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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, 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


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


Comal County


Ellis County


Parker County


Webb County


Hays County


Wichita County


Guadalupe County


Henderson County


Taylor County


Gregg County


Ector County


Kaufman County


Randall County


Brazos County


Potter County


Hunt County


Bowie County


Tom Green County


Midland County


Anderson County


Angelina County


Liberty County


Orange County


Victoria County


Hood County


Kerr County


Wood County


Polk County


Bastrop County


Van Zandt County


Rockwall County


Wise County


San Patricio County


Harrison County


Walker County


Lamar County


Burnet County


Coryell County


Nacogdoches County


Hardin County


Rusk County


Cherokee County


Navarro County


Hill County


Wilson County


Brown County


Upshur County


Medina County


Jasper County


Caldwell County


Cooke County


Cass County


San Jacinto County


Matagorda County


Hopkins County


Aransas County


Kendall County


Fannin County


Atascosa County


Wharton County


Jim Wells County


Palo Pinto County


Waller County


Starr County


Llano County


Washington County


Chambers County


Austin County


Gillespie County


Bandera County


Howard County


Maverick County


Erath County


Val Verde County


Grimes County


Bosque County


Milam County


Lampasas County


Fayette County


Shelby County


Lavaca County


Panola County


Montague County


Titus County


Colorado County


Houston County


Bee County


Eastland County


Limestone County


Tyler County


Calhoun County


Trinity County


Young County


Leon County


Uvalde County


Robertson County


Freestone County


Burleson County


DeWitt County


Hale County


Kleberg County


Gray County


Red River County


Lee County


Rains County


Jones County


Gonzales County


Hockley County


Nolan County


Hutchinson County


Falls County


Newton County


Morris County


Sabine County


Callahan County


Jackson County


Camp County


Runnels County


San Augustine County


Blanco County


Comanche County


Hamilton County


Madison County


Scurry County


Willacy County


Marion County


Wilbarger County


Clay County


Coleman County


Karnes County


Moore County


Lamb County


McCulloch County


Franklin County


Stephens County


Terry County


Live Oak County


Dimmit County


Frio County


Reeves County


Deaf Smith County


Dawson County


Gaines County


Jack County


Refugio County


Somervell County


Zapata County


Pecos County


Andrews County


Goliad County


Duval County


Delta County


Archer County


Zavala County


Mitchell County


Parmer County


Childress County


Mills County


Baylor County


Brewster County


San Saba County


Mason County


Ward County


Swisher County


Wheeler County


Haskell County


Kimble County


Crosby County


Real County


Winkler County


Carson County


Coke County


La Salle County


Knox County


Lynn County


Fisher County


Floyd County


Castro County


Hansford County


Jim Hogg County


Kinney County


Brooks County


Crockett County


Sutton County


Crane County


Dallam County


Garza County


Hardeman County


Yoakum County


Martin County


Lipscomb County


Donley County


Hall County


Cochran County


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

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/16/2026 11:49 pm.

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:
Armstrong County, Borden County, Briscoe County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Dickens County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Hemphill County, Irion County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Menard County, Motley County, Oldham County, Roberts County, Schleicher County, Shackelford County, Sherman 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:
Bailey County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Edwards County, Hartley County, Hudspeth County, Jeff Davis County, Ochiltree County, Presidio County, Reagan 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.