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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Indiana by County

Colon & Rectum (All Stages^), 2014-2018

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

Sorted by Rate

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 39.9 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


Indiana6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Ohio County6


Jefferson County6


Benton County6


Starke County6


Jay County6


Fountain County6


Knox County6


Sullivan County6


Grant County6


Gibson County6


Blackford County6


Warren County6


Carroll County6


Wabash County6


Fayette County6


Owen County6


Scott County6


Putnam County6


Shelby County6


Pulaski County6


Huntington County6


Martin County6


DeKalb County6


Crawford County6


Rush County6


Jennings County6


Lake County6


Morgan County6


Decatur County6


Harrison County6


White County6


Clinton County6


Kosciusko County6


Posey County6


Jackson County6


Whitley County6


Steuben County6


Daviess County6


LaPorte County6


Miami County6


Howard County6


Tippecanoe County6


Clark County6


Lawrence County6


Vigo County6


Jasper County6


Fulton County6


Wells County6


Ripley County6


Randolph County6


Floyd County6


Dubois County6


Porter County6


Wayne County6


Hancock County6


Greene County6


Clay County6


Brown County6


Vermillion County6


Cass County6


Henry County6


Orange County6


Franklin County6


Madison County6


Elkhart County6


Dearborn County6


Vanderburgh County6


Boone County6


Hendricks County6


Marion County6


Allen County6


Adams County6


Johnson County6


Perry County6


St. Joseph County6


Marshall County6


Delaware County6


Washington County6


Newton County6


Noble County6


Monroe County6


Pike County6


Warrick County6


Bartholomew County6


Montgomery County6


Tipton County6


LaGrange County6


Spencer County6


Hamilton County6


Switzerland County6


Parke County6


Union County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2022 7:18 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.

⋔ 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 1969-2018 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.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

* 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 (2001-2018) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2020 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database (2001-2018) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2020 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 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2020 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 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.