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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Kentucky by County

Esophagus (All Stages^), 2016-2020

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

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


Kentucky7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Clark County7


Christian County7


Pike County7


Hopkins County7


Muhlenberg County7


Laurel County7


Graves County7


Jessamine County7


Oldham County7


Boyd County7


Nelson County7


Franklin County7


Bullitt County7


Barren County7


Kenton County7


Hardin County7


Daviess County7


Boone County7


Jefferson County7


Warren County7


Campbell County7


Fayette County7


McCracken County7


Pulaski County7


Madison County7


Adair County7 Allen County7 Anderson County7 Ballard County7 Bath County7 Bell County7 Bourbon County7 Boyle County7 Bracken County7 Breathitt County7 Breckinridge County7 Butler County7 Caldwell County7 Calloway County7 Carlisle County7 Carroll County7 Carter County7 Casey County7 Clay County7 Clinton County7 Crittenden County7 Cumberland County7 Edmonson County7 Elliott County7 Estill County7 Fleming County7 Floyd County7 Fulton County7 Gallatin County7 Garrard County7 Grant County7 Grayson County7 Green County7 Greenup County7 Hancock County7 Harlan County7 Harrison County7 Hart County7 Henderson County7 Henry County7 Hickman County7 Jackson County7 Johnson County7 Knott County7 Knox County7 Larue County7 Lawrence County7 Lee County7 Leslie County7 Letcher County7 Lewis County7 Lincoln County7 Livingston County7 Logan County7 Lyon County7 Magoffin County7 Marion County7 Marshall County7 Martin County7 Mason County7 McCreary County7 McLean County7 Meade County7 Menifee County7 Mercer County7 Metcalfe County7 Monroe County7 Montgomery County7 Morgan County7 Nicholas County7 Ohio County7 Owen County7 Owsley County7 Pendleton County7 Perry County7 Powell County7 Robertson County7 Rockcastle County7 Rowan County7 Russell County7 Scott County7 Shelby County7 Simpson County7 Spencer County7 Taylor County7 Todd County7 Trigg County7 Trimble County7 Union County7 Washington County7 Wayne County7 Webster County7 Whitley County7 Wolfe County7 Woodford County7

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/28/2023 9:40 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.