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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Texas by County

Childhood (Ages <20, All Sites) (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Texas7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Brazos County7


Liberty County7


Bowie County7


Nueces County7


Comal County7


Kaufman County7


Lubbock County7


Harris County7


Smith County7


Williamson County7


Webb County7


Taylor County7


Wichita County7


Tom Green County7


Galveston County7


Cameron County7


Dallas County7


Hidalgo County7


Jefferson County7


Bell County7


Parker County7


Tarrant County7


Johnson County7


Collin County7


Ellis County7


Fort Bend County7


Randall County7


Bexar County7


Hays County7


Montgomery County7


McLennan County7


Brazoria County7


Bastrop County7


Potter County7


Travis County7


Gregg County7


Grayson County7


El Paso County7


Denton County7


Ector County7


Guadalupe County7


Midland County7


Rockwall County7


Hunt County7


Victoria County7


Nacogdoches County7


Anderson County7 Andrews County7 Angelina County7 Aransas County7 Archer County7 Armstrong County7 Atascosa County7 Austin County7 Bailey County7 Bandera County7 Baylor County7 Bee County7 Blanco County7 Borden County7 Bosque County7 Brewster County7 Briscoe County7 Brooks County7 Brown County7 Burleson County7 Burnet County7 Caldwell County7 Calhoun County7 Callahan County7 Camp County7 Carson County7 Cass County7 Castro County7 Chambers County7 Cherokee County7 Childress County7 Clay County7 Cochran County7 Coke County7 Coleman County7 Collingsworth County7 Colorado County7 Comanche County7 Concho County7 Cooke County7 Coryell County7 Cottle County7 Crane County7 Crockett County7 Crosby County7 Culberson County7 Dallam County7 Dawson County7 DeWitt County7 Deaf Smith County7 Delta County7 Dickens County7 Dimmit County7 Donley County7 Duval County7 Eastland County7 Edwards County7 Erath County7 Falls County7 Fannin County7 Fayette County7 Fisher County7 Floyd County7 Foard County7 Franklin County7 Freestone County7 Frio County7 Gaines County7 Garza County7 Gillespie County7 Glasscock County7 Goliad County7 Gonzales County7 Gray County7 Grimes County7 Hale County7 Hall County7 Hamilton County7 Hansford County7 Hardeman County7 Hardin County7 Harrison County7 Hartley County7 Haskell County7 Hemphill County7 Henderson County7 Hill County7 Hockley County7 Hood County7 Hopkins County7 Houston County7 Howard County7 Hudspeth County7 Hutchinson County7 Irion County7 Jack County7 Jackson County7 Jasper County7 Jeff Davis County7 Jim Hogg County7 Jim Wells County7 Jones County7 Karnes County7 Kendall County7 Kenedy County7 Kent County7 Kerr County7 Kimble County7 King County7 Kinney County7 Kleberg County7 Knox County7 La Salle County7 Lamar County7 Lamb County7 Lampasas County7 Lavaca County7 Lee County7 Leon County7 Limestone County7 Lipscomb County7 Live Oak County7 Llano County7 Loving County7 Lynn County7 Madison County7 Marion County7 Martin County7 Mason County7 Matagorda County7 Maverick County7 McCulloch County7 McMullen County7 Medina County7 Menard County7 Milam County7 Mills County7 Mitchell County7 Montague County7 Moore County7 Morris County7 Motley County7 Navarro County7 Newton County7 Nolan County7 Ochiltree County7 Oldham County7 Orange County7 Palo Pinto County7 Panola County7 Parmer County7 Pecos County7 Polk County7 Presidio County7 Rains County7 Reagan County7 Real County7 Red River County7 Reeves County7 Refugio County7 Roberts County7 Robertson County7 Runnels County7 Rusk County7 Sabine County7 San Augustine County7 San Jacinto County7 San Patricio County7 San Saba County7 Schleicher County7 Scurry County7 Shackelford County7 Shelby County7 Sherman County7 Somervell County7 Starr County7 Stephens County7 Sterling County7 Stonewall County7 Sutton County7 Swisher County7 Terrell County7 Terry County7 Throckmorton County7 Titus County7 Trinity County7 Tyler County7 Upshur County7 Upton County7 Uvalde County7 Val Verde County7 Van Zandt County7 Walker County7 Waller County7 Ward County7 Washington County7 Wharton County7 Wheeler County7 Wilbarger County7 Willacy County7 Wilson County7 Winkler County7 Wise County7 Wood County7 Yoakum County7 Young County7 Zapata County7 Zavala County7


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/14/2026 10:03 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.

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.