State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arizona by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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

Sorted by Count

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

Arizona⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 391.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 389.8 to 393.6 and 34,845 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.8.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 444.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 444.1 to 444.7 and 1,744,459 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to -0.3.

Maricopa County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 395.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 392.7 to 397.7 and 19,841 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (3, 7)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.7 to -0.7.

Pima County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 397.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 393.1 to 402.9 and 5,563 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (2, 7)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.2.

Pinal County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 389.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 382.2 to 397.4 and 2,233 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (4, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.7.

Yavapai County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 406.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 397.0 to 416.8 and 1,830 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 5)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.1.

Mohave County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 405.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 395.2 to 415.5 and 1,629 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 6)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.0 to -1.2.

Yuma County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 381.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 370.4 to 393.1 and 964 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (5, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 0.9.

Cochise County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 393.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 380.4 to 407.8 and 736 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.2.

Navajo County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 370.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 355.0 to 385.5 and 507 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (7, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 0.6.

Coconino County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 329.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 315.8 to 343.5 and 476 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (10, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.3.

Gila County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 327.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 309.2 to 347.6 and 307 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (10, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.2.

Apache County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 301.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 283.5 to 320.0 and 229 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (13, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.1 to 1.4.

Santa Cruz County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 319.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 298.8 to 341.4 and 191 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (10, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -8.6 to 5.8.

La Paz County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 406.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 368.3 to 447.8 and 134 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.5 to 2.4.

Graham County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 328.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 303.9 to 355.4 and 132 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (10, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 3.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.1 to 9.6.

Greenlee County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 365.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 312.8 to 423.4 and 36 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 15)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to 1.0.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/12/2024 9:09 pm.

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 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.
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.