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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 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


Callahan County


Frio County


Clay County


Deaf Smith County


Hale County


McCulloch County


Blanco County


Runnels County


Coleman County


Kinney County


Trinity County


Floyd County


Freestone County


Haskell County


Polk County


Baylor County


Hamilton County


Zavala County


Brooks County


DeWitt County


Delta County


Kleberg County


Maverick County


Hutchinson County


Bosque County


Donley County


Hockley County


Jones County


Lavaca County


Lynn County


Starr County


Wheeler County


Wise County


Falls County


Jackson County


Llano County


Swisher County


Wilbarger County


Childress County


Coryell County


Fannin County


Lampasas County


Mitchell County


Ochiltree County


Panola County


Wilson County


Grimes County


Hill County


Matagorda County


Nacogdoches County


Nolan County


Terry County


Cooke County


Ector County


Franklin County


Hunt County


Johnson County


Lamar County


Lamb County


Lee County


Milam County


Mills County


Montague County


Parker County


Sabine County


San Saba County


Scurry County


Stephens County


Andrews County


Cameron County


Cass County


Colorado County


Dawson County


Fisher County


Grayson County


Morris County


Navarro County


Rusk County


Wharton County


Willacy County


Bowie County


Caldwell County


Eastland County


Gray County


Hansford County


Harrison County


Jim Hogg County


Karnes County


Leon County


Live Oak County


Midland County


Moore County


San Jacinto County


San Patricio County


Taylor County


Washington County


Bailey County


Bee County


Calhoun County


Comal County


Crosby County


Henderson County


Hidalgo County


Jim Wells County


La Salle County


Lubbock County


Newton County


Orange County


San Augustine County


Upshur County


Uvalde County


Van Zandt County


Wichita County


Angelina County


Burleson County


Comanche County


Gregg County


Hays County


Hopkins County


Limestone County


Madison County


Randall County


Victoria County


Wood County


Aransas County


Austin County


Bastrop County


Carson County


Fayette County


Kaufman County


Medina County


Potter County


Somervell County


Tom Green County


Bell County


Bexar County


Burnet County


Gaines County


Guadalupe County


Howard County


Kerr County


Liberty County


Red River County


Shelby County


El Paso County


Ellis County


Erath County


Hardin County


Jack County


Jasper County


Jefferson County


Marion County


Palo Pinto County


Refugio County


Robertson County


Atascosa County


Castro County


Dimmit County


Duval County


Galveston County


Gonzales County


Rockwall County


Ward County


Yoakum County


Brazoria County


Chambers County


Cherokee County


Gillespie County


Tarrant County


Titus County


Waller County


Bandera County


Brazos County


Brewster County


Fort Bend County


Goliad County


Hartley County


Mason County


McLennan County


Tyler County


Williamson County


Kimble County


Sutton County


Val Verde County


Walker County


Zapata County


Anderson County


Dallas County


Harris County


Nueces County


Pecos County


Reeves County


Smith County


Collin County


Dallam County


Denton County


Travis County


Camp County


Hood County


Houston County


Montgomery County


Kendall County


Webb County


Young County


Rains County


Winkler County


Brown 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 11:50 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:
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.