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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Pennsylvania Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by priority index
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 - 52,152 13.1 (13.1, 13.2) - -1.9 (-2.1, -1.8)
Pennsylvania - falling falling trend - 2,431 13.7 (13.5, 14.0) - -2.5 (-2.7, -2.3)
Cambria County 5 falling falling trend higher 37 17.3 (14.8, 20.2) 1.3 -1.3 (-2.0, -0.5)
Carbon County 5 falling falling trend higher 17 17.1 (13.5, 21.5) 1.3 -2.1 (-3.0, -1.1)
Clearfield County 5 falling falling trend higher 21 17.7 (14.4, 21.7) 1.3 -1.6 (-2.4, -0.9)
Delaware County 5 falling falling trend higher 107 14.5 (13.2, 15.8) 1.1 -2.3 (-2.8, -1.9)
Fayette County 5 falling falling trend higher 34 16.8 (14.3, 19.7) 1.3 -2.2 (-3.0, -1.5)
Lackawanna County 5 falling falling trend higher 50 15.9 (13.9, 18.1) 1.2 -3.1 (-3.7, -2.5)
Luzerne County 5 falling falling trend higher 73 15.0 (13.5, 16.7) 1.1 -2.5 (-3.0, -1.9)
Monroe County 5 falling falling trend higher 35 15.6 (13.3, 18.2) 1.2 -2.8 (-3.6, -1.9)
Philadelphia County 5 falling falling trend higher 261 15.4 (14.6, 16.3) 1.2 -3.3 (-3.8, -2.8)
Schuylkill County 5 falling falling trend higher 40 18.0 (15.5, 20.7) 1.4 -2.5 (-3.1, -2.0)
Washington County 5 falling falling trend higher 50 15.9 (13.9, 18.2) 1.2 -2.0 (-2.5, -1.6)
Elk County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 18.4 (13.3, 25.1) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.6, 0.2)
Greene County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 13.7 (9.6, 19.2) 1.0 -0.7 (-2.4, 1.0)
Wyoming County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 16.4 (11.2, 23.6) 1.3 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.3)
Adams County 8 falling falling trend similar 20 12.7 (10.3, 15.6) 1.0 -2.9 (-3.7, -2.0)
Allegheny County 8 falling falling trend similar 234 13.4 (12.6, 14.2) 1.0 -2.6 (-2.9, -2.4)
Armstrong County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 16.0 (12.8, 19.9) 1.2 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.3)
Beaver County 8 falling falling trend similar 32 12.2 (10.3, 14.4) 0.9 -2.9 (-3.5, -2.3)
Bedford County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 16.2 (12.2, 21.3) 1.2 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Berks County 8 falling falling trend similar 67 12.1 (10.8, 13.5) 0.9 -3.0 (-3.4, -2.6)
Blair County 8 falling falling trend similar 25 13.1 (10.9, 15.8) 1.0 -2.8 (-3.5, -2.2)
Bradford County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 14.1 (10.7, 18.3) 1.1 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Bucks County 8 falling falling trend similar 110 11.9 (10.9, 13.0) 0.9 -3.4 (-3.8, -3.0)
Butler County 8 falling falling trend similar 35 12.7 (10.9, 14.9) 1.0 -4.7 (-7.6, -1.8)
Clarion County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 15.7 (11.2, 21.5) 1.2 -2.6 (-3.8, -1.4)
Clinton County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 15.1 (10.7, 20.8) 1.1 -2.1 (-3.2, -1.0)
Columbia County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 15.6 (12.2, 19.8) 1.2 -1.4 (-2.3, -0.6)
Crawford County 8 falling falling trend similar 19 15.6 (12.5, 19.4) 1.2 -1.5 (-2.4, -0.5)
Cumberland County 8 falling falling trend similar 42 11.9 (10.3, 13.7) 0.9 -2.7 (-3.2, -2.2)
Dauphin County 8 falling falling trend similar 44 12.8 (11.1, 14.6) 1.0 -2.8 (-3.4, -2.3)
Erie County 8 falling falling trend similar 52 14.2 (12.5, 16.1) 1.1 -2.1 (-2.6, -1.5)
Franklin County 8 falling falling trend similar 32 14.0 (11.9, 16.5) 1.1 -2.3 (-3.0, -1.7)
Huntingdon County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 14.8 (11.1, 19.7) 1.1 -2.4 (-3.3, -1.5)
Indiana County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 13.1 (10.3, 16.5) 1.0 -2.6 (-3.4, -1.7)
Jefferson County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 16.3 (12.1, 21.7) 1.2 -1.3 (-2.3, -0.3)
Juniata County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 16.0 (10.5, 23.6) 1.2 -2.7 (-4.3, -1.0)
Lancaster County 8 falling falling trend similar 92 12.2 (11.1, 13.5) 0.9 -2.8 (-3.2, -2.3)
Lawrence County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 15.6 (12.6, 19.1) 1.2 -2.6 (-3.4, -1.7)
Lebanon County 8 falling falling trend similar 29 14.0 (11.7, 16.6) 1.1 -2.6 (-3.3, -1.8)
Lehigh County 8 falling falling trend similar 61 12.9 (11.5, 14.5) 1.0 -2.1 (-2.6, -1.7)
Lycoming County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 13.0 (10.6, 16.0) 1.0 -2.6 (-3.3, -1.8)
McKean County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 14.5 (10.3, 20.0) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.7, -0.5)
Mercer County 8 falling falling trend similar 29 15.7 (13.2, 18.7) 1.2 -4.8 (-7.8, -1.7)
Mifflin County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 15.9 (12.0, 20.9) 1.2 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Montgomery County 8 falling falling trend similar 142 12.3 (11.4, 13.3) 0.9 -2.8 (-3.2, -2.5)
Northampton County 8 falling falling trend similar 53 12.4 (10.9, 14.0) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.0, -1.9)
Northumberland County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 15.4 (12.5, 18.8) 1.2 -2.2 (-3.1, -1.3)
Perry County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 15.1 (10.9, 20.6) 1.2 -1.9 (-3.4, -0.4)
Pike County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 12.2 (9.2, 16.2) 0.9 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.9)
Potter County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 14.3 (8.2, 23.9) 1.1 -2.1 (-3.5, -0.6)
Snyder County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 13.7 (9.7, 19.1) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.1, -0.7)
Somerset County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 13.1 (10.2, 16.6) 1.0 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.2)
Susquehanna County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 16.7 (12.6, 22.0) 1.3 -2.7 (-3.8, -1.5)
Tioga County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 15.6 (11.4, 21.1) 1.2 -2.3 (-3.8, -0.9)
Venango County 8 falling falling trend similar 10 12.4 (9.1, 16.8) 0.9 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.7)
Warren County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 12.2 (8.6, 17.0) 0.9 -2.1 (-3.6, -0.7)
Wayne County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 14.2 (10.7, 18.8) 1.1 -3.0 (-4.3, -1.6)
Westmoreland County 8 falling falling trend similar 80 13.9 (12.5, 15.4) 1.1 -2.3 (-2.7, -1.9)
York County 8 falling falling trend similar 84 14.2 (12.9, 15.7) 1.1 -2.9 (-3.4, -2.4)
Centre County 9 falling falling trend lower 19 10.9 (8.8, 13.4) 0.8 -3.6 (-4.5, -2.7)
Chester County 9 falling falling trend lower 67 10.1 (9.0, 11.3) 0.8 -4.1 (-4.8, -3.4)
Union County 9 falling falling trend lower 5 8.7 (5.6, 13.1) 0.7 -3.4 (-4.9, -2.0)
Cameron County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Forest County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fulton County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Montour County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sullivan County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/02/2024 9:02 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.
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:
Cameron County, Forest County, Fulton County, Montour County, Sullivan 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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