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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Georgia by County

Melanoma of the Skin (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


Georgia7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Dawson County7


White County7


Pickens County7


Forsyth County7


Lumpkin County7


Hall County7


Cherokee County7


Habersham County7


Haralson County7


Bryan County7


Jasper County7


Towns County7


Butts County7


Columbia County7


Fayette County7


Walton County7


Gilmer County7


Lincoln County7


Spalding County7


Jones County7


Monroe County7


Carroll County7


Rabun County7


Johnson County7


Pike County7


Union County7


Toombs County7


Fulton County7


Madison County7


Oglethorpe County7


Thomas County7


Houston County7


Harris County7


Effingham County7


Oconee County7


Barrow County7


Chatham County7


Morgan County7


Newton County7


Pierce County7


Cobb County7


Banks County7


Gwinnett County7


Bleckley County7


McDuffie County7


Henry County7


Early County7


Jefferson County7


Elbert County7


Glynn County7


Heard County7


Lamar County7


Coweta County7


Ben Hill County7


Bartow County7


Lee County7


Worth County7


Fannin County7


Wilkes County7


Stephens County7


Wayne County7


Jackson County7


Brantley County7


Greene County7


Dodge County7


Gordon County7


Appling County7


Colquitt County7


Camden County7


McIntosh County7


Tattnall County7


Baldwin County7


Peach County7


Burke County7


Bibb County7


Whitfield County7


Ware County7


Catoosa County7


Dade County7


Upson County7


Murray County7


Pulaski County7


Emanuel County7


Douglas County7


Lowndes County7


Grady County7


Paulding County7


Laurens County7


DeKalb County7


Coffee County7


Tift County7


Liberty County7


Hart County7


Crisp County7


Berrien County7


Muscogee County7


Franklin County7


Brooks County7


Chattooga County7


Putnam County7


Walker County7


Rockdale County7


Troup County7


Floyd County7


Polk County7


Sumter County7


Meriwether County7


Clarke County7


Bulloch County7


Richmond County7


Decatur County7


Mitchell County7


Washington County7


Dougherty County7


Clayton County7


Atkinson County7 Bacon County7 Baker County7 Calhoun County7 Candler County7 Charlton County7 Chattahoochee County7 Clay County7 Clinch County7 Cook County7 Crawford County7 Dooly County7 Echols County7 Evans County7 Glascock County7 Hancock County7 Irwin County7 Jeff Davis County7 Jenkins County7 Lanier County7 Long County7 Macon County7 Marion County7 Miller County7 Montgomery County7 Quitman County7 Randolph County7 Schley County7 Screven County7 Seminole County7 Stewart County7 Talbot County7 Taliaferro County7 Taylor County7 Telfair County7 Terrell County7 Treutlen County7 Turner County7 Twiggs County7 Warren County7 Webster County7 Wheeler County7 Wilcox County7 Wilkinson County7

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/29/2023 3:47 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.

⋔ 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.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.

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).

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 2022 submission.
7 Source: SEER November 2022 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 modifed by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2022 data.

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.