County7 Wilcox County7 Wilkes County7 Wilkinson County7 Worth County7


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/20/2026 4:50 pm.

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.

7 Source: SEER November 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.