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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Arkansas by County

Melanoma of the Skin (Late Stage^), 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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Arkansas6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Saline County6


White County6


Craighead County6


Benton County6


Sebastian County6


Faulkner County6


Garland County6


Pulaski County6


Washington County6


Arkansas County6 Ashley County6 Baxter County6 Boone County6 Bradley County6 Calhoun County6 Carroll County6 Chicot County6 Clark County6 Clay County6 Cleburne County6 Cleveland County6 Columbia County6 Conway County6 Crawford County6 Crittenden County6 Cross County6 Dallas County6 Desha County6 Drew County6 Franklin County6 Fulton County6 Grant County6 Greene County6 Hempstead County6 Hot Spring County6 Howard County6 Independence County6 Izard County6 Jackson County6 Jefferson County6 Johnson County6 Lafayette County6 Lawrence County6 Lee County6 Lincoln County6 Little River County6 Logan County6 Lonoke County6 Madison County6 Marion County6 Miller County6 Mississippi County6 Monroe County6 Montgomery County6 Nevada County6 Newton County6 Ouachita County6 Perry County6 Phillips County6 Pike County6 Poinsett County6 Polk County6 Pope County6 Prairie County6 Randolph County6 Scott County6 Searcy County6 Sevier County6 Sharp County6 St. Francis County6 Stone County6 Union County6 Van Buren County6 Woodruff County6 Yell County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 6:18 am.

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.
Arkansas, Ashley, Baxter, Boone, Bradley, Calhoun, Carroll, Chicot, Clark, Clay, Cleburne, Cleveland, Columbia, Conway, Crawford, Crittenden, Cross, Dallas, Desha, Drew, Franklin, Fulton, Grant, Greene, Hempstead, Hot Spring, Howard, Independence, Izard, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Lafayette, Lawrence, Lee, Lincoln, Little River, Logan, Lonoke, Madison, Marion, Miller, Mississippi, Monroe, Montgomery, Nevada, Newton, Ouachita, Perry, Phillips, Pike, Poinsett, Polk, Pope, Prairie, Randolph, Scott, Searcy, Sevier, Sharp, St. Francis, Stone, Union, Van Buren, Woodruff, Yell

† 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 are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.

^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
⋔ 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.

* 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 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.