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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Kentucky Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Female

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


Kentucky


Jefferson County


Fayette County


Kenton County


Warren County


Daviess County


Hardin County


Campbell County


Boone County


Pulaski County


Pike County


Bullitt County


Madison County


McCracken County


Laurel County


Floyd County


Boyd County


Christian County


Hopkins County


Franklin County


Henderson County


Barren County


Greenup County


Graves County


Nelson County


Knox County


Whitley County


Scott County


Oldham County


Perry County


Jessamine County


Shelby County


Clark County


Marshall County


Bell County


Harlan County


Muhlenberg County


Calloway County


Johnson County


Boyle County


Taylor County


Carter County


Grayson County


Logan County


Montgomery County


Lincoln County


Clay County


Letcher County


Ohio County


Bourbon County


Meade County


Woodford County


Mercer County


Anderson County


Breckinridge County


Grant County


Russell County


Allen County


Hart County


Knott County


Rowan County


Wayne County


Garrard County


Lawrence County


Adair County


Mason County


Simpson County


Henry County


Rockcastle County


Marion County


Fleming County


McCreary County


Butler County


Casey County


Harrison County


Trigg County


Estill County


Larue County


Martin County


Leslie County


Lewis County


Metcalfe County


Todd County


Pendleton County


Morgan County


Union County


Webster County


Clinton County


Caldwell County


Edmonson County


Jackson County


Monroe County


Powell County


Washington County


Green County


Breathitt County


Magoffin County


Spencer County


Livingston County


Bath County


McLean County


Wolfe County


Carroll County


Cumberland County


Lyon County


Owen County


Gallatin County


Crittenden County


Elliott County


Ballard County


Bracken County


Lee County


Menifee County


Nicholas County


Fulton County


Trimble County


Hickman County


Owsley County


Carlisle County Hancock County Robertson County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/18/2024 4:16 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:
Robertson County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Carlisle County, Hancock 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.