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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Texas Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by trend

Explanation of Column Headers

State/County - The site and sex combination for this comparison.

Priority Index 1 - The priority index is based upon the direction of the trend and the rate comparison. An index of 1 is the highest priority - that trend is rising and the rate is already higher. An index of 9 is the lowest priority - the trend is falling and the rate is already lower.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


United States


Texas


Hall County


Marion County


San Jacinto County


Comanche County


Kendall County


Wichita County


Presidio County


Shackelford County


Lipscomb County


Pecos County


Upton County


Hardin County


Travis County


Dallam County


Collin County


Denton County


Harris County


Hood County


Anderson County


Carson County


Garza County


Montgomery County


Brazos County


Camp County


Castro County


Dallas County


Fort Bend County


Nueces County


Brazoria County


Menard County


Reeves County


Sutton County


Walker County


Williamson County


Bell County


Burnet County


Houston County


Jack County


Mason County


Real County


Somervell County


Tyler County


Angelina County


Archer County


Bandera County


Brewster County


Ellis County


Fayette County


Hartley County


Jasper County


Jefferson County


Liberty County


Live Oak County


Rockwall County


Tarrant County


Waller County


Bailey County


Bexar County


Burleson County


Chambers County


Coke County


Erath County


Falls County


Galveston County


Goliad County


Gregg County


Guadalupe County


Hays County


Hopkins County


Kaufman County


La Salle County


Limestone County


Ochiltree County


Rains County


Reagan County


Titus County


Upshur County


Washington County


Wharton County


Andrews County


Atascosa County


Austin County


Colorado County


Comal County


Dimmit County


El Paso County


Gillespie County


Henderson County


Jeff Davis County


Leon County


Moore County


Orange County


Palo Pinto County


Ward County


Bastrop County


Bee County


Bowie County


Collingsworth County


Eastland County


Gonzales County


Harrison County


Howard County


Llano County


Medina County


Midland County


Robertson County


Rusk County


San Augustine County


San Patricio County


Scurry County


Shelby County


Victoria County


Wilson County


Wood County


Caldwell County


Calhoun County


Cameron County


Cottle County


Crane County


Ector County


Grimes County


Hockley County


Johnson County


Panola County


Parker County


Potter County


Sabine County


Stephens County


Tom Green County


Uvalde County


Van Zandt County


Aransas County


Crockett County


Fannin County


Gray County


Hardeman County


Hidalgo County


Kerr County


Kimble County


Lubbock County


Madison County


Morris County


Willacy County


Brown County


Cass County


Childress County


Cochran County


Crosby County


Fisher County


Gaines County


Grayson County


Hansford County


Jim Wells County


Lamar County


Navarro County


Newton County


Parmer County


Runnels County


Taylor County


Terry County


Zapata County


Brooks County


Cooke County


Dickens County


Floyd County


Hunt County


Hutchinson County


Karnes County


Matagorda County


McCulloch County


Mills County


Randall County


Webb County


Zavala County


Concho County


Duval County


Hill County


Jim Hogg County


Lavaca County


Lee County


Motley County


Red River County


Throckmorton County


Wilbarger County


Edwards County


Franklin County


Haskell County


Hemphill County


Jones County


Milam County


Mitchell County


Refugio County


San Saba County


Wheeler County


Callahan County


Clay County


Coryell County


Donley County


Jackson County


Montague County


Winkler County


Young County


Dawson County


DeWitt County


Frio County


Kleberg County


Lamb County


Swisher County


Wise County


Baylor County


Freestone County


Blanco County


Delta County


Hale County


Martin County


Maverick County


Nolan County


Polk County


Stonewall County


Coleman County


Kinney County


Lynn County


Sherman County


Deaf Smith County


Knox County


Starr County


Trinity County


Hamilton County


Yoakum County


Foard County


Schleicher County


Cherokee County


McLennan County


Val Verde County


Nacogdoches County


Bosque County


Smith County


Lampasas County


Armstrong County Briscoe County Hudspeth County Irion County Oldham County Borden County Culberson County Glasscock County Kenedy County Kent County King County Loving County McMullen County Roberts County Sterling County Terrell County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/02/2024 12:10 am.

Trend2
     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.
Rate Comparison
     Above     when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
     Similar     when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
     Below     when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Version 4.8.0.0. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: 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. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Borden County, Culberson County, Glasscock County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Roberts County, Sterling County, Terrell County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Armstrong County, Briscoe County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Oldham County


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer 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 United States does not include Puerto Rico.