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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, Female

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


Pecos County


Atascosa County


Angelina County


Walker County


Brooks County


Yoakum County


Polk County


Anderson County


Kinney County


Wheeler County


Dimmit County


Franklin County


Zavala County


Lynn County


Jim Wells County


Coleman County


Mitchell County


Real County


Bowie County


Floyd County


Bee County


El Paso County


Mason County


McCulloch County


Eastland County


Frio County


Garza County


Kaufman County


Fisher County


Freestone County


Hamilton County


Hansford County


Runnels County


Upshur County


Hockley County


Kleberg County


Panola County


Rusk County


Deaf Smith County


Haskell County


Karnes County


Ochiltree County


Ward County


Wood County


Burleson County


Crosby County


Dawson County


Hall County


Mills County


Uvalde County


Clay County


Jim Hogg County


Lee County


Trinity County


Webb County


Donley County


Fannin County


Hale County


Jasper County


Shelby County


Calhoun County


Live Oak County


Palo Pinto County


Val Verde County


Andrews County


Cass County


DeWitt County


Gray County


Hidalgo County


Hill County


Jack County


Swisher County


Ector County


Maverick County


Midland County


San Jacinto County


Washington County


Wise County


Baylor County


Blanco County


Bosque County


Carson County


Nacogdoches County


San Augustine County


Tyler County


Callahan County


Cameron County


Delta County


Guadalupe County


Jones County


Lamar County


Llano County


Presidio County


Childress County


Coryell County


Hunt County


Leon County


Madison County


San Saba County


Somervell County


Duval County


Gonzales County


Morris County


Newton County


Orange County


Terry County


Wichita County


Castro County


Comal County


Cooke County


Fayette County


Grayson County


Henderson County


Hood County


Johnson County


Lamb County


Medina County


Nolan County


Starr County


Tom Green County


Willacy County


Wilson County


Colorado County


Howard County


Liberty County


Milam County


Montague County


Parker County


Sabine County


Victoria County


Gregg County


Hays County


Lampasas County


Reeves County


Refugio County


Van Zandt County


Waller County


Bexar County


Dallam County


Hopkins County


Lubbock County


Moore County


San Patricio County


Cherokee County


Grimes County


Matagorda County


Randall County


Scurry County


Taylor County


Bailey County


Camp County


Lavaca County


Marion County


Young County


Burnet County


Ellis County


Erath County


Falls County


La Salle County


Tarrant County


Wharton County


Bastrop County


Brewster County


Navarro County


Nueces County


Rockwall County


Williamson County


Austin County


Brazoria County


Dallas County


Fort Bend County


Goliad County


Jackson County


Jefferson County


Kerr County


McLennan County


Potter County


Robertson County


Smith County


Brazos County


Chambers County


Hardin County


Harris County


Harrison County


Houston County


Red River County


Wilbarger County


Galveston County


Gillespie County


Montgomery County


Aransas County


Bandera County


Brown County


Collin County


Comanche County


Hardeman County


Caldwell County


Denton County


Travis County


Gaines County


Rains County


Kendall County


Titus County


Zapata County


Limestone County


Sutton County


Winkler County


Kimble County


Bell County


Hutchinson County


Stephens County


Archer County Coke County Concho County Crane County Crockett County Jeff Davis County Knox County Martin County Parmer County Armstrong County Borden County Briscoe County Cochran County Collingsworth County Cottle County Culberson County Dickens County Edwards County Foard County Glasscock County Hartley County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Irion County Kenedy County Kent County King County Lipscomb County Loving County McMullen County Menard County Motley County Oldham 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 03/16/2026 4:19 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, Cochran County, Collingsworth County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Dickens County, Edwards County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Hartley County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Lipscomb County, Loving County, McMullen County, Menard County, Motley County, Oldham 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, Concho County, Crane County, Crockett County, Jeff Davis County, Knox County, Martin County, Parmer 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.