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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 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


Texas


Baylor County


Polk County


Anderson County


Delta County


Knox County


Hamilton County


Martin County


Motley County


Lynn County


Trinity County


Coke County


Nolan County


Mitchell County


Coleman County


DeWitt County


Liberty County


McCulloch County


Morris County


Crane County


Young County


Stonewall County


Matagorda County


Foard County


Dickens County


Edwards County


Hill County


Jim Hogg County


Stephens County


Kleberg County


Crockett County


Robertson County


Wichita County


Coryell County


Bosque County


Kimble County


Panola County


Orange County


Aransas County


Wise County


Potter County


Lamar County


Shelby County


Lee County


Wheeler County


Montague County


Haskell County


Kaufman County


Navarro County


Franklin County


Jackson County


Donley County


Uvalde County


Upshur County


Hunt County


Cass County


Bowie County


Lampasas County


Leon County


Ector County


Hutchinson County


Henderson County


Grayson County


Palo Pinto County


Freestone County


Van Zandt County


Madison County


Real County


Johnson County


Falls County


Yoakum County


Duval County


Galveston County


San Patricio County


Sabine County


Gregg County


Childress County


Jasper County


Mills County


Red River County


Fannin County


Camp County


Swisher County


Taylor County


Limestone County


Brown County


Grimes County


Chambers County


Clay County


Rusk County


Calhoun County


Newton County


Caldwell County


Gonzales County


Jones County


Callahan County


Hardin County


Parker County


Wharton County


Cooke County


Dawson County


Eastland County


Runnels County


Hansford County


Refugio County


San Augustine County


Hopkins County


Bee County


Blanco County


Hale County


Wood County


Wilbarger County


Somervell County


Zavala County


Scurry County


Bell County


Goliad County


Frio County


Bastrop County


La Salle County


Milam County


Jim Wells County


Titus County


Kinney County


Ellis County


Cherokee County


Angelina County


Houston County


Nacogdoches County


Hockley County


Burleson County


Sherman County


Brazoria County


Lavaca County


Victoria County


Rains County


Cottle County


Tom Green County


San Jacinto County


McLennan County


Jefferson County


Schleicher County


Upton County


Gaines County


Karnes County


Lubbock County


Sutton County


Waller County


Harrison County


Colorado County


Menard County


Hardeman County


Kerr County


Brooks County


Howard County


Gray County


Tarrant County


Deaf Smith County


Burnet County


Hemphill County


Mason County


Hood County


Marion County


Tyler County


Austin County


Llano County


Guadalupe County


Lamb County


Val Verde County


Ward County


Dallas County


Smith County


Andrews County


Midland County


Bandera County


Garza County


Floyd County


Maverick County


Montgomery County


Wilson County


Jack County


Crosby County


Bexar County


Fisher County


Dallam County


Erath County


Atascosa County


Hays County


Rockwall County


Randall County


Walker County


Comal County


Harris County


Archer County


Reagan County


Washington County


Bailey County


Nueces County


Terry County


Medina County


San Saba County


Ochiltree County


Live Oak County


Moore County


Starr County


Parmer County


Cochran County


El Paso County


Gillespie County


Carson County


Hartley County


Winkler County


Willacy County


Dimmit County


Williamson County


Pecos County


Comanche County


Throckmorton County


Webb County


Brazos County


Castro County


Collingsworth County


Denton County


Fayette County


Reeves County


Travis County


Lipscomb County


Concho County


Kendall County


Collin County


Hall County


Cameron County


Fort Bend County


Hidalgo County


Brewster County


Shackelford County


Zapata County


Jeff Davis County


Presidio 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 05/18/2024 6:10 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.