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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arkansas by County

Colon & Rectum (All Stages^), 2016-2020

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


Drew County6


Calhoun County6


Arkansas County6


Ouachita County6


Jefferson County6


Lawrence County6


Desha County6


Cross County6


Phillips County6


Lafayette County6


Monroe County6


Searcy County6


Poinsett County6


Clay County6


Woodruff County6


Prairie County6


Union County6


Hot Spring County6


Dallas County6


White County6


Greene County6


Montgomery County6


St. Francis County6


Independence County6


Jackson County6


Randolph County6


Mississippi County6


Newton County6


Izard County6


Carroll County6


Crittenden County6


Ashley County6


Scott County6


Grant County6


Sharp County6


Pope County6


Stone County6


Chicot County6


Lee County6


Nevada County6


Cleveland County6


Little River County6


Franklin County6


Johnson County6


Perry County6


Pike County6


Cleburne County6


Madison County6


Conway County6


Washington County6


Fulton County6


Clark County6


Lincoln County6


Craighead County6


Hempstead County6


Boone County6


Yell County6


Sevier County6


Sebastian County6


Baxter County6


Polk County6


Van Buren County6


Garland County6


Benton County6


Howard County6


Pulaski County6


Logan County6


Columbia County6


Crawford County6


Faulkner County6


Saline County6


Lonoke County6


Marion County6


Miller County6


Bradley County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 09/24/2023 1:17 pm.

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

† 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.