State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Vermont by County

Melanoma of the Skin (All Stages^), 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.

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

Vermont⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.5 to 39.5 and 304 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -3.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.9 to 4.6.

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• Rate : The incidence rate is 22.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 22.8 to 23.0 and 85,587 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 1.0.

Grand Isle County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 55.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.4 to 86.4 and 5 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 13)
• Recent Trend : * 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).

Lamoille County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 46.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.3 to 59.5 and 14 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 4.1.

Bennington County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.4 to 51.1 and 22 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 12)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.6 to 1.3.

Orange County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 41.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.5 to 52.1 and 17 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 13)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 4.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.5 to 8.4.

Windsor County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.9 to 47.3 and 33 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 11)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 2.9.

Chittenden County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 40.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.9 to 44.6 and 72 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (2, 10)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.0 to 2.9.

Essex County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 37.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 19.9 to 66.0 and 3 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 7.9.

Rutland County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 29.9 to 42.8 and 30 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (3, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 4.3.

Orleans County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 35.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.2 to 46.5 and 13 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (2, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 4.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.5 to 7.8.

Washington County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.6 to 40.1 and 26 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (4, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 2.9.

Caledonia County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 25.4 to 43.0 and 14 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (3, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 5.9.

Windham County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.1 to 41.6 and 18 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (3, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 4.4.

Franklin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.7 to 40.6 and 20 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (4, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 4.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 1.2 to 6.8.

Addison County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.6 to 36.3 and 14 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (7, 14)
• Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to 3.3.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/07/2023 12:13 pm.

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 stage.
* 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.