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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Tennessee by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2014-2018

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

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


Tennessee6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Hancock County6


Trousdale County6


Meigs County6


Benton County6


Claiborne County6


Carroll County6


Macon County6


Hardeman County6


Houston County6


Perry County6


Rhea County6


Marshall County6


Overton County6


Campbell County6


Maury County6


Dickson County6


Obion County6


Lewis County6


Marion County6


Tipton County6


Humphreys County6


Chester County6


Scott County6


Sevier County6


Hawkins County6


Stewart County6


White County6


Henry County6


Cheatham County6


McNairy County6


Monroe County6


Haywood County6


Blount County6


Greene County6


Jefferson County6


Sequatchie County6


Hickman County6


Weakley County6


Sullivan County6


Union County6


Robertson County6


Fayette County6


Unicoi County6


Loudon County6


Cocke County6


Gibson County6


Dyer County6


Grainger County6


Grundy County6


Lauderdale County6


Fentress County6


Coffee County6


Crockett County6


Franklin County6


Warren County6


Knox County6


Hamblen County6


Decatur County6


Wayne County6


Hamilton County6


Montgomery County6


Sumner County6


Lawrence County6


Polk County6


Anderson County6


Bedford County6


Roane County6


Washington County6


Putnam County6


Van Buren County6


Madison County6


Shelby County6


McMinn County6


Cumberland County6


Rutherford County6


Morgan County6


Wilson County6


Smith County6


Clay County6


Bradley County6


Lake County6


Hardin County6


Davidson County6


Williamson County6


Henderson County6


Moore County6


Giles County6


Johnson County6


Cannon County6


Carter County6


Bledsoe County6


Jackson County6


Pickett County6


DeKalb County6


Lincoln County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2022 9:55 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
⋔ 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 1969-2018 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 stage.

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 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.