Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Connecticut by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by Ruralurban
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - 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
Connecticut7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 503.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 498.7 to 507.4 and 10,898 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 1.5.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 481.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 480.6 to 481.5 and 888,315 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.
Litchfield County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 477.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 460.6 to 495.3 and 659 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (6, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.1.
Fairfield County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 498.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 489.5 to 506.9 and 2,696 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (3, 7)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.6 to 3.2.
Hartford County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 511.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 502.5 to 520.3 and 2,681 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 1.5.
Middlesex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 511.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 492.7 to 531.3 and 595 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 3.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 1.5 to 4.7.
New Haven County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 507.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 498.5 to 516.6 and 2,584 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 1.8.
New London County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 511.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 496.1 to 527.4 and 894 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 3.9.
Tolland County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 483.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 462.9 to 505.3 and 434 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (4, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 3.5.
Windham County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 493.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 469.4 to 517.7 and 355 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.8 to -2.1.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/11/2024 5:29 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+).
⋔ 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.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Note: This website still uses Connecticut counties instead of planning regions for consistency of geographies across data topics. If/when all data sources have new planning regions, then this website will switch to using them. 2013 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes will be used for Connecticut counties.
Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
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.