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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 priority index

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


Brewster County


Collin County


Denton County


Fort Bend County


Gillespie County


Hidalgo County


Kendall County


Travis County


Williamson County


Atascosa County


Austin County


Bandera County


Bastrop County


Bell County


Bexar County


Brazos County


Burnet County


Caldwell County


Chambers County


Comal County


Comanche County


Dallas County


Donley County


Erath County


Falls County


Grimes County


Guadalupe County


Harris County


Harrison County


Hays County


Houston County


Hutchinson County


Jackson County


Jefferson County


Kerr County


Kimble County


Limestone County


Llano County


Lubbock County


Marion County


Medina County


Midland County


Montgomery County


Nueces County


Randall County


Rockwall County


Schleicher County


Shackelford County


Stephens County


Tarrant County


Throckmorton County


Titus County


Tom Green County


Walker County


Waller County


Washington County


Wharton County


Wilson County


Winkler County


Cameron County


Ochiltree County


Presidio County


Andrews County


Archer County


Bailey County


Bee County


Blanco County


Brazoria County


Brooks County


Callahan County


Carson County


Castro County


Clay County


Cochran County


Collingsworth County


Concho County


Crane County


Crosby County


Dallam County


Dawson County


Deaf Smith County


Delta County


Dickens County


Duval County


Edwards County


El Paso County


Fayette County


Floyd County


Franklin County


Frio County


Gaines County


Garza County


Goliad County


Gonzales County


Hale County


Hall County


Hansford County


Hardeman County


Hartley County


Haskell County


Hemphill County


Hood County


Irion County


Jack County


Jeff Davis County


Jim Hogg County


Jones County


Karnes County


Kinney County


Knox County


La Salle County


Lamb County


Lee County


Lipscomb County


Live Oak County


Lynn County


Martin County


Mason County


Maverick County


McLennan County


Menard County


Mills County


Mitchell County


Moore County


Motley County


Parmer County


Pecos County


Reagan County


Reeves County


Sabine County


San Saba County


Scurry County


Smith County


Somervell County


Starr County


Stonewall County


Sutton County


Terry County


Upton County


Val Verde County


Victoria County


Ward County


Webb County


Wheeler County


Wilbarger County


Willacy County


Yoakum County


Zapata County


Aransas County


Brown County


Cherokee County


Coryell County


Galveston County


Grayson County


Gregg County


Hardin County


Henderson County


Hopkins County


Hunt County


Johnson County


Lampasas County


Liberty County


Milam County


Montague County


Nacogdoches County


Navarro County


Orange County


Parker County


Potter County


Rains County


Red River County


San Patricio County


Taylor County


Tyler County


Van Zandt County


Anderson County


Angelina County


Baylor County


Bosque County


Bowie County


Burleson County


Calhoun County


Camp County


Cass County


Childress County


Coke County


Coleman County


Colorado County


Cooke County


Crockett County


DeWitt County


Eastland County


Ector County


Ellis County


Fannin County


Fisher County


Freestone County


Gray County


Hamilton County


Hill County


Hockley County


Howard County


Jasper County


Jim Wells County


Kaufman County


Kleberg County


Lamar County


Lavaca County


Leon County


Madison County


Matagorda County


McCulloch County


Morris County


Newton County


Nolan County


Palo Pinto County


Panola County


Real County


Refugio County


Robertson County


Runnels County


Rusk County


San Augustine County


San Jacinto County


Shelby County


Swisher County


Trinity County


Upshur County


Uvalde County


Wichita County


Wise County


Wood County


Young County


Zavala County


Culberson County


Dimmit County


Polk 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 03/14/2026 4:20 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.