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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, Both Sexes

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


Texas


Harris County


Dallas County


Tarrant County


Bexar County


Travis County


El Paso County


Collin County


Denton County


Montgomery County


Hidalgo County


Fort Bend County


Williamson County


Galveston County


Nueces County


Brazoria County


Cameron County


Bell County


Lubbock County


Jefferson County


McLennan County


Smith County


Johnson County


Grayson County


Ellis County


Wichita County


Comal County


Webb County


Parker County


Hays County


Guadalupe County


Taylor County


Gregg County


Ector County


Henderson County


Kaufman County


Potter County


Randall County


Tom Green County


Midland County


Brazos County


Hunt County


Bowie County


Orange County


Liberty County


Victoria County


Angelina County


Bastrop County


Hood County


Anderson County


Kerr County


Polk County


Wise County


Van Zandt County


Rockwall County


Harrison County


Wood County


San Patricio County


Lamar County


Hardin County


Nacogdoches County


Rusk County


Coryell County


Burnet County


Navarro County


Cherokee County


Walker County


Hill County


Upshur County


Brown County


Cooke County


Matagorda County


Wharton County


Wilson County


Medina County


Jasper County


Cass County


Fannin County


Aransas County


Hopkins County


Caldwell County


Atascosa County


Washington County


Val Verde County


Waller County


Starr County


Kendall County


Maverick County


Jim Wells County


Gillespie County


Llano County


Palo Pinto County


San Jacinto County


Chambers County


Grimes County


Erath County


Austin County


Bandera County


Panola County


Shelby County


Milam County


Houston County


Bosque County


DeWitt County


Fayette County


Howard County


Uvalde County


Hale County


Montague County


Titus County


Kleberg County


Trinity County


Lavaca County


Limestone County


Lampasas County


Bee County


Leon County


Colorado County


Tyler County


Young County


Freestone County


Calhoun County


Eastland County


Hutchinson County


Burleson County


Robertson County


Gonzales County


Lee County


Gray County


Falls County


Hockley County


Nolan County


Jones County


Morris County


Sabine County


Red River County


Jackson County


Callahan County


Newton County


Blanco County


Scurry County


Rains County


Hamilton County


Frio County


Comanche County


Willacy County


Camp County


Coleman County


Madison County


Wilbarger County


Clay County


Franklin County


Deaf Smith County


Karnes County


Marion County


Moore County


Runnels County


Stephens County


San Augustine County


McCulloch County


Duval County


Lamb County


Live Oak County


Dawson County


Gaines County


Andrews County


Pecos County


Somervell County


Zavala County


Terry County


Archer County


Goliad County


Mitchell County


Refugio County


Ward County


Reeves County


Delta County


Haskell County


Swisher County


Brewster County


Jack County


Baylor County


Lynn County


Dimmit County


Mills County


Kimble County


Zapata County


Brooks County


Parmer County


Childress County


San Saba County


Wheeler County


Yoakum County


Coke County


Ochiltree County


Mason County


Floyd County


Knox County


La Salle County


Carson County


Castro County


Real County


Crosby County


Martin County


Jim Hogg County


Bailey County


Hansford County


Winkler County


Fisher County


Kinney County


Dallam County


Donley County


Hardeman County


Garza County


Crane County


Hartley County


Crockett County


Sutton County


Presidio County


Menard County


Hall County


Dickens County


Hemphill County


Schleicher County


Upton County


Concho County


Edwards County


Shackelford County


Sherman County


Lipscomb County


Cochran County


Collingsworth County


Jeff Davis County


Reagan County


Motley County


Stonewall County


Throckmorton County


Cottle County


Foard County


Armstrong County Briscoe County Hudspeth County Irion County Oldham County Borden County Culberson County Glasscock County Kenedy County Kent County King County Loving County McMullen County Roberts County Sterling County Terrell County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 10:02 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:
Borden County, Culberson County, Glasscock County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Roberts County, Sterling County, Terrell County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Armstrong County, Briscoe County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Oldham 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.