Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Counties |
Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest |
Recent Trend2 |
County Death Rate Compared to US Rate |
Average Annual Count |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) |
Rate Ratio3 County to US |
Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) |
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United States | - | falling | - | 283,896 | 128.7 (128.5, 129.0) | - | -1.9 (-2.2, -1.7) |
Georgia | - | falling | - | 8,211 | 129.5 (128.2, 130.7) | - | -1.4 (-1.5, -1.3) |
Seminole County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 188.5 (144.4, 244.3) | 1.5 | -0.2 (-1.3, 1.0) |
Calhoun County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 186.6 (126.7, 268.5) | 1.4 | 0.0 (-2.0, 2.1) |
Crawford County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 176.2 (136.1, 225.4) | 1.4 | 0.3 (-1.0, 1.7) |
Wilcox County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 174.3 (124.8, 239.0) | 1.4 | 0.1 (-1.0, 1.2) |
Jenkins County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 172.1 (127.7, 229.0) | 1.3 | 0.5 (-0.9, 1.9) |
Clinch County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 171.9 (120.5, 239.2) | 1.3 | -0.2 (-1.8, 1.4) |
Polk County | 4 | stable | higher | 48 | 171.8 (150.3, 195.6) | 1.3 | -0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
Bryan County | 5 | falling | higher | 32 | 171.4 (145.5, 200.6) | 1.3 | -0.8 (-1.6, -0.1) |
Chattooga County | 4 | stable | higher | 30 | 170.3 (143.4, 201.3) | 1.3 | -0.3 (-0.8, 0.3) |
Butts County | 4 | stable | higher | 27 | 170.0 (141.9, 202.5) | 1.3 | 0.0 (-1.1, 1.0) |
Jefferson County | 4 | stable | higher | 20 | 166.9 (135.6, 204.3) | 1.3 | -0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
Turner County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 164.5 (118.5, 223.8) | 1.3 | 1.2 (-0.2, 2.7) |
Stephens County | 4 | stable | higher | 32 | 163.7 (138.7, 192.4) | 1.3 | -0.1 (-0.7, 0.5) |
Sumter County | 4 | stable | higher | 34 | 163.4 (139.0, 191.3) | 1.3 | -0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
Terrell County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 163.3 (121.2, 217.0) | 1.3 | -0.6 (-1.9, 0.8) |
Charlton County | 6 | stable | similar | 13 | 163.1 (123.9, 212.0) | 1.3 | 4.2 (-1.8, 10.7) |
Stewart County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 161.9 (104.7, 245.3) | 1.3 | -0.4 (-2.0, 1.2) |
Baker County | 6 | stable | similar | 4 | 161.2 (99.1, 257.8) | 1.3 | 0.1 (-2.3, 2.6) |
Wilkes County | 6 | stable | similar | 14 | 160.2 (121.6, 209.2) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) |
Toombs County | 4 | stable | higher | 30 | 160.0 (134.9, 188.8) | 1.2 | -0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
Jasper County | 6 | stable | similar | 16 | 159.6 (125.5, 201.0) | 1.2 | -0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
Atkinson County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 158.8 (110.0, 222.3) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.9, 1.5) |
Brantley County | 6 | stable | similar | 20 | 158.6 (128.1, 194.7) | 1.2 | -0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
Upson County | 4 | stable | higher | 34 | 157.8 (134.4, 184.6) | 1.2 | -0.4 (-1.1, 0.3) |
Peach County | 5 | falling | higher | 29 | 157.5 (132.4, 186.3) | 1.2 | -0.9 (-1.7, -0.1) |
Murray County | 4 | stable | higher | 40 | 157.2 (135.8, 181.2) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
Pike County | 6 | stable | similar | 19 | 156.9 (126.9, 192.5) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
Floyd County | 1 | rising | higher | 107 | 156.8 (143.5, 171.1) | 1.2 | 2.5 (0.0, 5.1) |
Wayne County | 5 | falling | higher | 30 | 156.1 (131.6, 184.1) | 1.2 | -0.8 (-1.6, -0.1) |
Madison County | 4 | stable | higher | 32 | 155.4 (131.7, 182.6) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.1, 0.7) |
Muscogee County | 5 | falling | higher | 186 | 155.1 (145.1, 165.7) | 1.2 | -0.4 (-0.7, -0.1) |
Tift County | 4 | stable | higher | 41 | 154.7 (133.8, 178.1) | 1.2 | 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7) |
Morgan County | 6 | stable | similar | 22 | 153.5 (125.3, 186.9) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
Macon County | 6 | stable | similar | 14 | 152.9 (117.8, 196.7) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
Haralson County | 6 | stable | similar | 31 | 152.2 (128.8, 179.0) | 1.2 | -0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) |
Clay County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 151.9 (94.3, 244.2) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-2.6, 1.7) |
Appling County | 6 | stable | similar | 20 | 151.7 (122.5, 186.5) | 1.2 | -0.2 (-1.3, 0.8) |
Lee County | 6 | stable | similar | 24 | 151.6 (125.0, 182.2) | 1.2 | -0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
McDuffie County | 6 | stable | similar | 24 | 151.5 (124.5, 183.1) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
Spalding County | 4 | stable | higher | 72 | 151.4 (135.7, 168.5) | 1.2 | -0.6 (-1.1, 0.0) |
Marion County | 6 | stable | similar | 10 | 150.9 (110.6, 203.3) | 1.2 | -0.3 (-2.2, 1.7) |
Mitchell County | 6 | stable | similar | 24 | 150.5 (124.2, 181.4) | 1.2 | 0.0 (-0.8, 0.7) |
Newton County | 4 | stable | higher | 96 | 150.4 (137.0, 164.8) | 1.2 | -0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
Evans County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 150.2 (112.6, 197.4) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
Decatur County | 8 | falling | similar | 29 | 150.2 (126.0, 178.0) | 1.2 | -0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
Barrow County | 4 | stable | higher | 68 | 150.1 (134.3, 167.2) | 1.2 | 0.1 (-0.5, 0.8) |
Franklin County | 6 | stable | similar | 27 | 149.9 (125.2, 178.7) | 1.2 | -0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
Thomas County | 4 | stable | higher | 49 | 149.6 (131.0, 170.4) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
Emanuel County | 6 | stable | similar | 22 | 148.9 (121.4, 181.0) | 1.2 | 0.0 (-1.1, 1.1) |
Gordon County | 4 | stable | higher | 55 | 148.8 (131.5, 167.9) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1) |
Fannin County | 6 | stable | similar | 37 | 148.2 (125.2, 175.1) | 1.2 | -0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
Screven County | 6 | stable | similar | 16 | 146.8 (116.4, 184.1) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.7, 0.3) |
Richmond County | 5 | falling | higher | 183 | 146.6 (137.1, 156.7) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.1, -0.4) |
Ware County | 6 | stable | similar | 38 | 146.4 (125.7, 169.8) | 1.1 | -0.3 (-1.0, 0.3) |
Pierce County | 6 | stable | similar | 19 | 146.0 (117.6, 179.8) | 1.1 | -0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
Cook County | 6 | stable | similar | 17 | 144.8 (115.2, 180.2) | 1.1 | -0.2 (-1.2, 0.9) |
Liberty County | 8 | falling | similar | 37 | 144.0 (123.3, 167.1) | 1.1 | -1.3 (-2.2, -0.4) |
Henry County | 5 | falling | higher | 172 | 142.5 (132.8, 152.7) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.2, -0.4) |
Berrien County | 6 | stable | similar | 19 | 142.2 (114.8, 174.8) | 1.1 | -0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
Bartow County | 8 | falling | similar | 90 | 141.6 (128.5, 155.6) | 1.1 | -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
Douglas County | 8 | falling | similar | 106 | 141.3 (129.2, 154.2) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
Colquitt County | 8 | falling | similar | 41 | 140.9 (121.8, 162.2) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
Walker County | 8 | falling | similar | 73 | 140.8 (126.2, 156.7) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
Baldwin County | 6 | stable | similar | 39 | 140.7 (121.0, 163.0) | 1.1 | -0.1 (-0.8, 0.6) |
Glynn County | 8 | falling | similar | 95 | 140.3 (127.5, 154.3) | 1.1 | -1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
Walton County | 8 | falling | similar | 85 | 140.3 (127.1, 154.5) | 1.1 | -0.6 (-1.2, -0.1) |
Ben Hill County | 8 | falling | similar | 17 | 140.2 (110.8, 175.5) | 1.1 | -1.8 (-2.8, -0.7) |
Dade County | 6 | stable | similar | 18 | 140.1 (112.0, 174.4) | 1.1 | -0.3 (-1.3, 0.7) |
Hancock County | 6 | stable | similar | 10 | 139.6 (98.8, 195.4) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
Jackson County | 8 | falling | similar | 59 | 139.2 (123.5, 156.4) | 1.1 | -0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
Effingham County | 6 | stable | similar | 45 | 138.5 (120.5, 158.5) | 1.1 | -0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
Meriwether County | 6 | stable | similar | 24 | 138.4 (113.8, 167.6) | 1.1 | -0.7 (-1.5, 0.0) |
Troup County | 8 | falling | similar | 64 | 138.0 (123.0, 154.5) | 1.1 | -2.1 (-3.2, -1.0) |
Carroll County | 8 | falling | similar | 95 | 137.8 (125.6, 151.0) | 1.1 | -11.0 (-19.0, -2.2) |
Heard County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 137.5 (102.6, 181.4) | 1.1 | -0.2 (-1.4, 1.0) |
Washington County | 6 | stable | similar | 21 | 136.7 (111.4, 167.0) | 1.1 | -1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
Pickens County | 6 | stable | similar | 35 | 135.9 (115.8, 159.1) | 1.1 | -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
Rabun County | 6 | stable | similar | 22 | 135.2 (109.6, 166.7) | 1.1 | -1.0 (-2.0, 0.1) |
Camden County | 8 | falling | similar | 39 | 134.9 (116.1, 156.0) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-2.1, -0.4) |
Bulloch County | 8 | falling | similar | 51 | 134.7 (118.4, 152.7) | 1.0 | -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
Brooks County | 6 | stable | similar | 17 | 134.4 (105.9, 169.3) | 1.0 | 0.0 (-0.9, 0.9) |
Gilmer County | 8 | falling | similar | 35 | 134.3 (113.6, 158.3) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
Clayton County | 8 | falling | similar | 176 | 134.2 (124.9, 144.0) | 1.0 | -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
Randolph County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 134.1 (93.6, 189.1) | 1.0 | -1.7 (-3.0, -0.5) |
Dougherty County | 8 | falling | similar | 82 | 133.8 (120.8, 147.9) | 1.0 | -0.6 (-1.1, -0.2) |
Oglethorpe County | 6 | stable | similar | 16 | 131.5 (103.5, 165.9) | 1.0 | -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1) |
Houston County | 8 | falling | similar | 117 | 131.5 (120.9, 142.7) | 1.0 | -1.0 (-1.4, -0.7) |
Rockdale County | 8 | falling | similar | 74 | 131.3 (118.0, 145.9) | 1.0 | -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
Hart County | 6 | stable | similar | 29 | 131.3 (110.1, 156.2) | 1.0 | -0.3 (-1.2, 0.6) |
Catoosa County | 8 | falling | similar | 65 | 130.6 (116.5, 146.0) | 1.0 | -0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
Bibb County | 8 | falling | similar | 137 | 129.9 (120.1, 140.3) | 1.0 | -0.7 (-1.1, -0.4) |
Paulding County | 8 | falling | similar | 107 | 129.6 (118.5, 141.4) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
Miller County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 129.0 (88.2, 186.6) | 1.0 | 0.3 (-1.1, 1.8) |
Warren County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 129.0 (88.0, 188.1) | 1.0 | -0.5 (-2.2, 1.3) |
Habersham County | 8 | falling | similar | 42 | 128.3 (111.3, 147.5) | 1.0 | -1.0 (-1.8, -0.1) |
Worth County | 6 | stable | similar | 20 | 127.6 (103.4, 156.5) | 1.0 | -1.0 (-1.9, 0.0) |
Tattnall County | 8 | falling | similar | 19 | 127.2 (102.2, 157.0) | 1.0 | -1.2 (-2.2, -0.3) |
Lumpkin County | 6 | stable | similar | 28 | 126.9 (105.9, 151.2) | 1.0 | -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1) |
White County | 6 | stable | similar | 30 | 126.5 (105.8, 150.6) | 1.0 | -0.8 (-1.7, 0.0) |
Bleckley County | 6 | stable | similar | 12 | 126.4 (94.7, 166.3) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
Crisp County | 6 | stable | similar | 23 | 126.3 (103.3, 153.5) | 1.0 | -0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
Elbert County | 8 | falling | similar | 21 | 126.2 (102.1, 155.2) | 1.0 | -1.3 (-2.2, -0.5) |
Dawson County | 6 | stable | similar | 23 | 125.9 (102.7, 153.3) | 1.0 | -1.2 (-2.4, 0.0) |
Harris County | 8 | falling | similar | 30 | 125.3 (105.5, 148.1) | 1.0 | -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
Cobb County | 8 | falling | similar | 514 | 125.1 (120.2, 130.2) | 1.0 | -1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
Whitfield County | 8 | falling | similar | 78 | 124.7 (112.5, 137.9) | 1.0 | -1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
Laurens County | 6 | stable | similar | 43 | 124.1 (107.5, 142.8) | 1.0 | -0.6 (-1.2, 0.1) |
Coffee County | 6 | stable | similar | 32 | 124.1 (105.2, 145.6) | 1.0 | -0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
Fulton County | 8 | falling | similar | 709 | 124.1 (120.0, 128.3) | 1.0 | -2.4 (-2.7, -2.0) |
Telfair County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 123.8 (95.5, 159.7) | 1.0 | -1.6 (-2.8, -0.3) |
Clarke County | 8 | falling | similar | 75 | 123.3 (110.9, 136.8) | 1.0 | -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
Coweta County | 8 | falling | similar | 107 | 123.3 (112.9, 134.5) | 1.0 | -1.1 (-1.7, -0.4) |
Hall County | 8 | falling | similar | 154 | 123.3 (114.6, 132.5) | 1.0 | -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
Montgomery County | 8 | falling | similar | 7 | 123.2 (85.3, 173.5) | 1.0 | -1.7 (-3.2, -0.2) |
Lamar County | 8 | falling | similar | 15 | 122.8 (95.8, 155.5) | 1.0 | -1.0 (-2.0, 0.0) |
Grady County | 8 | falling | similar | 22 | 122.4 (100.0, 148.8) | 1.0 | -6.1 (-11.3, -0.7) |
Chatham County | 8 | falling | similar | 230 | 122.0 (114.9, 129.5) | 0.9 | -2.0 (-2.5, -1.5) |
Gwinnett County | 8 | falling | similar | 519 | 121.4 (116.6, 126.3) | 0.9 | -1.1 (-1.4, -0.9) |
Cherokee County | 8 | falling | similar | 178 | 121.0 (112.9, 129.4) | 0.9 | -1.6 (-2.2, -1.0) |
Dodge County | 6 | stable | similar | 18 | 120.8 (96.7, 149.9) | 0.9 | -1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
Monroe County | 8 | falling | similar | 25 | 120.1 (99.2, 144.7) | 0.9 | -1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
Taylor County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 119.7 (84.7, 166.9) | 0.9 | -0.7 (-2.1, 0.7) |
Putnam County | 8 | falling | similar | 23 | 119.2 (97.2, 145.7) | 0.9 | -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
Columbia County | 8 | falling | similar | 106 | 119.0 (108.9, 129.8) | 0.9 | -1.9 (-2.4, -1.5) |
Johnson County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 118.1 (81.1, 167.8) | 0.9 | -0.7 (-2.3, 1.0) |
Greene County | 6 | stable | similar | 19 | 116.9 (92.5, 147.2) | 0.9 | -0.7 (-2.0, 0.6) |
Lowndes County | 8 | falling | similar | 74 | 116.9 (105.2, 129.7) | 0.9 | -1.7 (-2.3, -1.2) |
Burke County | 6 | stable | similar | 17 | 116.0 (92.3, 144.4) | 0.9 | -1.1 (-2.1, 0.0) |
Jeff Davis County | 8 | falling | similar | 11 | 115.5 (86.1, 152.3) | 0.9 | -2.1 (-3.1, -1.0) |
DeKalb County | 9 | falling | lower | 497 | 114.8 (110.2, 119.5) | 0.9 | -2.2 (-2.8, -1.5) |
Jones County | 6 | stable | similar | 23 | 112.6 (92.8, 136.0) | 0.9 | -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
Early County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 111.7 (80.8, 152.1) | 0.9 | -1.0 (-2.0, 0.0) |
Twiggs County | 6 | stable | similar | 8 | 111.3 (76.9, 158.8) | 0.9 | -1.0 (-2.3, 0.3) |
Bacon County | 8 | falling | similar | 8 | 111.3 (79.4, 152.8) | 0.9 | -2.2 (-3.4, -1.0) |
Fayette County | 9 | falling | lower | 91 | 109.1 (99.0, 120.0) | 0.8 | -1.7 (-2.4, -0.9) |
Forsyth County | 9 | falling | lower | 128 | 107.2 (99.0, 116.0) | 0.8 | -1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
Wheeler County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 106.8 (66.7, 166.1) | 0.8 | -0.8 (-2.8, 1.2) |
Candler County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 105.5 (76.3, 143.9) | 0.8 | -1.8 (-2.8, -0.7) |
Long County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 104.4 (74.0, 142.5) | 0.8 | -2.3 (-4.1, -0.4) |
Union County | 7 | stable | lower | 31 | 104.1 (87.9, 124.3) | 0.8 | -1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
McIntosh County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 103.0 (78.1, 135.3) | 0.8 | -2.5 (-3.6, -1.5) |
Oconee County | 9 | falling | lower | 24 | 102.5 (84.8, 122.9) | 0.8 | -1.7 (-2.7, -0.7) |
Towns County | 7 | stable | lower | 16 | 102.1 (79.3, 134.0) | 0.8 | -1.3 (-2.8, 0.2) |
Wilkinson County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 102.1 (70.5, 145.0) | 0.8 | -1.0 (-2.6, 0.6) |
Banks County | 7 | stable | lower | 13 | 101.9 (78.0, 131.5) | 0.8 | -1.3 (-2.8, 0.1) |
Dooly County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 101.0 (73.6, 137.1) | 0.8 | -2.3 (-3.3, -1.4) |
Lincoln County | 8 | falling | similar | 7 | 100.1 (68.4, 144.8) | 0.8 | -2.4 (-3.6, -1.2) |
Talbot County | 8 | falling | similar | 6 | 98.9 (67.3, 147.0) | 0.8 | -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1) |
Irwin County | 8 | falling | similar | 6 | 95.5 (63.7, 139.2) | 0.7 | -1.9 (-3.1, -0.7) |
Pulaski County | 9 | falling | lower | 9 | 93.5 (67.9, 127.6) | 0.7 | -2.3 (-3.6, -0.9) |
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Glascock County |
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Lanier County |
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Quitman County |
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** | similar | 4 | 174.8 (105.1, 293.1) | 1.4 |
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Treutlen County |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 10:16 am.
* 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:
Echols County, Schley County, Taliaferro County, Webster County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Chattahoochee County, Glascock County, Lanier County, Quitman County, Treutlen 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 10:16 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
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:
Echols County, Schley County, Taliaferro County, Webster County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Chattahoochee County, Glascock County, Lanier County, Quitman County, Treutlen 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.