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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Nebraska by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2015-2019

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.

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


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Nebraska6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Boone County6


Merrick County6


Clay County6


Antelope County6


Burt County6


Jefferson County6


Red Willow County6


Otoe County6


Washington County6


Keith County6


Box Butte County6


Richardson County6


Madison County6


Adams County6


Hall County6


York County6


Platte County6


Cass County6


Saunders County6


Custer County6


Sarpy County6


Dawson County6


Scotts Bluff County6


Douglas County6


Lancaster County6


Buffalo County6


Holt County6


Lincoln County6


Dodge County6


Dakota County6


Seward County6


Gage County6


Arthur County6 Banner County6 Blaine County6 Boyd County6 Brown County6 Butler County6 Cedar County6 Chase County6 Cherry County6 Cheyenne County6 Colfax County6 Cuming County6 Dawes County6 Deuel County6 Dixon County6 Dundy County6 Fillmore County6 Franklin County6 Frontier County6 Furnas County6 Garden County6 Garfield County6 Gosper County6 Grant County6 Greeley County6 Hamilton County6 Harlan County6 Hayes County6 Hitchcock County6 Hooker County6 Howard County6 Johnson County6 Kearney County6 Keya Paha County6 Kimball County6 Knox County6 Logan County6 Loup County6 McPherson County6 Morrill County6 Nance County6 Nemaha County6 Nuckolls County6 Pawnee County6 Perkins County6 Phelps County6 Pierce County6 Polk County6 Rock County6 Saline County6 Sheridan County6 Sherman County6 Sioux County6 Stanton County6 Thayer County6 Thomas County6 Thurston County6 Valley County6 Wayne County6 Webster County6 Wheeler County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/27/2023 8:01 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.

⋔ 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.

† 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.
* 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 (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2021 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database (2001-2019) - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2021 submission).

Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

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

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.