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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Illinois 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


Illinois


Ford County


Scott County


Marion County


Moultrie County


Pike County


Clark County


Iroquois County


Mercer County


Union County


Brown County


Hamilton County


Logan County


Pulaski County


White County


Hardin County


Mason County


Whiteside County


Alexander County


Clay County


Fulton County


Marshall County


Morgan County


Saline County


Vermilion County


Woodford County


Crawford County


La Salle County


Lawrence County


Macoupin County


Randolph County


Schuyler County


Stephenson County


Wayne County


Bureau County


Christian County


Cumberland County


DeKalb County


Douglas County


Jefferson County


Knox County


Livingston County


Macon County


Stark County


Winnebago County


De Witt County


Edwards County


Gallatin County


Jersey County


Lee County


Ogle County


Peoria County


Cass County


Edgar County


Effingham County


Greene County


Grundy County


Henry County


Jackson County


Madison County


Massac County


McDonough County


Perry County


Sangamon County


Warren County


Coles County


Franklin County


Johnson County


Menard County


Pope County


Rock Island County


Shelby County


Tazewell County


Williamson County


Calhoun County


Fayette County


Kankakee County


Kendall County


McLean County


Montgomery County


Washington County


Bond County


Boone County


Carroll County


Clinton County


Henderson County


Jo Daviess County


Piatt County


Richland County


St. Clair County


Wabash County


Will County


Hancock County


Jasper County


Adams County


Lake County


Putnam County


DuPage County


Kane County


Monroe County


Champaign County


McHenry County


Cook County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/29/2024 5:57 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 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).


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.