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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Michigan by County

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

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Gladwin County6


Macomb County6


Kalkaska County6


Wayne County6


Montmorency County6


Bay County6


Oakland County6


Ogemaw County6


Lake County6


Crawford County6


Alpena County6


Clare County6


Roscommon County6


St. Clair County6


Midland County6


Jackson County6


Alcona County6


Saginaw County6


Grand Traverse County6


Benzie County6


Oscoda County6


Wexford County6


Sanilac County6


Gratiot County6


Lapeer County6


Iosco County6


Eaton County6


Manistee County6


Newaygo County6


Arenac County6


Berrien County6


Leelanau County6


Van Buren County6


Mecosta County6


Montcalm County6


Washtenaw County6


Missaukee County6


Shiawassee County6


Isabella County6


Antrim County6


Ingham County6


Tuscola County6


Huron County6


Livingston County6


Presque Isle County6


Chippewa County6


Mason County6


Hillsdale County6


Kalamazoo County6


Ionia County6


Emmet County6


Osceola County6


Delta County6


Kent County6


Clinton County6


Calhoun County6


Mackinac County6


Otsego County6


Barry County6


St. Joseph County6


Genesee County6


Iron County6


Branch County6


Cheboygan County6


Luce County6


Lenawee County6


Cass County6


Allegan County6


Marquette County6


Alger County6


Menominee County6


Ottawa County6


Charlevoix County6


Monroe County6


Dickinson County6


Schoolcraft County6


Oceana County6


Ontonagon County6


Muskegon County6


Gogebic County6


Baraga County6


Houghton County6


Keweenaw County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/13/2025 9:39 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.

† 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.
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.

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