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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Washington 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 falling trend - 15,567 3.8 (3.8, 3.8) - -1.2 (-1.3, -1.1)
Washington - falling falling trend - 373 4.1 (3.9, 4.3) - -1.7 (-2.6, -0.7)
Yakima County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 4.1 (3.1, 5.3) 1.1 0.7 (-0.5, 1.8)
Whitman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Whatcom County 4 stable stable trend higher 15 5.2 (4.1, 6.6) 1.4 -0.4 (-1.6, 1.0)
Walla Walla County
**
 		** similar 4 4.9 (2.9, 7.8) 1.3
**
Wahkiakum County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Thurston County 9 falling falling trend lower 11 2.9 (2.2, 3.8) 0.8 -1.7 (-2.9, -0.4)
Stevens County
**
 		** similar 5 5.8 (3.7, 9.1) 1.5
**
Spokane County 4 stable stable trend higher 33 5.1 (4.3, 6.0) 1.3 0.9 (-0.1, 1.8)
Snohomish County 6 stable stable trend similar 39 4.2 (3.6, 4.9) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.5, 0.4)
Skamania County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Skagit County
**
 		** higher 12 6.5 (5.0, 8.5) 1.7
**
San Juan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pierce County 6 stable stable trend similar 41 4.2 (3.7, 4.9) 1.1 -0.3 (-1.1, 0.6)
Pend Oreille County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pacific County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Okanogan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mason County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 4.6 (2.9, 7.0) 1.2 0.2 (-1.7, 2.2)
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lewis County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 5.2 (3.5, 7.5) 1.4 -0.4 (-2.3, 1.6)
Klickitat County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Kittitas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Kitsap County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 3.5 (2.7, 4.5) 0.9 -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5)
King County 7 stable stable trend lower 78 3.3 (3.0, 3.7) 0.9 -9.4 (-22.2, 5.6)
Jefferson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Island County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 3.9 (2.4, 6.0) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.9, -0.2)
Grays Harbor County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 4.4 (2.8, 6.7) 1.2 -0.7 (-2.5, 1.2)
Grant County
**
 		** similar 5 5.4 (3.4, 8.0) 1.4
**
Garfield County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Franklin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ferry County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Douglas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cowlitz County
**
 		** higher 9 5.7 (4.1, 7.7) 1.5
**
Columbia County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clark County 6 stable stable trend similar 25 4.3 (3.6, 5.2) 1.1 -0.6 (-1.4, 0.2)
Clallam County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 5.0 (3.4, 7.3) 1.3 -0.7 (-2.5, 1.1)
Chelan County
**
 		** similar 4 3.7 (2.3, 5.8) 1.0
**
Benton County
**
 		** similar 10 4.8 (3.6, 6.4) 1.3
**
Asotin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Adams County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/19/2024 4:19 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:
Adams County, Asotin County, Columbia County, Douglas County, Ferry County, Franklin County, Garfield County, Jefferson County, Kittitas County, Klickitat County, Lincoln County, Okanogan County, Pacific County, Pend Oreille County, San Juan County, Skamania County, Wahkiakum 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, Skagit County, Stevens County, Walla Walla 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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