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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report by State

Colon & Rectum, 2011-2015

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

Sorted by Count

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 39.9 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

  • Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
  • Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

    • Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


    US (SEER+NPCR)1,10


    California3,8


    Florida6,10


    Texas6,10


    New York6,10


    Pennsylvania6,10


    Illinois6,10


    Ohio6,10


    Michigan5,10


    New Jersey3,8


    Georgia3,8


    North Carolina6,10


    Virginia6,10


    Indiana6,10


    Tennessee6,10


    Missouri6,10


    Massachusetts6,10


    Washington5,10


    Arizona6,10


    Wisconsin6,10


    Kentucky3,8


    Alabama6,10


    Maryland6,10


    Louisiana3,8


    Minnesota6,10


    South Carolina6,10


    Puerto Rico6,10


    Colorado6,10


    Oklahoma6,10


    Iowa3,8


    Connecticut3,8


    Oregon6,10


    Mississippi6,10


    Arkansas6,10


    Kansas6,10


    West Virginia6,10


    Nebraska6,10


    New Mexico3,8


    Utah3,8


    Hawaii3,8


    Maine6,10


    Idaho6,10


    New Hampshire6,10


    Montana6,10


    Rhode Island6,10


    South Dakota6,10


    Delaware6,10


    North Dakota6,10


    Vermont6,10


    Alaska6,10


    District of Columbia6,10


    Wyoming6,10


    Nevada6

    Notes:
    Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/13/2018 2:49 pm.
    Data for the United States does not include data from Nevada

    State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
    † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). 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 1969-2015 US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
    ‡ Incidence data come from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.
    Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    # Data do not include cases diagnosed in other states for those states in which the data exchange agreement specifically prohibits the release of data to third parties.
    ¶¶ Data not available for Nevada.

    1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission and SEER November 2017 submission as published in United States Cancer Statistics.
    3 Source: SEER November 2017 submission. State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries.
    5 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission. State rates include rates from metropolitan areas funded by SEER.
    6 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2017 data submission.
    8 Source: Incidence data provided by the SEER Program. AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modifed by NCI. The 1969-2016 US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2017 data.
    10 Source: Incidence data provided by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). EAPCs calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The 1969-2016 US Population Data File is used with NPCR November 2017 data.

    Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availablility, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.

    Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

    Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity.

    Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.