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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 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


Kentucky


Perry County


Martin County


Floyd County


Leslie County


Johnson County


Wolfe County


Clay County


Knox County


Metcalfe County


Butler County


Todd County


Knott County


Clinton County


Gallatin County


Lawrence County


Monroe County


Morgan County


Fleming County


Cumberland County


Whitley County


Powell County


Taylor County


Harlan County


Bourbon County


Elliott County


Bell County


Pike County


Hart County


Henry County


McCreary County


Grayson County


Owsley County


McLean County


Lewis County


Pulaski County


Grant County


Webster County


Russell County


Carter County


Garrard County


Larue County


Pendleton County


Ohio County


Anderson County


Laurel County


Carroll County


Mason County


Logan County


Letcher County


Rockcastle County


Lincoln County


Graves County


Jackson County


Montgomery County


Estill County


Simpson County


Livingston County


Lee County


Hopkins County


Rowan County


Fulton County


Green County


Breckinridge County


Meade County


Henderson County


Boyd County


Marshall County


Allen County


Greenup County


Washington County


Clark County


Breathitt County


Magoffin County


Union County


Nicholas County


Boyle County


Edmonson County


Trigg County


Warren County


Kenton County


Muhlenberg County


Barren County


Campbell County


Adair County


Hardin County


Lyon County


Scott County


Menifee County


Wayne County


Christian County


Nelson County


Daviess County


Mercer County


Bath County


Bullitt County


Hickman County


Madison County


Jefferson County


Franklin County


McCracken County


Shelby County


Crittenden County


Marion County


Caldwell County


Calloway County


Bracken County


Woodford County


Owen County


Casey County


Trimble County


Fayette County


Harrison County


Jessamine County


Oldham County


Spencer County


Ballard County


Boone County


Carlisle County Hancock County Robertson County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/01/2024 9:00 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 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.