Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2018-2022
Vermont Counties versus United States
All Cancer Sites
All Races, Female
Sorted by priority index
Explanation of Column HeadersState/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:
- 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.
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
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
United States
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -1.1.
- Rate : The death rate is 126.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 126.2 to 126.6 and 285,526 average annual deaths.
Vermont
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -1.0.
- Rate : The death rate is 127.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 123.1 to 132.3 and 650 average annual deaths.
Orleans County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 4.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stablestable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.3.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is higher compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 159.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 135.8 to 185.9 and 37 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
Essex County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stablestable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to 0.4.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 165.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 121.4 to 227.0 and 10 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
Grand Isle County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stablestable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 1.2.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 163.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 113.5 to 229.3 and 8 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
Rutland County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stablestable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 0.0.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 140.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 125.5 to 156.5 and 74 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
Addison County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.5.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 121.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 103.8 to 142.6 and 36 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Bennington County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.4.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 136.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 118.2 to 157.4 and 46 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
Caledonia County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 0.0.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 121.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 102.2 to 144.6 and 30 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Chittenden County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.1.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 120.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 111.8 to 130.7 and 136 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Franklin County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 119.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 103.8 to 137.9 and 42 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
Lamoille County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.2.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 123.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 100.8 to 149.6 and 22 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Orange County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 122.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 102.9 to 144.7 and 31 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Washington County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.9.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 124.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 110.1 to 140.0 and 60 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
Windham County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.5.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 135.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 118.7 to 153.8 and 54 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
Windsor County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 8.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is fallingfalling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.6.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 119.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 106.3 to 135.0 and 63 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
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Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/10/2025 5:13 am.
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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 5.3.0. 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).
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.