Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County
Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
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.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
- 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
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 58.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.8 to 61.5 and 346 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.8
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 64.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.0 to 64.4 and 72,697 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.1
Lincoln County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 43.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.8 to 59.0 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (8, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.2
Cumberland County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 48.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.7 to 54.1 and 59 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (11, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 53.3
Sagadahoc County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 53.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.5 to 71.7 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (3, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 53.6
Penobscot County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 54.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.3 to 63.6 and 33 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (5, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 51.6
Oxford County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 57.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.2 to 72.4 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.8
York County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 59.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.6 to 67.5 and 54 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (3, 14)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.5
Androscoggin County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 60.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.8 to 71.5 and 25 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (2, 15)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.2
Somerset County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 61.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.5 to 77.4 and 14 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.9
Piscataquis County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 61.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.2 to 91.2 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 48.1
Hancock County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 62.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.2 to 77.1 and 17 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 15)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.9
Washington County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 63.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.8 to 85.1 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.1
Franklin County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 63.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.4 to 86.2 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 16)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.5
Kennebec County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 65.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 56.3 to 76.7 and 34 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 13)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.9
Knox County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 71.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.9 to 90.4 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 13)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.7
Aroostook County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 73.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.5 to 88.1 and 24 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 11)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.8
Waldo County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 78.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.5 to 100.2 and 14 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 11)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.1
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/05/2024 3:09 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† 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 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.
Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.