State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Washington by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2015-2019

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+

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.

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

Washington⁵

• Rate : The incidence rate is 58.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.2 to 60.0 and 1,434 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.2

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.7 to 65.2 and 72,150 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.1

Adams County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 91.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.1 to 138.3 and 5 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 74.2

Franklin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 78.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.8 to 99.5 and 15 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.5

Island County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 76.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.6 to 90.3 and 28 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 21)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.6

Skamania County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 75.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.5 to 120.8 and 4 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 72.0

Klickitat County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 73.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.7 to 103.2 and 7 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.2

Grays Harbor County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 72.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 59.8 to 87.8 and 23 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 24)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.4

Jefferson County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 71.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.6 to 90.7 and 15 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.0

Mason County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 70.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.3 to 86.1 and 21 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (1, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.7

Benton County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.5 to 79.5 and 44 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 22)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.8

Clallam County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.7 to 82.2 and 29 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.2

Snohomish County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 66.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 61.7 to 71.2 and 163 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (4, 19)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.6

Skagit County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 66.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 56.3 to 77.3 and 34 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (2, 26)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.7

Kitsap County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 62.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.4 to 70.2 and 59 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (4, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.8

King County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 61.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 58.4 to 63.9 and 401 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (10, 23)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.8

Thurston County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.5 to 67.7 and 60 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (6, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.0

Grant County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.3 to 73.8 and 17 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (3, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.8

Whatcom County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.7 to 67.6 and 46 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (6, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.0

Chelan County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 58.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.9 to 72.8 and 17 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (3, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 54.7

Walla Walla County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 57.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.5 to 74.1 and 13 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (3, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.9

Pierce County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 57.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.5 to 61.9 and 155 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (12, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 54.2

Pacific County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 57.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.3 to 80.3 and 7 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 61.0

Lewis County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.8 to 69.6 and 19 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (5, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 53.0

San Juan County⁷

• Rate : The incidence rate is 56.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.2 to 81.7 and 6 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 64.0

Pend Oreille County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.9 to 85.5 and 4 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.7

Okanogan County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.0 to 72.2 and 10 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 25 (3, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 46.3

Douglas County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.5 to 74.1 and 8 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 26 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 52.6

Spokane County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.0 to 58.0 and 91 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 27 (16, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 58.6

Yakima County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 50.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.6 to 58.4 and 38 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 28 (15, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.7

Stevens County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 49.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.1 to 65.2 and 11 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 29 (7, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 53.4

Clark County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.6 to 52.7 and 73 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 30 (22, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.8

Cowlitz County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.9 to 57.5 and 19 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 31 (15, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 52.5

Kittitas County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 45.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.3 to 63.0 and 7 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 32 (9, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 61.0

Asotin County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 29.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.4 to 48.4 and 3 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (23, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 51.5

Whitman County⁶

• Rate : The incidence rate is 28.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 15.8 to 46.2 and 3 average annual cases over 2015-2019.
• CI*Rank⋔ : 34 (25, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.3

Columbia 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 : *

Ferry 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 : *

Garfield 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 : *

Lincoln 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 : *

Wahkiakum 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 06/06/2023 12:02 pm.

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 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).

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.
⁵ 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).
⁷ Source: SEER November 2021 submission.

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.