Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for Maryland by County
Prostate (Late Stage^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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
Maryland6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 23.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.6 to 24.1 and 849 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.8
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 24.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 24.6 to 24.8 and 48,295 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 21.5
Queen Annes County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 18.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.7 to 25.7 and 7 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (5, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 14.0
Carroll County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 18.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 14.9 to 22.3 and 22 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (10, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 12.5
Allegany County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 18.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.7 to 25.0 and 10 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (6, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 14.8
Howard County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 19.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.3 to 22.3 and 36 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (11, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 12.9
Garrett County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 20.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.1 to 32.5 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (1, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.0
Cecil County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 20.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.7 to 26.9 and 13 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (3, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.4
Washington County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 20.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.0 to 25.4 and 21 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (5, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 20.3
Somerset County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 21.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 12.7 to 34.5 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (1, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 17.4
Anne Arundel County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 21.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.2 to 23.8 and 73 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (8, 21)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 17.0
Harford County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 21.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.5 to 25.3 and 36 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (6, 22)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.7
Montgomery County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 22.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.3 to 23.7 and 135 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (8, 20)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.9
Baltimore County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 23.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.2 to 25.0 and 122 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (6, 18)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.1
St. Marys County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 23.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 18.4 to 29.8 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 19.2
Charles County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 24.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.6 to 29.5 and 22 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 21)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.1
Caroline County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 24.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.8 to 36.3 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 23)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 19.7
Frederick County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 25.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.9 to 29.4 and 40 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 18)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 21.8
Worcester County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 26.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.8 to 34.0 and 12 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 22)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 19.9
Prince Georges County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 26.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 23.9 to 28.2 and 131 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 13)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 16.8
Calvert County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 26.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.0 to 33.8 and 16 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 20)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 18.6
Wicomico County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 27.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.4 to 34.3 and 16 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 19)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 18.2
Baltimore City6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 27.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.0 to 30.6 and 85 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 11)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 18.3
Talbot County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 29.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.1 to 39.7 and 10 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 21)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 20.9
Dorchester County6
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 29.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.5 to 41.1 and 8 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 22)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 22.1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : * 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).
- CI*Rank ⋔ : *
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 12/07/2024 10:36 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.
† 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.
⋔ 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.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2023 submission).
Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.