Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County
All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2014-2018
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - 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:
- Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
- Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
- Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.
AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time
- Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
- Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.
Other Notes
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
Maine6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 238.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 235.1 to 242.5 and 3,654 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to -0.2.
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 227.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 227.4 to 227.9 and 750,329 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.5.
Piscataquis County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 274.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 239.6 to 314.5 and 56 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 2.1.
Washington County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 260.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 235.6 to 286.9 and 100 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.8.
Penobscot County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 259.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 247.7 to 271.1 and 435 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 8)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 1.8.
Hancock County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 247.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 229.3 to 267.5 and 163 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.7.
Waldo County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 247.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 226.3 to 270.9 and 116 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.9.
Aroostook County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 245.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 228.9 to 263.3 and 194 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.3.
Knox County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 244.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 222.9 to 268.3 and 112 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.9.
York County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 243.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 234.3 to 253.6 and 574 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (3, 12)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.1.
Somerset County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 240.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 222.2 to 260.3 and 145 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (2, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to 0.7.
Androscoggin County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 240.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 227.5 to 254.1 and 282 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (3, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.1.
Oxford County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 236.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 219.4 to 254.8 and 170 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (2, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 1.1.
Franklin County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 232.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 207.8 to 260.2 and 78 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (2, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.5 to 6.2.
Kennebec County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 226.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 214.9 to 238.9 and 321 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (7, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.1.
Cumberland County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 226.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 218.3 to 233.8 and 735 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (9, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.4.
Lincoln County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 222.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 200.0 to 248.0 and 88 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (4, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 1.0.
Sagadahoc County6
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The incidence rate is 209.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 188.5 to 231.9 and 87 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (10, 16)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 8.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.1 to 25.1.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2022 6:49 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.
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.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.