State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Pennsylvania by County

Lung & Bronchus (Late Stage^), 2015-2019

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

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.

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

• 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

Pennsylvania⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.0 to 41.9 and 7,332 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.2

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.4 to 37.6 and 149,248 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.9

Forest County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.1 to 88.1 and 7 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 77.3

Greene County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.2 to 62.6 and 29 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 44)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.8

Sullivan County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.0 to 80.3 and 6 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 76.3

Schuylkill County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.5 to 56.5 and 111 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.2

Fayette County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.3 to 56.5 and 107 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.7

Washington County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 51.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.5 to 54.9 and 161 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 72.7

Montour County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.8 to 64.5 and 14 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 71.9

Wyoming County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.6 to 61.3 and 21 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (1, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 71.1

Erie County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.6 to 53.2 and 185 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 76.9

Northumberland County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.5 to 55.2 and 71 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (1, 37)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.9

Beaver County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.5 to 53.4 and 129 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (1, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 71.5

Venango County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.7 to 56.8 and 43 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (1, 48)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 73.2

Luzerne County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.2 to 52.0 and 230 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (2, 26)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.4

Lycoming County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.1 to 54.2 and 79 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (1, 38)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.7

Lawrence County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.4 to 54.4 and 68 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (1, 42)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.2

Mifflin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 48.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.6 to 56.4 and 36 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (1, 51)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 72.8

Lackawanna County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.1 to 51.3 and 146 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (3, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.1

Perry County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.1 to 55.9 and 31 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (1, 56)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.4

McKean County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.6 to 56.1 and 28 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (1, 58)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 73.6

Blair County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 46.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.6 to 51.7 and 88 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (2, 42)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.9

Crawford County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 46.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.0 to 52.2 and 59 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (2, 49)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.7

Philadelphia County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.1 to 47.1 and 782 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (13, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.7

Clarion County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.4 to 53.9 and 26 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (1, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 73.1

York County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.4 to 47.3 and 273 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (11, 40)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.1

Armstrong County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.1 to 49.9 and 47 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 25 (4, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.8

Warren County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.5 to 51.7 and 29 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 26 (2, 62)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 71.8

Fulton County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.5 to 58.6 and 10 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 27 (1, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 62.3

Columbia County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.2 to 49.7 and 41 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 28 (3, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.2

Bradford County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 43.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.2 to 49.5 and 41 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 29 (4, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 71.0

Allegheny County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.3 to 44.1 and 740 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 30 (21, 42)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.8

Delaware County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.5 to 44.9 and 306 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 31 (18, 47)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.6

Carbon County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.9 to 49.0 and 43 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 32 (6, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.4

Pike County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.6 to 49.2 and 40 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (5, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.8

Clinton County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 42.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.7 to 51.0 and 23 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 34 (2, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 73.2

Berks County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.4 to 44.4 and 227 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 35 (20, 52)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.3

Adams County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.2 to 46.9 and 64 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 36 (11, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.5

Lehigh County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.1 to 44.5 and 195 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 37 (20, 53)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.3

Mercer County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.2 to 46.2 and 73 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 38 (13, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.7

Monroe County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.1 to 44.9 and 95 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 39 (16, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.4

Cambria County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 44.6 and 89 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 40 (17, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.6

Tioga County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.3 to 47.8 and 27 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 41 (6, 65)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.0

Wayne County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 39.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.1 to 46.4 and 36 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 42 (10, 64)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.4

Franklin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 39.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.2 to 43.7 and 90 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 43 (20, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.4

Bedford County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 39.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.4 to 46.5 and 32 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 44 (9, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.1

Butler County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 39.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.9 to 42.8 and 107 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 45 (23, 61)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.0

Northampton County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 39.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.5 to 42.0 and 169 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 46 (27, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.1

Westmoreland County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.6 to 41.2 and 229 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 47 (31, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.0

Potter County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.9 to 51.8 and 11 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 48 (2, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.5

Dauphin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.8 to 41.7 and 142 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 49 (27, 60)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.3

Jefferson County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.9 to 46.0 and 26 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 50 (11, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.3

Somerset County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.5 to 44.0 and 46 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 51 (17, 65)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.2

Bucks County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 38.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.3 to 40.0 and 343 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 52 (36, 59)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.4

Susquehanna County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.4 to 45.2 and 27 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 53 (12, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.9

Huntingdon County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.3 to 45.0 and 26 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 54 (15, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.7

Clearfield County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.4 to 42.6 and 45 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 55 (23, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.9

Snyder County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.9 to 45.1 and 21 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 56 (12, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.7

Lebanon County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 36.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.7 to 40.5 and 73 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 57 (30, 65)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.2

Union County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.0 to 43.4 and 21 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 58 (17, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 72.4

Juniata County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.5 to 45.7 and 13 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 59 (8, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.4

Elk County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.6 to 43.9 and 19 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 60 (16, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.4

Cumberland County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.7 to 38.4 and 124 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 61 (41, 65)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.1

Montgomery County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.1 to 35.2 and 377 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 62 (53, 65)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.9

Lancaster County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.1 to 34.9 and 236 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 63 (54, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.5

Chester County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 32.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.6 to 34.6 and 212 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 64 (55, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 65.3

Indiana County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 30.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.1 to 35.3 and 37 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 65 (52, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.0

Centre County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.8 to 33.3 and 51 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 66 (57, 66)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.7

Cameron County⁶

• Rate : * 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).
• CI*Rank⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/07/2023 3:26 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Data cannot be shown for the following areas. For more information on what areas are suppressed or not available, please refer to the table.
Cameron

† 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).

Source: SEER and NPCR data. For more specific information please see the table.

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.