State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Alaska by Borough or Census Area

Lung & Bronchus (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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

Sorted by Name

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:

• Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
• Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
• Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time

• Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
• Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.

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

Alaska⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.2 to 55.2 and 382 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (22, 36)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.1 to -2.3.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 53.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.0 to 53.2 and 216,523 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to -2.9.

Anchorage Municipality⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.5 to 58.8 and 149 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (4, 12)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -1.7.

Bethel Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.6 to 65.6 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (4, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -3.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.7 to 1.8.

Dillingham Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 90.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.8 to 146.6 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Fairbanks North Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.8 to 52.7 and 39 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (7, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -1.7.

Juneau City and Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.4 to 56.4 and 17 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (6, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.9 to 1.7.

Kenai Peninsula Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.3 to 65.5 and 45 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (3, 12)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to -0.6.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.9 to 79.3 and 10 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (2, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.5 to 1.8.

Kodiak Island Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.6 to 64.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (4, 15)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Matanuska-Susitna Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.4 to 57.4 and 57 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (5, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.9 to -0.9.

Nome Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 93.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.9 to 139.5 and 6 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.9 to 0.0.

North Slope Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 79.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.5 to 123.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -10.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -33.4 to -3.0.

Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 53.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.9 to 87.3 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -28.0 to 35.4.

Sitka City and Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.0 to 76.2 and 6 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (3, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.5 to 2.8.

Valdez-Cordova Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.6 to 75.4 and 6 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (2, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -2.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.2 to 1.2.

Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 73.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.4 to 114.6 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to 7.1.

Aleutians East Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Aleutians West Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Bristol Bay Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Denali Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Haines Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Hoonah-Angoon Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Kusilvak Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Lake and Peninsula Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Northwest Arctic Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Petersburg Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Skagway Municipality⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Southeast Fairbanks Census Area⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Wrangell Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Yakutat City and Borough⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/09/2024 3:15 pm.

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). This website now uses Kusilvak.

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.
Aleutians East, Aleutians West, Bristol Bay, Denali, Haines, Hoonah-Angoon, Kusilvak, Lake and Peninsula, Northwest Arctic, Petersburg, Skagway Municipality, Southeast Fairbanks, Wrangell, 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/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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.

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