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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, Male

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


Hall County


Lipscomb County


Dallam County


Schleicher County


Fisher County


Sutton County


Crane County


Kinney County


Garza County


Donley County


Hansford County


Floyd County


Bailey County


Crosby County


Jim Hogg County


Knox County


Winkler County


Hardeman County


Ochiltree County


Real County


Castro County


Parmer County


Mason County


La Salle County


Wheeler County


Childress County


Brooks County


Lynn County


Yoakum County


Kimble County


San Saba County


Coke County


Baylor County


Brewster County


Mills County


Mitchell County


Haskell County


Somervell County


Jack County


Ward County


Zavala County


Swisher County


Archer County


Dimmit County


Andrews County


Refugio County


Delta County


Reeves County


Terry County


Zapata County


Goliad County


Runnels County


Pecos County


McCulloch County


Live Oak County


Stephens County


Clay County


Dawson County


Deaf Smith County


Lamb County


Frio County


Moore County


Gaines County


Franklin County


San Augustine County


Willacy County


Duval County


Callahan County


Coleman County


Karnes County


Madison County


Hamilton County


Wilbarger County


Marion County


Rains County


Comanche County


Camp County


Blanco County


Scurry County


Hockley County


Jackson County


Falls County


Red River County


Jones County


Gray County


Sabine County


Morris County


Newton County


Nolan County


Hutchinson County


Colorado County


Eastland County


Burleson County


Lee County


Freestone County


Gonzales County


Calhoun County


Robertson County


Lampasas County


Kleberg County


Tyler County


Bee County


Hale County


Lavaca County


Young County


DeWitt County


Limestone County


Montague County


Titus County


Leon County


Panola County


Trinity County


Fayette County


Houston County


Uvalde County


Bosque County


Milam County


Austin County


Erath County


Shelby County


Howard County


Bandera County


Grimes County


Llano County


Chambers County


Maverick County


Palo Pinto County


Washington County


San Jacinto County


Kendall County


Jim Wells County


Waller County


Val Verde County


Gillespie County


Starr County


Fannin County


Caldwell County


Wharton County


Atascosa County


Cass County


Hopkins County


Jasper County


Aransas County


Medina County


Cooke County


Wilson County


Matagorda County


Upshur County


Hill County


Brown County


Coryell County


Cherokee County


Navarro County


Burnet County


Nacogdoches County


Rusk County


Walker County


Hardin County


Rockwall County


Lamar County


San Patricio County


Harrison County


Wood County


Van Zandt County


Wise County


Kerr County


Polk County


Hood County


Bastrop County


Liberty County


Angelina County


Victoria County


Orange County


Bowie County


Midland County


Anderson County


Brazos County


Randall County


Hunt County


Kaufman County


Ector County


Tom Green County


Potter County


Gregg County


Henderson County


Guadalupe County


Hays County


Taylor County


Parker County


Webb County


Wichita County


Comal County


Ellis County


Johnson County


Grayson County


McLennan County


Smith County


Jefferson County


Lubbock County


Cameron County


Bell County


Brazoria County


Nueces County


Williamson County


Galveston County


Fort Bend County


Hidalgo County


Denton County


Montgomery County


Collin County


El Paso County


Travis County


Bexar County


Tarrant County


Dallas County


Harris County


Armstrong County Carson County Collingsworth County Concho County Crockett County Edwards County Hartley County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Martin County Menard County Presidio County Reagan County Sherman County Borden County Briscoe County Cochran County Cottle County Culberson County Dickens County Foard County Glasscock County Irion County Jeff Davis County Kenedy County Kent County King County Loving County McMullen County Motley County Oldham County Roberts County Shackelford County Sterling County Stonewall County Terrell County Throckmorton County Upton County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/10/2024 7:13 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, Briscoe County, Cochran County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Dickens County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Irion County, Jeff Davis County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Motley County, Oldham County, Roberts County, Shackelford County, Sterling County, Stonewall County, Terrell County, Throckmorton County, Upton County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Armstrong County, Carson County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Crockett County, Edwards County, Hartley County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Martin County, Menard County, Presidio County, Reagan County, Sherman 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.