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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Indiana by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 2014-2018

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


Indiana6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


White County6


Sullivan County6


Madison County6


Jennings County6


Shelby County6


Jay County6


Knox County6


Jackson County6


Miami County6


Vigo County6


Howard County6


Franklin County6


Morgan County6


Clark County6


Porter County6


Marion County6


Marshall County6


Montgomery County6


Starke County6


Dearborn County6


Wabash County6


Grant County6


Washington County6


Greene County6


Henry County6


Jasper County6


Kosciusko County6


Elkhart County6


Jefferson County6


Hancock County6


Hendricks County6


Floyd County6


Vanderburgh County6


St. Joseph County6


Delaware County6


DeKalb County6


LaPorte County6


Lake County6


Lawrence County6


Allen County6


Johnson County6


Monroe County6


Bartholomew County6


Wayne County6


Cass County6


Noble County6


Harrison County6


Tippecanoe County6


Putnam County6


Hamilton County6


Warrick County6


Boone County6


Adams County6 Benton County6 Blackford County6 Brown County6 Carroll County6 Clay County6 Clinton County6 Crawford County6 Daviess County6 Decatur County6 Dubois County6 Fayette County6 Fountain County6 Fulton County6 Gibson County6 Huntington County6 LaGrange County6 Martin County6 Newton County6 Ohio County6 Orange County6 Owen County6 Parke County6 Perry County6 Pike County6 Posey County6 Pulaski County6 Randolph County6 Ripley County6 Rush County6 Scott County6 Spencer County6 Steuben County6 Switzerland County6 Tipton County6 Union County6 Vermillion County6 Warren County6 Wells County6 Whitley County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 08/14/2022 9:45 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.
Adams, Benton, Blackford, Brown, Carroll, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Daviess, Decatur, Dubois, Fayette, Fountain, Fulton, Gibson, Huntington, LaGrange, Martin, Newton, Ohio, Orange, Owen, Parke, Perry, Pike, Posey, Pulaski, Randolph, Ripley, Rush, Scott, Spencer, Steuben, Switzerland, Tipton, Union, Vermillion, Warren, Wells, Whitley

⋔ 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.

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.
* 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.

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.