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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Iowa by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2015-2019

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by Rate

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


Iowa7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Palo Alto County7


Keokuk County7


Cass County7


Clarke County7


Jackson County7


Calhoun County7


Tama County7


Emmet County7


Franklin County7


Floyd County7


Dickinson County7


Worth County7


Harrison County7


Delaware County7


Hamilton County7


Carroll County7


Washington County7


Hardin County7


Howard County7


Lee County7


Plymouth County7


Mills County7


Cedar County7


Montgomery County7


Winneshiek County7


Fremont County7


Benton County7


Cherokee County7


Cerro Gordo County7


Woodbury County7


Mitchell County7


Chickasaw County7


Linn County7


Butler County7


Wright County7


Johnson County7


Dubuque County7


Hancock County7


Decatur County7


Greene County7


Henry County7


Clinton County7


Ida County7


Taylor County7


Davis County7


Black Hawk County7


Monroe County7


Pottawattamie County7


O'Brien County7


Shelby County7


Jasper County7


Scott County7


Muscatine County7


Kossuth County7


Sioux County7


Clay County7


Adair County7


Fayette County7


Jones County7


Des Moines County7


Wapello County7


Allamakee County7


Louisa County7


Page County7


Marion County7


Wayne County7


Union County7


Van Buren County7


Humboldt County7


Guthrie County7


Warren County7


Boone County7


Dallas County7


Polk County7


Lucas County7


Iowa County7


Sac County7


Madison County7


Poweshiek County7


Monona County7


Marshall County7


Pocahontas County7


Bremer County7


Webster County7


Mahaska County7


Lyon County7


Winnebago County7


Clayton County7


Buchanan County7


Crawford County7


Jefferson County7


Story County7


Appanoose County7


Grundy County7


Buena Vista County7


Adams County7 Audubon County7 Osceola County7 Ringgold County7

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/10/2023 4:28 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, Audubon, Osceola, Ringgold

⋔ 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.
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).

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 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.