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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2018-2022

Washington Counties versus United States

Esophagus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name

Counties
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent Trend2
County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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United States - fallingfalling - 15,762 3.7 (3.7, 3.8) - -1.1 (-1.6, -0.8)
Washington - fallingfalling - 377 4.0 (3.8, 4.2) - -1.6 (-3.1, -0.8)
Adams County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Asotin County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Benton County
**
** similar 10 4.2 (3.1, 5.6) 1.1
**
Chelan County
**
** similar 4 3.7 (2.3, 5.7) 1.0
**
Clallam County 4 stablestable higher 9 5.6 (4.0, 7.8) 1.5 -0.5 (-2.0, 1.4)
Clark County 8 fallingfalling similar 25 4.0 (3.3, 4.8) 1.1 -12.7 (-21.8, -1.5)
Columbia County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cowlitz County
**
** similar 9 4.9 (3.5, 6.8) 1.3
**
Douglas County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ferry County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Franklin County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Garfield County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Grant County
**
** similar 4 3.5 (2.1, 5.6) 0.9
**
Grays Harbor County 6 stablestable similar 7 5.5 (3.7, 7.9) 1.5 0.1 (-2.0, 2.5)
Island County 6 stablestable similar 6 4.4 (3.0, 6.5) 1.2 -1.4 (-3.2, 0.9)
Jefferson County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
King County 9 fallingfalling lower 77 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) 0.8 -1.2 (-1.8, -0.5)
Kitsap County 6 stablestable similar 14 3.8 (2.9, 4.9) 1.0 -0.6 (-1.9, 0.8)
Kittitas County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Klickitat County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lewis County 6 stablestable similar 7 5.5 (3.8, 7.8) 1.5 -0.2 (-2.0, 2.0)
Lincoln County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mason County 6 stablestable similar 5 4.9 (3.1, 7.6) 1.3 0.2 (-1.5, 2.5)
Okanogan County
**
** similar 3 4.8 (2.7, 8.2) 1.3
**
Pacific County
**
** similar 3 7.8 (3.9, 14.7) 2.1
**
Pend Oreille County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pierce County 4 stablestable higher 45 4.4 (3.9, 5.1) 1.2 -0.1 (-0.9, 0.8)
San Juan County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Skagit County
**
** similar 10 5.1 (3.8, 6.9) 1.4
**
Skamania County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Snohomish County 6 stablestable similar 37 4.0 (3.4, 4.7) 1.1 -1.0 (-2.3, 3.1)
Spokane County 4 stablestable higher 32 4.7 (4.0, 5.5) 1.3 0.4 (-0.5, 1.5)
Stevens County
**
** higher 6 7.3 (4.9, 10.8) 2.0
**
Thurston County 8 fallingfalling similar 13 3.2 (2.4, 4.1) 0.8 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.2)
Wahkiakum County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Walla Walla County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Whatcom County 6 stablestable similar 14 4.6 (3.5, 5.8) 1.2 -0.7 (-1.9, 0.9)
Whitman County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Yakima County 6 stablestable similar 12 4.3 (3.3, 5.6) 1.2 0.5 (-0.6, 1.8)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/01/2025 10:02 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 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).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Adams County, Asotin County, Columbia County, Douglas County, Ferry County, Franklin County, Garfield County, Jefferson County, Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Lincoln County, Pend Oreille County, San Juan County, Skamania County, Wahkiakum County, Walla Walla County, Whitman County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Benton County, Chelan County, Cowlitz County, Grant County, Okanogan County, Pacific County, Skagit County, Stevens 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.

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