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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Georgia Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Brooks County
Effingham County
Fannin County
Laurens County
Peach County
Spalding County
Stephens County
Wayne County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Baldwin County
Barrow County
Bleckley County
Bulloch County
Burke County
Coffee County
Douglas County
Elbert County
Emanuel County
Gilmer County
Gordon County
Greene County
Habersham County
Haralson County
Jackson County
Jones County
Madison County
McDuffie County
Meriwether County
Mitchell County
Newton County
Rockdale County
Screven County
Tattnall County
Thomas County
Tift County
Toombs County
Troup County
Upson County
Walton County
Ware County
Washington County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Carroll County
Richmond County		 Priority 8: falling and similar

Appling County
Bartow County
Bibb County
Catoosa County
Chatham County
Cherokee County
Clarke County
Clayton County
Cobb County
Colquitt County
Coweta County
DeKalb County
Dougherty County
Fayette County
Floyd County
Fulton County
Glynn County
Gwinnett County
Hall County
Harris County
Henry County
Houston County
Monroe County
Muscogee County
Paulding County
Pickens County
Polk County
Putnam County
Union County
Walker County
Whitfield County
Worth County		 Priority 9: falling and below

Columbia County
Forsyth County
Lowndes County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 04/23/2024 9:48 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

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:
Atkinson County, Bacon County, Baker County, Ben Hill County, Calhoun County, Candler County, Charlton County, Chattahoochee County, Clay County, Clinch County, Cook County, Dooly County, Early County, Echols County, Evans County, Glascock County, Hancock County, Heard County, Irwin County, Jenkins County, Johnson County, Lanier County, Lincoln County, Long County, Macon County, Marion County, McIntosh County, Miller County, Montgomery County, Oglethorpe County, Pierce County, Pulaski County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Schley County, Seminole County, Stewart County, Talbot County, Taliaferro County, Taylor County, Terrell County, Towns County, Treutlen County, Turner County, Twiggs County, Warren County, Webster County, Wheeler County, Wilcox County, Wilkinson County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Banks County, Berrien County, Brantley County, Bryan County, Butts County, Camden County, Chattooga County, Crawford County, Crisp County, Dade County, Dawson County, Decatur County, Dodge County, Franklin County, Grady County, Hart County, Jasper County, Jeff Davis County, Jefferson County, Lamar County, Lee County, Liberty County, Lumpkin County, Morgan County, Murray County, Oconee County, Pike County, Rabun County, Sumter County, Telfair County, White County, Wilkes 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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