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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 priority index

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


Smith County


Baylor County


Bosque County


Coleman County


DeWitt County


Delta County


Freestone County


Hamilton County


Kleberg County


Knox County


Lampasas County


Lynn County


Martin County


McCulloch County


Mitchell County


Montague County


Nolan County


Polk County


Trinity County


Wise County


Young County


Anderson County


Aransas County


Bowie County


Brown County


Caldwell County


Cass County


Coke County


Coryell County


Ector County


Fannin County


Galveston County


Grayson County


Gregg County


Hardin County


Henderson County


Hill County


Hunt County


Hutchinson County


Jasper County


Johnson County


Kaufman County


Lamar County


Lee County


Leon County


Liberty County


Matagorda County


Morris County


Navarro County


Orange County


Palo Pinto County


Panola County


Potter County


Robertson County


Rusk County


San Patricio County


Shelby County


Stephens County


Taylor County


Upshur County


Uvalde County


Van Zandt County


Wichita County


Blanco County


Brooks County


Callahan County


Cherokee County


Childress County


Clay County


Cochran County


Collingsworth County


Concho County


Cottle County


Crane County


Crockett County


Crosby County


Dawson County


Deaf Smith County


Dickens County


Donley County


Duval County


Edwards County


Fisher County


Floyd County


Foard County


Franklin County


Frio County


Gaines County


Hale County


Hansford County


Hardeman County


Haskell County


Hemphill County


Jackson County


Jim Hogg County


Jones County


Karnes County


Kimble County


Kinney County


La Salle County


Lamb County


Marion County


Maverick County


McLennan County


Milam County


Mills County


Motley County


Nacogdoches County


Parmer County


Reagan County


Red River County


Refugio County


San Saba County


Schleicher County


Sherman County


Stonewall County


Swisher County


Throckmorton County


Val Verde County


Wheeler County


Winkler County


Yoakum County


Zavala County


Jeff Davis County


Starr County


Zapata County


Andrews County


Angelina County


Archer County


Atascosa County


Austin County


Bailey County


Bandera County


Bastrop County


Bee County


Bell County


Bexar County


Brazoria County


Burleson County


Burnet County


Calhoun County


Camp County


Carson County


Castro County


Chambers County


Colorado County


Comal County


Cooke County


Dallam County


Dallas County


Dimmit County


Eastland County


Ellis County


Erath County


Falls County


Garza County


Goliad County


Gonzales County


Gray County


Grimes County


Guadalupe County


Hall County


Harris County


Harrison County


Hartley County


Hays County


Hockley County


Hood County


Hopkins County


Houston County


Howard County


Jack County


Jefferson County


Jim Wells County


Kerr County


Lavaca County


Limestone County


Lipscomb County


Live Oak County


Llano County


Lubbock County


Madison County


Mason County


Medina County


Menard County


Midland County


Montgomery County


Moore County


Newton County


Nueces County


Ochiltree County


Parker County


Pecos County


Rains County


Randall County


Real County


Rockwall County


Runnels County


Sabine County


San Augustine County


San Jacinto County


Scurry County


Shackelford County


Somervell County


Sutton County


Tarrant County


Terry County


Titus County


Tom Green County


Tyler County


Upton County


Victoria County


Walker County


Waller County


Ward County


Washington County


Wharton County


Wilbarger County


Willacy County


Wilson County


Wood County


Brazos County


Brewster County


Cameron County


Collin County


Comanche County


Denton County


El Paso County


Fayette County


Fort Bend County


Gillespie County


Hidalgo County


Kendall County


Presidio County


Reeves County


Travis County


Webb County


Williamson 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 03/29/2024 6:57 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:
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.