State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Washington by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2017-2021

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

Sorted by Name

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

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 58.9 to 61.6 and 1,528 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.5

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.0 to 64.4 and 72,697 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.1

Adams County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 103.5 and 3 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 68.0

Asotin County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 33.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 20.2 to 53.1 and 4 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (23, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 52.8

Benton County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 69.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.3 to 79.0 and 45 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (2, 26)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 69.1

Chelan County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 61.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 49.0 to 75.2 and 19 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (4, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.3

Clallam County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 52.8 to 76.5 and 27 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (3, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.2

Clark County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 47.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.2 to 53.0 and 79 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (25, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.0

Cowlitz County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 44.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.4 to 54.1 and 19 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (23, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 48.5

Douglas County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 54.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.0 to 73.3 and 9 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (4, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 57.3

Franklin County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 82.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.2 to 103.0 and 17 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.0

Grant County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 51.3 to 78.7 and 18 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (2, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 66.7

Grays Harbor County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 82.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 68.2 to 97.9 and 26 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 19)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 61.1

Island County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 75.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 62.9 to 89.6 and 28 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 25)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 62.2

Jefferson County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 72.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.8 to 92.1 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.0

King County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 60.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 57.6 to 63.0 and 404 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (13, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.4

Kitsap County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.2 to 67.3 and 60 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (8, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.0

Kittitas County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 46.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.1 to 65.3 and 7 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (9, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.3

Klickitat County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 68.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.9 to 97.1 and 7 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.3

Lewis County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 67.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.3 to 80.8 and 24 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 62.4

Lincoln County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 67.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.9 to 110.2 and 3 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 70.8

Mason County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 68.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.4 to 83.9 and 21 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 30)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.6

Okanogan County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 64.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.2 to 83.7 and 12 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 49.2

Pacific County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 58.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.5 to 81.4 and 8 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 62.9

Pend Oreille County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 66.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.9 to 101.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 72.7

Pierce County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 63.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 58.8 to 67.4 and 176 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (9, 26)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.0

San Juan County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 77.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.5 to 108.6 and 8 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 67.8

Skagit County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 75.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.4 to 87.4 and 40 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 20)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.4

Skamania County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 86.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.7 to 132.6 and 5 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 74.2

Snohomish County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 66.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 62.0 to 71.3 and 171 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (6, 22)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 60.6

Spokane County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 59.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.1 to 64.3 and 109 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (12, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.4

Stevens County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 68.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 53.0 to 87.0 and 15 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 63.5

Thurston County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 62.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.3 to 69.4 and 64 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (7, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 56.9

Walla Walla County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 53.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.5 to 68.6 and 12 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (7, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 55.9

Whatcom County⁷

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 52.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.6 to 60.4 and 43 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (16, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.0

Yakima County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 55.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.8 to 63.2 and 42 average annual cases over 2017-2021.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (14, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : 59.5

Columbia County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• 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

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• 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

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• 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

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• 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 : *

Whitman County⁶

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• 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 10/07/2024 8:26 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.
Columbia, Ferry, Garfield, Wahkiakum, Whitman

† 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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
* 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.

Data for the United States does not include data from Indiana.
Data for the United States does not include Puerto Rico.