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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, Female

Sorted by rateratio

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


Zapata County


Dimmit County


Reeves County


Winkler County


San Saba County


Kendall County


Brewster County


Hidalgo County


Castro County


Pecos County


Comanche County


Gillespie County


Terry County


Travis County


Starr County


Brazos County


Walker County


Collin County


Fort Bend County


Webb County


Cameron County


Fayette County


Goliad County


Gaines County


Atascosa County


Denton County


Williamson County


Marion County


Jack County


Nueces County


Karnes County


El Paso County


Hartley County


Bailey County


Carson County


La Salle County


Howard County


Moore County


Medina County


Crosby County


Bandera County


Lamb County


Wilson County


Scurry County


Val Verde County


Willacy County


Washington County


Erath County


Smith County


Randall County


Refugio County


Hood County


Comal County


Dawson County


Harris County


Bexar County


Newton County


Maverick County


Hays County


Chambers County


Montgomery County


Brooks County


Kerr County


Camp County


Wilbarger County


Burnet County


Tyler County


Jim Wells County


Hansford County


Mason County


Anderson County


Brown County


Mills County


Duval County


Yoakum County


Dallas County


Tarrant County


Hopkins County


Ward County


Tom Green County


Lubbock County


Rockwall County


Austin County


Live Oak County


Waller County


Gonzales County


San Jacinto County


Victoria County


Ochiltree County


Guadalupe County


Midland County


Lavaca County


Swisher County


Rains County


Wood County


Red River County


Hardin County


Brazoria County


Blanco County


Jefferson County


Harrison County


Andrews County


McLennan County


Sutton County


Cherokee County


Titus County


Nacogdoches County


San Augustine County


Deaf Smith County


Caldwell County


Angelina County


Llano County


Ellis County


Milam County


Bell County


Van Zandt County


Burleson County


Leon County


Taylor County


Lee County


Galveston County


Bastrop County


Rusk County


Robertson County


Limestone County


Henderson County


Gray County


Eastland County


Young County


Palo Pinto County


Wharton County


Calhoun County


Grayson County


Jackson County


Donley County


Cooke County


Jasper County


Floyd County


San Patricio County


Cass County


Hunt County


Shelby County


Houston County


Morris County


Upshur County


Childress County


Matagorda County


Colorado County


Zavala County


Potter County


Aransas County


Dallam County


Sabine County


Grimes County


Hale County


Hockley County


Parker County


Wise County


Navarro County


Lamar County


Uvalde County


Fisher County


Ector County


Gregg County


Bee County


Coryell County


Johnson County


Madison County


Kaufman County


Kimble County


Jim Hogg County


Bowie County


Franklin County


Wichita County


Falls County


Lampasas County


Freestone County


Clay County


Fannin County


Orange County


Montague County


Haskell County


Bosque County


Kinney County


Runnels County


Hill County


Wheeler County


Coleman County


Panola County


Frio County


Somervell County


Hutchinson County


Kleberg County


Nolan County


Delta County


Stephens County


Callahan County


Jones County


Trinity County


DeWitt County


Liberty County


Hamilton County


McCulloch County


Lynn County


Mitchell County


Polk County


Baylor County


Archer County Coke County Crane County Crockett County Dickens County Garza County Knox County Martin County Menard County Parmer County Real County Armstrong County Borden County Briscoe County Cochran County Collingsworth County Concho County Cottle County Culberson County Edwards County Foard County Glasscock County Hall County Hardeman County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Irion County Jeff Davis County Kenedy County Kent County King County Lipscomb County Loving County McMullen County Motley County Oldham County Presidio County Reagan 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 06/01/2024 4:22 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:
Armstrong County, Borden County, Briscoe County, Cochran County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Edwards County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Hall County, Hardeman County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Jeff Davis County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Lipscomb County, Loving County, McMullen County, Motley County, Oldham County, Presidio County, Reagan 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:
Archer County, Coke County, Crane County, Crockett County, Dickens County, Garza County, Knox County, Martin County, Menard County, Parmer County, Real 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.