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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Louisiana by Parish

Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Louisiana7


US (SEER+NPCR)1


St. Martin Parish7


LaFourche Parish7


Concordia Parish7


Sabine Parish7


Terrebonne Parish7


Jefferson Davis Parish7


Morehouse Parish7


Rapides Parish7


St. Landry Parish7


St. Tammany Parish7


Vermilion Parish7


Washington Parish7


Ascension Parish7


Tangipahoa Parish7


Iberia Parish7


Natchitoches Parish7


Allen Parish7


Livingston Parish7


Acadia Parish7


Avoyelles Parish7


Beauregard Parish7


Ouachita Parish7


Calcasieu Parish7


Bossier Parish7


Grant Parish7


Caddo Parish7


De Soto Parish7


Lafayette Parish7


Lincoln Parish7


St. John the Baptist Parish7


Union Parish7


Jefferson Parish7


St. Mary Parish7


Webster Parish7


Orleans Parish7


St. Charles Parish7


East Baton Rouge Parish7


Assumption Parish7


Catahoula Parish7


East Feliciana Parish7


Evangeline Parish7


Franklin Parish7


Iberville Parish7


Jackson Parish7


Plaquemines Parish7


Pointe Coupee Parish7


Richland Parish7


St. Bernard Parish7


Vernon Parish7


West Baton Rouge Parish7


West Carroll Parish7


West Feliciana Parish7


Bienville Parish7 Caldwell Parish7 Cameron Parish7 Claiborne Parish7 East Carroll Parish7 La Salle Parish7 Madison Parish7 Red River Parish7 St. Helena Parish7 St. James Parish7 Tensas Parish7 Winn Parish7

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/14/2024 10:17 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.

† 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. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

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/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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 2023 submission.
7 Source: SEER November 2023 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 modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.