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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arkansas by County

Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Washington County6


Baxter County6


Union County6


Boone County6


Grant County6


Marion County6


Franklin County6


Polk County6


Pulaski County6


Johnson County6


Garland County6


Cross County6


Sharp County6


Mississippi County6


Craighead County6


Greene County6


Logan County6


Van Buren County6


Yell County6


Cleburne County6


White County6


Desha County6


Hot Spring County6


Ashley County6


Benton County6


Clay County6


Pope County6


Faulkner County6


Fulton County6


Sebastian County6


Lawrence County6


Crawford County6


Jefferson County6


Independence County6


Saline County6


Carroll County6


Conway County6


Lonoke County6


Poinsett County6


Arkansas County6


Cleveland County6


Columbia County6


Crittenden County6


Drew County6


Hempstead County6


Izard County6


Jackson County6


Little River County6


Madison County6


Miller County6


Ouachita County6


Perry County6


Randolph County6


Searcy County6


Bradley County6 Calhoun County6 Chicot County6 Clark County6 Dallas County6 Howard County6 Lafayette County6 Lee County6 Lincoln County6 Monroe County6 Montgomery County6 Nevada County6 Newton County6 Phillips County6 Pike County6 Prairie County6 Scott County6 Sevier County6 St. Francis County6 Stone County6 Woodruff County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/06/2024 9:39 pm.

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.
* 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).
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.