Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data
Incidence Rate Report for by County
Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2017-2021
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
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
US (SEER+NPCR)1
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Rate : The incidence rate is 34.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.2 to 34.4 and 140,561 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.9
Bristol County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 43.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.7 to 46.0 and 337 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 2)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.4
Hampden County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 42.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.4 to 45.1 and 263 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 3)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.7
Plymouth County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 39.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.1 to 41.2 and 294 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (2, 6)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.7
Worcester County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 37.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.1 to 39.5 and 413 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (3, 6)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.9
Berkshire County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 37.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.9 to 41.4 and 85 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (2, 7)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.6
Franklin County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 35.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.4 to 40.6 and 43 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (3, 11)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.4
Norfolk County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 33.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.0 to 35.3 and 324 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (5, 9)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.5
Barnstable County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 31.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.1 to 33.9 and 155 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (6, 12)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 61.0
Hampshire County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 31.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.0 to 35.1 and 67 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (6, 13)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.7
Essex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 30.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.3 to 32.3 and 336 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (7, 12)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.0
Suffolk County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 30.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.6 to 32.2 and 240 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (8, 12)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.3
Middlesex County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Rate : The incidence rate is 27.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.6 to 28.8 and 548 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (11, 14)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.3
Dukes County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 24.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.6 to 33.9 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (7, 14)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 48.9
Nantucket County7
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Rate : The incidence rate is 23.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 13.9 to 37.3 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (5, 14)
- Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 52.8
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/06/2024 3:45 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.
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.
Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.