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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Indiana Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by rate

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


Indiana


Fountain County


Scott County


Orange County


Jennings County


Fayette County


Pike County


Grant County


Henry County


Blackford County


Fulton County


Starke County


Rush County


Pulaski County


Jay County


Owen County


Greene County


Putnam County


Jefferson County


Randolph County


Vermillion County


Clay County


Lawrence County


Wabash County


Vigo County


Knox County


Morgan County


Howard County


Benton County


White County


Huntington County


Union County


Dearborn County


Madison County


Washington County


Miami County


Clinton County


Marion County


Decatur County


Wayne County


Jackson County


Clark County


Sullivan County


Delaware County


Franklin County


Shelby County


Harrison County


Vanderburgh County


St. Joseph County


Tipton County


DeKalb County


Noble County


Adams County


Martin County


Floyd County


Jasper County


Crawford County


Whitley County


Newton County


Kosciusko County


Cass County


Parke County


Perry County


Brown County


Ohio County


Allen County


Steuben County


Switzerland County


Bartholomew County


Montgomery County


Ripley County


Johnson County


Hancock County


LaPorte County


Wells County


Porter County


Lake County


Elkhart County


LaGrange County


Gibson County


Posey County


Marshall County


Warrick County


Spencer County


Tippecanoe County


Boone County


Daviess County


Carroll County


Warren County


Dubois County


Hendricks County


Monroe County


Hamilton County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/18/2026 9:25 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

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).

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.