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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Michigan by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

Hispanic (any race), 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:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Michigan6


US (SEER+NPCR) § 1


Gratiot County6


Wayne County6


Saginaw County6


Ingham County6


Oakland County6


Bay County6


Ottawa County6


Macomb County6


Kent County6


Oceana County6


Lenawee County6


Tuscola County6


Calhoun County6


Montcalm County6


Cass County6


Allegan County6


Washtenaw County6


Livingston County6


Genesee County6


Van Buren County6


Monroe County6


Grand Traverse County6


Newaygo County6


Clinton County6


Eaton County6


Barry County6


Kalamazoo County6


Shiawassee County6


Lapeer County6


Jackson County6


Muskegon County6


St. Joseph County6


Ionia County6


St. Clair County6


Berrien County6


Midland County6


Alcona County6 Alger County6 Alpena County6 Antrim County6 Arenac County6 Baraga County6 Benzie County6 Branch County6 Charlevoix County6 Cheboygan County6 Chippewa County6 Clare County6 Crawford County6 Delta County6 Dickinson County6 Emmet County6 Gladwin County6 Gogebic County6 Hillsdale County6 Houghton County6 Huron County6 Iosco County6 Iron County6 Isabella County6 Kalkaska County6 Keweenaw County6 Lake County6 Leelanau County6 Luce County6 Mackinac County6 Manistee County6 Marquette County6 Mason County6 Mecosta County6 Menominee County6 Missaukee County6 Montmorency County6 Ogemaw County6 Ontonagon County6 Osceola County6 Oscoda County6 Otsego County6 Presque Isle County6 Roscommon County6 Sanilac County6 Schoolcraft County6 Wexford County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/15/2025 12:18 am.

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.

† 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.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

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/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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).
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 modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.
NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS).
Statistics for minorities may be affected by inconsistent race identification between the cancer case reports (sources for numerator of rate) and data from the Census Bureau (source for denominator of rate); and from undercounts of some population groups in the census.

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.