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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Wisconsin by County

Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2016-2020

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


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Wisconsin6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Pierce County6


Green County6


La Crosse County6


Dodge County6


Dane County6


Taylor County6


Dunn County6


Eau Claire County6


Washburn County6


Winnebago County6


Marquette County6


Green Lake County6


Crawford County6


Ozaukee County6


Monroe County6


Waupaca County6


Brown County6


Trempealeau County6


Waukesha County6


Douglas County6


Racine County6


Outagamie County6


Door County6


Calumet County6


Columbia County6


Portage County6


Wood County6


Rusk County6


Rock County6


Marinette County6


Buffalo County6


Sheboygan County6


Richland County6


Manitowoc County6


Fond du Lac County6


Price County6


Shawano County6


Iowa County6


Marathon County6


Milwaukee County6


Lafayette County6


Jefferson County6


Polk County6


Kenosha County6


Washington County6


Oconto County6


Sawyer County6


Juneau County6


Jackson County6


Bayfield County6


Clark County6


St. Croix County6


Kewaunee County6


Walworth County6


Waushara County6


Lincoln County6


Oneida County6


Sauk County6


Grant County6


Adams County6


Vernon County6


Chippewa County6


Langlade County6


Barron County6


Burnett County6


Vilas County6


Ashland County6


Forest County6


Florence County6 Iron County6 Menominee County6 Pepin County6

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/02/2023 4:40 am.

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.

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 - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2022 submission.
6 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2022 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.