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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arkansas by County

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

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

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Arkansas6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Sevier County6


Hempstead County6


Washington County6


Madison County6


Izard County6


Howard County6


Columbia County6


Polk County6


Little River County6


Perry County6


Nevada County6


Marion County6


Prairie County6


Newton County6


Lincoln County6


Benton County6


Miller County6


Pike County6


Stone County6


Ashley County6


Chicot County6


Carroll County6


Montgomery County6


Johnson County6


Pulaski County6


Yell County6


Lee County6


Fulton County6


Pope County6


Independence County6


Calhoun County6


Faulkner County6


St. Francis County6


Sebastian County6


Bradley County6


Lafayette County6


Phillips County6


Saline County6


Boone County6


Dallas County6


Garland County6


Jackson County6


Union County6


Baxter County6


Crittenden County6


Conway County6


Grant County6


Cross County6


Lonoke County6


Scott County6


White County6


Crawford County6


Cleveland County6


Van Buren County6


Monroe County6


Franklin County6


Hot Spring County6


Logan County6


Ouachita County6


Greene County6


Cleburne County6


Craighead County6


Clark County6


Searcy County6


Arkansas County6


Mississippi County6


Sharp County6


Desha County6


Clay County6


Jefferson County6


Randolph County6


Woodruff County6


Drew County6


Poinsett County6


Lawrence County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/13/2025 3:00 am.

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 (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.
‡ 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 in the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Summary/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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 2023 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2023 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 modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.

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