State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Vermont 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:

• 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.

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

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

United States

• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -1.0.
• Rate : The death rate is 126.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 126.1 to 126.6 and 287,034 average annual deaths.

Vermont

• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.
• Rate : The death rate is 128.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 124.1 to 133.2 and 660 average annual deaths.

Orange County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.2.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 117.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 99.5 to 139.3 and 31 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9

Addison County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -0.3.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 119.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 101.9 to 140.4 and 35 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9

Chittenden County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.0.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 122.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 113.7 to 132.5 and 141 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Franklin County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.5.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 123.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 106.8 to 141.2 and 43 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Washington County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.9 to -1.7.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 123.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 109.6 to 139.1 and 60 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Windsor County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.3.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 124.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 110.6 to 140.3 and 65 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Lamoille County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 0.0.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 129.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 106.9 to 156.7 and 24 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Caledonia County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 0.0.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 131.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 110.9 to 154.5 and 33 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0

Rutland County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.4.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 136.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 121.8 to 152.1 and 73 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1

Windham County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.2.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 138.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 121.7 to 157.0 and 56 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1

Bennington County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.4.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 138.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 120.4 to 160.0 and 47 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1

Essex County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to 2.7.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 140.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 99.5 to 198.4 and 8 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1

Grand Isle County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to 3.9.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 147.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 100.7 to 210.5 and 8 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.2

Orleans County

• Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 4.
• Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 3.8.
• County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is higher compared to the US rate
• Rate : The death rate is 164.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 140.1 to 191.6 and 37 average annual deaths.
• Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/11/2026 1:05 pm.


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).

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.