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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, Male

Sorted by rate

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


Anderson County


Delta County


Baylor County


Polk County


Coke County


Knox County


Young County


Crane County


Hamilton County


Nolan County


Morris County


Robertson County


Trinity County


Matagorda County


Jim Hogg County


Yoakum County


Coleman County


DeWitt County


Coryell County


Hardeman County


Potter County


Lee County


Shelby County


Lamar County


Wichita County


Donley County


Goliad County


Scurry County


Aransas County


Camp County


Dawson County


Kimble County


Duval County


Chambers County


Wise County


Lynn County


Newton County


Jackson County


Liberty County


Swisher County


Schleicher County


Refugio County


Orange County


La Salle County


Stephens County


Navarro County


Wilbarger County


Van Zandt County


Leon County


Kaufman County


Brown County


Hill County


Madison County


Grayson County


Mitchell County


Childress County


Kleberg County


Bosque County


Henderson County


Cass County


Gaines County


Galveston County


McCulloch County


Hunt County


Mills County


Haskell County


Red River County


Taylor County


Hardin County


Upshur County


Palo Pinto County


Hopkins County


Gonzales County


Uvalde County


Panola County


Caldwell County


Bowie County


Ector County


Limestone County


Montague County


Hansford County


San Patricio County


Karnes County


Rusk County


Jasper County


Jim Wells County


Franklin County


Wheeler County


Gregg County


Wood County


Sabine County


Calhoun County


Blanco County


Johnson County


San Augustine County


Titus County


Bell County


Lavaca County


Freestone County


Lampasas County


Ellis County


Real County


Wharton County


Brooks County


Tom Green County


Dimmit County


Victoria County


Nacogdoches County


Cherokee County


Grimes County


Milam County


Howard County


Eastland County


Cooke County


Angelina County


Marion County


Lipscomb County


Lubbock County


Brazoria County


Bastrop County


Hutchinson County


Falls County


Bee County


McLennan County


Lamb County


Jefferson County


Waller County


San Jacinto County


Kerr County


San Saba County


Burleson County


Walker County


Jones County


Hale County


Parker County


Rains County


Fannin County


Smith County


Hood County


Atascosa County


Val Verde County


Tarrant County


Zavala County


Jack County


Garza County


Harrison County


Zapata County


Tyler County


Clay County


Houston County


Sutton County


Burnet County


Terry County


Dallas County


Starr County


Ward County


Hockley County


Reeves County


Wilson County


Bandera County


Maverick County


Nueces County


Winkler County


Mason County


Runnels County


Guadalupe County


Crosby County


Frio County


Bexar County


Montgomery County


Austin County


Deaf Smith County


Bailey County


Erath County


Randall County


Hays County


Gillespie County


Midland County


Harris County


Archer County


Andrews County


Comal County


Gray County


Washington County


Llano County


Callahan County


Pecos County


Comanche County


Medina County


Kinney County


Rockwall County


Colorado County


Somervell County


El Paso County


Webb County


Moore County


Brazos County


Castro County


Williamson County


Kendall County


Willacy County


Ochiltree County


Travis County


Floyd County


Fayette County


Denton County


Live Oak County


Fisher County


Dallam County


Parmer County


Collin County


Cameron County


Fort Bend County


Hidalgo County


Brewster County


Hall County


Armstrong County Carson County Collingsworth County Concho County Crockett County Edwards County Hartley County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Martin County Menard County Presidio County Reagan County Sherman County Borden County Briscoe County Cochran County Cottle County Culberson County Dickens County Foard County Glasscock County Irion County Jeff Davis County Kenedy County Kent County King County Loving County McMullen County Motley County Oldham County Roberts County Shackelford County Sterling County Stonewall County Terrell County Throckmorton County Upton County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/18/2024 5:59 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, Briscoe County, Cochran County, Cottle County, Culberson County, Dickens County, Foard County, Glasscock County, Irion County, Jeff Davis County, Kenedy County, Kent County, King County, Loving County, McMullen County, Motley County, Oldham County, Roberts County, Shackelford 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:
Armstrong County, Carson County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Crockett County, Edwards County, Hartley County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Martin County, Menard County, Presidio County, Reagan County, Sherman 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.