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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Wisconsin by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2017-2021

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

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.

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


Wisconsin6


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Adams County6


Ashland County6


Barron County6


Bayfield County6


Brown County6


Buffalo County6


Burnett County6


Calumet County6


Chippewa County6


Clark County6


Columbia County6


Crawford County6


Dane County6


Dodge County6


Door County6


Douglas County6


Dunn County6


Eau Claire County6


Florence County6


Fond du Lac County6


Forest County6


Grant County6


Green County6


Green Lake County6


Iowa County6


Iron County6


Jackson County6


Jefferson County6


Juneau County6


Kenosha County6


Kewaunee County6


La Crosse County6


Lafayette County6


Langlade County6


Lincoln County6


Manitowoc County6


Marathon County6


Marinette County6


Marquette County6


Menominee County6


Milwaukee County6


Monroe County6


Oconto County6


Oneida County6


Outagamie County6


Ozaukee County6


Pepin County6


Pierce County6


Polk County6


Portage County6


Price County6


Racine County6


Richland County6


Rock County6


Rusk County6


Sauk County6


Sawyer County6


Shawano County6


Sheboygan County6


St. Croix County6


Taylor County6


Trempealeau County6


Vernon County6


Vilas County6


Walworth County6


Washburn County6


Washington County6


Waukesha County6


Waupaca County6


Waushara County6


Winnebago County6


Wood County6




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/12/2025 9:19 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.

† 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. The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

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/Historic Combined Summary Stage (2004+).
⋔ 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.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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 2023 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 2023 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 modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2023 data.

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