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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Alaska by Borough or Census Area

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2015-2019

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of *** 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


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Alaska6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area6


Anchorage Municipality6


Kenai Peninsula Borough6


Lake and Peninsula Borough6


Ketchikan Gateway Borough6


Nome Census Area6


Matanuska-Susitna Borough6


Juneau City and Borough6


Northwest Arctic Borough6


Fairbanks North Borough6


Wade Hampton Census Area6


Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area6


Kodiak Island Borough6


Wrangell-Petersburg Census Area6


Skagway-Hoonah-Angoon Census Area6


Valdez-Cordova Census Area6


Dillingham Census Area6


Sitka City and Borough6


Haines Borough6


Bethel Census Area6


Southeast Fairbanks Census Area6


Denali Borough6


North Slope Borough6


Aleutians West Census Area6


Alaska6 Aleutians East Borough6 Bristol Bay Borough6 Yakutat City and Borough6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/29/2023 4:15 am.

Alaska Census Area Name Change: please note that Wade Hampton Census Area, AK (FIPS code=02270) was renamed effective July 1, 2015, and the new name is Kusilvak Census Area (FIPS Code=02158). Due to the nature of data submissions, we will use the older code/name this year and transition to the new code/name with a future data release.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Alaska, Aleutians East, Bristol Bay, Yakutat City and Borough

† 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 US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) summary stage.
* 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. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

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 for the United States does not include data from Nevada.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.