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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

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

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

Sorted by Ruralurban

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


Pennsylvania6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Adams County6


Allegheny County6


Armstrong County6


Beaver County6


Berks County6


Blair County6


Bucks County6


Butler County6


Cambria County6


Carbon County6


Centre County6


Chester County6


Cumberland County6


Dauphin County6


Delaware County6


Erie County6


Fayette County6


Franklin County6


Lackawanna County6


Lancaster County6


Lawrence County6


Lebanon County6


Lehigh County6


Luzerne County6


Lycoming County6


Montgomery County6


Northampton County6


Perry County6


Philadelphia County6


Washington County6


Westmoreland County6


Wyoming County6


York County6


Bedford County6


Bradford County6


Cameron County6


Clarion County6


Clearfield County6


Clinton County6


Columbia County6


Crawford County6


Elk County6


Forest County6


Fulton County6


Greene County6


Huntingdon County6


Indiana County6


Jefferson County6


Juniata County6


McKean County6


Mercer County6


Mifflin County6


Monroe County6


Montour County6


Northumberland County6


Pike County6


Potter County6


Schuylkill County6


Snyder County6


Somerset County6


Sullivan County6


Susquehanna County6


Tioga County6


Union County6


Venango County6


Warren County6


Wayne County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/22/2025 3:08 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.