State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for New Hampshire by County

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

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

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:

• Rising when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is above 0.
• Stable when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC includes 0.
• Falling when 95% confidence interval of AAPC/APC is below 0.

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

• Average Annual Percent Change - AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
• Annual Percent Change - APCs calculated in SEER*Stat.

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

New Hampshire⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 229.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 225.6 to 232.8 and 3,619 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.8 to -0.4.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 222.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 222.7 to 223.2 and 734,330 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.0.

Coos County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 254.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 229.9 to 280.4 and 100 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 7)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 1.2.

Merrimack County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 242.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 231.0 to 253.3 and 418 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 6)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.5.

Sullivan County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 241.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 221.4 to 263.2 and 125 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 9)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 1.1.

Cheshire County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 233.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 217.5 to 249.9 and 196 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.9.

Strafford County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 231.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 219.5 to 243.8 and 316 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.4.

Belknap County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 228.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 212.6 to 246.3 and 179 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.3.

Hillsborough County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 225.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 219.4 to 232.3 and 1,063 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (4, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.3.

Grafton County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 225.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 211.5 to 240.5 and 228 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 4.2.

Rockingham County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 225.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 217.8 to 232.5 and 859 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (4, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.6.

Carroll County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 216.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 197.2 to 236.5 and 134 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (3, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.3 to 0.3.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/10/2025 4:52 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† 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 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+).
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

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