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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Nebraska by County

Brain & ONS (All Stages^), 2018-2022

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

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


Nebraska2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Lancaster County2


Sarpy County2


Hall County2


Douglas County2


Adams County2


Buffalo County2


Scotts Bluff County2


Antelope County2 Arthur County2 Banner County2 Blaine County2 Boone County2 Box Butte County2 Boyd County2 Brown County2 Burt County2 Butler County2 Cass County2 Cedar County2 Chase County2 Cherry County2 Cheyenne County2 Clay County2 Colfax County2 Cuming County2 Custer County2 Dakota County2 Dawes County2 Dawson County2 Deuel County2 Dixon County2 Dodge County2 Dundy County2 Fillmore County2 Franklin County2 Frontier County2 Furnas County2 Gage County2 Garden County2 Garfield County2 Gosper County2 Grant County2 Greeley County2 Hamilton County2 Harlan County2 Hayes County2 Hitchcock County2 Holt County2 Hooker County2 Howard County2 Jefferson County2 Johnson County2 Kearney County2 Keith County2 Keya Paha County2 Kimball County2 Knox County2 Lincoln County2 Logan County2 Loup County2 Madison County2 McPherson County2 Merrick County2 Morrill County2 Nance County2 Nemaha County2 Nuckolls County2 Otoe County2 Pawnee County2 Perkins County2 Phelps County2 Pierce County2 Platte County2 Polk County2 Red Willow County2 Richardson County2 Rock County2 Saline County2 Saunders County2 Seward County2 Sheridan County2 Sherman County2 Sioux County2 Stanton County2 Thayer County2 Thomas County2 Thurston County2 Valley County2 Washington County2 Wayne County2 Webster County2 Wheeler County2 York County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 5:11 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.

‡ 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.