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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 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


Texas


Donley County


Gray County


Johnson County


Cameron County


Palo Pinto County


Ector County


Parker County


Zapata County


Hansford County


Rains County


Yoakum County


Dimmit County


Swisher County


Starr County


Knox County


Crane County


Real County


McLennan County


Grayson County


Lipscomb County


Polk County


Willacy County


Delta County


Hamilton County


Zavala County


Archer County


Crockett County


Terry County


Calhoun County


Bosque County


Baylor County


La Salle County


Reeves County


San Jacinto County


Scurry County


Bee County


Lynn County


Madison County


Hardeman County


Howard County


Martin County


Robertson County


San Augustine County


Angelina County


Crosby County


Dawson County


Brazoria County


Cass County


Coleman County


Kimble County


Lavaca County


Nolan County


Parmer County


Webb County


Wheeler County


Bandera County


Carson County


Jim Wells County


Kinney County


Shelby County


Anderson County


Fisher County


Live Oak County


Potter County


Uvalde County


Aransas County


Caldwell County


Gaines County


Hockley County


Titus County


Upshur County


Wilbarger County


Blanco County


Childress County


Colorado County


DeWitt County


Deaf Smith County


Hill County


Hood County


Lubbock County


Randall County


Sutton County


Camp County


Karnes County


Lee County


San Saba County


Trinity County


Coryell County


Fannin County


Frio County


Hidalgo County


Hunt County


Jasper County


Leon County


Matagorda County


Maverick County


Refugio County


Waller County


Wichita County


Brooks County


Floyd County


Hays County


Henderson County


Jim Hogg County


Runnels County


Wise County


Clay County


Cooke County


Kerr County


Lamar County


Lamb County


Mitchell County


Moore County


Red River County


Stephens County


Victoria County


Atascosa County


Cherokee County


Ellis County


Haskell County


Jones County


Limestone County


Mason County


Somervell County


Taylor County


Brown County


Comal County


Fayette County


Goliad County


Gonzales County


Kaufman County


McCulloch County


Montague County


Val Verde County


Wilson County


Wood County


Bowie County


Burleson County


Gillespie County


Hale County


Hutchinson County


Kleberg County


Medina County


Milam County


Sabine County


Bexar County


Coke County


Fort Bend County


Franklin County


Freestone County


Guadalupe County


Lampasas County


Midland County


Pecos County


Van Zandt County


Burnet County


El Paso County


Falls County


Jackson County


Orange County


Tom Green County


Wharton County


Williamson County


Bell County


Cochran County


Eastland County


Erath County


Gregg County


Hopkins County


Morris County


Navarro County


Rusk County


Tarrant County


Ward County


Callahan County


Dallam County


Dallas County


Galveston County


Hardin County


Kendall County


Newton County


Panola County


Rockwall County


Jefferson County


Nueces County


Tyler County


Austin County


Brazos County


Castro County


Chambers County


Collin County


Grimes County


Jack County


Marion County


Nacogdoches County


Walker County


Harris County


Liberty County


Llano County


Montgomery County


San Patricio County


Washington County


Winkler County


Denton County


Harrison County


Travis County


Garza County


Houston County


Andrews County


Mills County


Brewster County


Comanche County


Hall County


Smith County


Bastrop County


Young County


Duval 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 03/17/2026 6:12 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.