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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Missouri by County

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

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+

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


Missouri6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Ripley County6


Mississippi County6


St. Francois County6


Madison County6


Montgomery County6


Marion County6


Iron County6


Scott County6


Stoddard County6


Oregon County6


Dunklin County6


Crawford County6


New Madrid County6


Jasper County6


Randolph County6


Mercer County6


Monroe County6


Carter County6


Holt County6


Lincoln County6


Wayne County6


Washington County6


Butler County6


Pettis County6


Franklin County6


Jefferson County6


Pulaski County6


Andrew County6


Ste. Genevieve County6


Buchanan County6


Pike County6


Shelby County6


Osage County6


Livingston County6


Gentry County6


Perry County6


Bollinger County6


Chariton County6


Miller County6


Gasconade County6


Warren County6


Cape Girardeau County6


Harrison County6


Reynolds County6


Callaway County6


Lewis County6


Wright County6


Lafayette County6


Macon County6


Cooper County6


St. Louis County6


Dallas County6


Dent County6


Putnam County6


Phelps County6


Barry County6


Shannon County6


Linn County6


Audrain County6


Saline County6


St. Clair County6


Morgan County6


St. Charles County6


Webster County6


Newton County6


Howell County6


Ozark County6


Boone County6


Taney County6


Johnson County6


Henry County6


Clay County6


Benton County6


Worth County6


Clinton County6


Knox County6


Barton County6


Moniteau County6


Cass County6


Cole County6


Christian County6


Grundy County6


St. Louis City6


McDonald County6


Ray County6


Camden County6


Cedar County6


Howard County6


Jackson County6


Greene County6


Pemiscot County6


Lawrence County6


Stone County6


Laclede County6


Polk County6


Adair County6


Carroll County6


Clark County6


Ralls County6


Texas County6


Bates County6


Vernon County6


Dade County6


Maries County6


Schuyler County6


Nodaway County6


Platte County6


DeKalb County6


Atchison County6


Daviess County6


Hickory County6


Sullivan County6


Caldwell County6


Douglas County6


Scotland County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/17/2025 8:27 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.
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.