State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Maine by County

Lung & Bronchus (All Stages^), 2014-2018

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:

• 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 71.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 69.6 to 73.0 and 1,411 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.7.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 57.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.1 to 57.4 and 222,811 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to -1.8.

Somerset County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 88.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 79.2 to 99.2 and 68 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 7)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 1.7.

Washington County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 87.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 76.5 to 100.4 and 48 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 8)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.1.

Penobscot County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 84.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 78.7 to 90.2 and 176 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 6)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.2.

Piscataquis County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 83.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 69.1 to 100.6 and 26 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 1.5.

Androscoggin County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 79.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 73.3 to 86.9 and 114 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 10)
• 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 79.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 71.0 to 88.4 and 72 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 1.2.

Aroostook County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 74.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 67.3 to 82.1 and 86 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (3, 12)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 0.0.

York County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 73.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 69.3 to 78.3 and 223 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (5, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.6.

Kennebec County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 73.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 68.0 to 79.7 and 132 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (4, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.3.

Franklin County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 68.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.3 to 80.7 and 30 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (4, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 2.2.

Waldo County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 67.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.9 to 77.4 and 42 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (5, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to 0.0.

Hancock County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 62.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.5 to 71.1 and 57 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (8, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.4 to -0.9.

Cumberland County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 56.2 to 63.3 and 231 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (11, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.2.

Knox County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.0 to 68.1 and 42 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (10, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to 0.5.

Lincoln County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 57.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.5 to 66.9 and 36 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (10, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.1 to 0.6.

Sagadahoc County⁶

• Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
• Rate : The incidence rate is 55.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.4 to 65.4 and 30 average annual cases over 2014-2018.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (10, 16)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to 0.7.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2022 11:05 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 1969-2018 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.

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 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.