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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Tennessee by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2015-2019

All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages

Sorted by Count

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


Shelby County6


Davidson County6


Knox County6


Hamilton County6


Rutherford County6


Williamson County6


Sullivan County6


Sumner County6


Blount County6


Wilson County6


Washington County6


Montgomery County6


Sevier County6


Bradley County6


Maury County6


Madison County6


Cumberland County6


Greene County6


Anderson County6


Loudon County6


Hawkins County6


Putnam County6


Hamblen County6


Robertson County6


Roane County6


Jefferson County6


Carter County6


Monroe County6


Tipton County6


McMinn County6


Coffee County6


Dickson County6


Fayette County6


Campbell County6


Gibson County6


Lawrence County6


Franklin County6


Bedford County6


Henry County6


Cocke County6


Warren County6


Cheatham County6


Claiborne County6


Obion County6


Dyer County6


Rhea County6


Marshall County6


Marion County6


Carroll County6


Weakley County6


White County6


Hardin County6


Hardeman County6


Henderson County6


Giles County6


McNairy County6


Hickman County6


Lincoln County6


Grainger County6


Macon County6


Overton County6


Lauderdale County6


Benton County6


Fentress County6


Morgan County6


Humphreys County6


Scott County6


Unicoi County6


Union County6


Johnson County6


DeKalb County6


Haywood County6


Smith County6


Polk County6


Wayne County6


Chester County6


Bledsoe County6


Crockett County6


Sequatchie County6


Lewis County6


Grundy County6


Meigs County6


Stewart County6


Decatur County6


Cannon County6


Jackson County6


Trousdale County6


Houston County6


Perry County6


Clay County6


Hancock County6


Lake County6


Moore County6


Van Buren County6


Pickett County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/27/2023 11:30 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.
‡ Incidence data come from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each area for additional information.

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.

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).
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 modifed by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2021 data.

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.