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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Illinois Counties versus United States

Esophagus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name

Counties
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest
sort by priority index descending 		Recent Trend2
 County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
 Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
sort by rate descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - falling - 15,889 3.7 (3.7, 3.7) - -1.1 (-1.2, -1.0)
Illinois - falling - 656 4.0 (3.9, 4.2) - -0.9 (-1.2, -0.6)
Woodford County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Winnebago County 6 stable similar 17 4.4 (3.5, 5.5) 1.2 -1.1 (-3.7, 1.6)
Williamson County
**
 		** similar 5 5.3 (3.4, 7.9) 1.4
**
Will County 4 stable higher 36 4.6 (3.9, 5.3) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.9, 0.9)
Whiteside County 6 stable similar 4 4.5 (2.8, 7.1) 1.2 -1.5 (-4.5, 1.5)
White County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Washington County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Warren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wabash County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Vermilion County
**
 		** similar 6 5.5 (3.7, 8.1) 1.5
**
Union County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Tazewell County 4 stable higher 12 6.3 (4.8, 8.2) 1.7 1.1 (-1.0, 3.6)
Stephenson County
**
 		** similar 4 5.1 (3.1, 8.3) 1.4
**
Stark County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
St. Clair County 6 stable similar 13 4.1 (3.1, 5.2) 1.1 -1.5 (-3.6, 0.5)
Shelby County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Scott County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Schuyler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sangamon County 4 stable higher 15 5.4 (4.2, 6.8) 1.4 -0.7 (-3.4, 1.9)
Saline County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rock Island County 4 stable higher 11 5.2 (3.9, 6.8) 1.4 0.6 (-0.8, 2.1)
Richland County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Putnam County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pulaski County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pope County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pike County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Piatt County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Perry County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Peoria County 1 rising higher 13 5.9 (4.5, 7.5) 1.6 2.0 (0.1, 4.2)
Ogle County 6 stable similar 4 4.9 (3.0, 7.9) 1.3 -0.4 (-3.4, 3.0)
Moultrie County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Morgan County
**
 		** higher 4 8.2 (4.9, 13.3) 2.2
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mercer County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Menard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McLean County 6 stable similar 7 4.0 (2.8, 5.6) 1.1 -0.4 (-2.9, 2.5)
McHenry County 6 stable similar 16 4.3 (3.4, 5.4) 1.1 -1.2 (-3.0, 0.9)
McDonough County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Massac County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mason County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marshall County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marion County
**
 		** higher 4 7.1 (4.2, 11.4) 1.9
**
Madison County 4 stable higher 19 5.2 (4.2, 6.4) 1.4 0.3 (-1.4, 2.1)
Macoupin County
**
 		** similar 4 5.2 (3.0, 8.6) 1.4
**
Macon County 6 stable similar 7 4.6 (3.1, 6.6) 1.2 -0.7 (-3.8, 2.1)
Logan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Livingston County
**
 		** higher 5 8.6 (5.4, 13.3) 2.3
**
Lee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lawrence County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lake County 6 stable similar 35 4.1 (3.5, 4.8) 1.1 0.1 (-1.1, 1.4)
La Salle County 4 stable higher 11 6.6 (4.9, 8.7) 1.8 -0.3 (-2.7, 2.2)
Knox County
**
 		** similar 5 6.2 (3.9, 9.6) 1.7
**
Kendall County
**
 		** similar 6 4.5 (2.9, 6.6) 1.2
**
Kankakee County 6 stable similar 7 4.6 (3.2, 6.6) 1.2 -1.9 (-4.7, 0.8)
Kane County 6 stable similar 24 3.9 (3.2, 4.6) 1.0 0.3 (-1.2, 2.2)
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jo Daviess County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jersey County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jefferson County
**
 		** similar 3 5.9 (3.4, 9.8) 1.6
**
Jasper County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Iroquois County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Henry County
**
 		** similar 4 5.8 (3.4, 9.4) 1.6
**
Henderson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hardin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hamilton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Grundy County 6 stable similar 4 5.7 (3.3, 9.2) 1.5 0.5 (-3.2, 5.3)
Greene County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gallatin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fulton County
**
 		** higher 4 7.1 (4.1, 11.7) 1.9
**
Franklin County
**
 		** similar 3 5.5 (3.2, 9.2) 1.5
**
Ford County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fayette County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Effingham County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Edwards County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Edgar County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
DuPage County 8 falling similar 39 3.3 (2.9, 3.8) 0.9 -1.7 (-2.8, -0.5)
Douglas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
DeKalb County 6 stable similar 6 5.5 (3.6, 8.0) 1.5 0.3 (-2.8, 4.1)
De Witt County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cumberland County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Crawford County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cook County 9 falling lower 191 3.0 (2.8, 3.2) 0.8 -2.5 (-2.8, -2.2)
Coles County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clinton County
**
 		** similar 3 7.2 (4.1, 11.8) 1.9
**
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clark County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Christian County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Champaign County 6 stable similar 8 3.9 (2.7, 5.3) 1.0 -1.0 (-3.3, 1.4)
Cass County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Carroll County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bureau County
**
 		** similar 4 6.3 (3.8, 10.3) 1.7
**
Brown County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Boone County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bond County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Alexander County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Adams County 6 stable similar 6 5.6 (3.7, 8.3) 1.5 0.1 (-2.7, 2.9)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 9:12 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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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:
Alexander County, Bond County, Boone County, Brown County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Christian County, Clark County, Clay County, Coles County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, De Witt County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Edwards County, Effingham County, Fayette County, Ford County, Gallatin County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Iroquois County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jersey County, Jo Daviess County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Logan County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, McDonough County, Menard County, Mercer County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Moultrie County, Perry County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Richland County, Saline County, Schuyler County, Scott County, Shelby County, Stark County, Union County, Wabash County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County, Woodford County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Bureau County, Clinton County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Henry County, Jefferson County, Kendall County, Knox County, Livingston County, Macoupin County, Marion County, Morgan County, Stephenson County, Vermilion County, Williamson 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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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