Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020
West Virginia Counties versus United States
Liver & Bile Duct
All Races, Both Sexes
Sorted by count
Explanation of Column HeadersState/County - The site and sex combination for this comparison.
Priority Index 1 - The priority index is based upon the direction of the trend and the rate comparison. An index of 1 is the highest priority - that trend is rising and the rate is already higher. An index of 9 is the lowest priority - the trend is falling and the rate is already lower.
Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:
- 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.
AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program
Other Notes
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
United States
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.0.
- Rate : The death rate is 6.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.6 to 6.7 and 27,509 average annual deaths.
West Virginia
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is rising
because the trend is 2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 2.0 to 2.9.
- Rate : The death rate is 6.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.1 to 7.0 and 174 average annual deaths.
Kanawha County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 2.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is rising
because the trend is 2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 1.0 to 3.2.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 7.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.0 to 9.0 and 20 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
Cabell County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 2.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is rising
because the trend is 1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.5 to 3.4.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 7.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.3 to 9.7 and 9 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
Wood County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 2.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is rising
because the trend is 2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.9 to 4.2.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 5.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.1 to 8.2 and 8 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
Harrison County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 2.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is rising
because the trend is 4.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 2.4 to 6.6.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 7.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.6 to 11.1 and 8 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.2
Ohio County
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index is 6.
- Recent Trend(2) : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 2.3.
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 6.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.9 to 10.1 and 4 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 6.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.3 to 8.1 and 9 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 8.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.5 to 13.2 and 5 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.8 to 12.3 and 6 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 12.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.0 to 20.1 and 3 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.8
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 7.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.7 to 10.3 and 6 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 7.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.8 to 10.1 and 7 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.1
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 8.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.7 to 14.6 and 3 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.3
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 4.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.1 to 7.3 and 5 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.7
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 6.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.9 to 9.3 and 5 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 6.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.7 to 9.4 and 7 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 1.0
- Priority Index(1) : The priority index cannot be determined.
- Recent Trend(2) : **
- County Death Rate Compared to US Rate : This death rate is similar compared to the US rate
- Rate : The death rate is 5.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.5 to 9.4 and 4 average annual deaths.
- Rate Ratio(3) County to US : The rate ratio is 0.9
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/29/2024 4:43 am.
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* 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:
Barbour County, Boone County, Braxton County, Brooke County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Doddridge County, Gilmer County, Grant County, Greenbrier County, Hampshire County, Hancock County, Hardy County, Jackson County, Lewis County, Logan County, Marshall County, Mason County, McDowell County, Mingo County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Nicholas County, Pendleton County, Pleasants County, Pocahontas County, Preston County, Randolph County, Ritchie County, Roane County, Summers County, Taylor County, Tucker County, Tyler County, Upshur County, Webster County, Wetzel County, Wirt County, Wyoming County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Berkeley County, Fayette County, Jefferson County, Lincoln County, Marion County, Mercer County, Mineral County, Monongalia County, Putnam County, Raleigh County, Wayne 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.