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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Texas Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by count

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


Harris County


Dallas County


Tarrant County


Bexar County


Travis County


Collin County


El Paso County


Denton County


Montgomery County


Hidalgo County


Fort Bend County


Williamson County


Galveston County


Brazoria County


Nueces County


Cameron County


Bell County


Lubbock County


Jefferson County


McLennan County


Smith County


Johnson County


Grayson County


Ellis County


Comal County


Parker County


Webb County


Hays County


Wichita County


Guadalupe County


Taylor County


Henderson County


Gregg County


Ector County


Kaufman County


Randall County


Brazos County


Hunt County


Bowie County


Potter County


Tom Green County


Midland County


Orange County


Liberty County


Angelina County


Victoria County


Bastrop County


Hood County


Wood County


Kerr County


Rockwall County


Polk County


Van Zandt County


Anderson County


Wise County


Lamar County


San Patricio County


Harrison County


Coryell County


Nacogdoches County


Burnet County


Hardin County


Rusk County


Walker County


Navarro County


Cherokee County


Upshur County


Hill County


Wilson County


Cooke County


Medina County


Jasper County


Brown County


Cass County


Fannin County


Atascosa County


Caldwell County


Hopkins County


Kendall County


Matagorda County


Waller County


Wharton County


Jim Wells County


Palo Pinto County


Washington County


Aransas County


San Jacinto County


Llano County


Starr County


Val Verde County


Chambers County


Gillespie County


Maverick County


Milam County


Erath County


Bosque County


Grimes County


Austin County


Fayette County


Bandera County


Shelby County


Howard County


Lampasas County


Panola County


Lavaca County


Montague County


Titus County


Colorado County


Freestone County


Houston County


Uvalde County


Limestone County


Young County


Kleberg County


Trinity County


Tyler County


Eastland County


Calhoun County


Hale County


Bee County


DeWitt County


Leon County


Burleson County


Robertson County


Gray County


Hockley County


Hutchinson County


Red River County


Gonzales County


Falls County


Lee County


Nolan County


Jones County


Rains County


Morris County


Newton County


Callahan County


Sabine County


Jackson County


Blanco County


Coleman County


Hamilton County


Comanche County


Scurry County


Camp County


Marion County


Runnels County


San Augustine County


Madison County


Clay County


Wilbarger County


Willacy County


Franklin County


Moore County


Deaf Smith County


Frio County


Lamb County


Karnes County


Live Oak County


McCulloch County


Andrews County


Gaines County


Stephens County


Pecos County


Terry County


Reeves County


Dawson County


Dimmit County


Refugio County


Somervell County


Duval County


Jack County


Zavala County


Ward County


Goliad County


Zapata County


Mitchell County


Swisher County


Archer County


Childress County


Parmer County


San Saba County


Brewster County


Haskell County


Mills County


Brooks County


Delta County


Baylor County


Carson County


Mason County


Wheeler County


Real County


Coke County


Floyd County


Fisher County


Castro County


Kimble County


Hansford County


Lynn County


La Salle County


Jim Hogg County


Crosby County


Yoakum County


Ochiltree County


Winkler County


Kinney County


Knox County


Crockett County


Dallam County


Martin County


Bailey County


Garza County


Sutton County


Hardeman County


Concho County


Crane County


Donley County


Presidio County


Hartley County


Hall County


Collingsworth County


Jeff Davis County


Cochran County


Lipscomb County


Menard County


Shackelford County


Reagan County


Edwards County


Dickens County


Hemphill County


Schleicher County


Culberson County


Stonewall County


Upton County


Irion County


Throckmorton County


Motley County


Armstrong County Briscoe County Hudspeth County Oldham County Borden County Cottle County Foard County Glasscock County Kenedy County Kent County King County Loving County McMullen County Roberts County Sherman County Sterling County Terrell County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 12:05 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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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, Cottle County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Roberts County, Sherman 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, 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 do not include Puerto Rico.