Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table
| Above US Rate | Similar to US Rate | Below US Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Trend |
Priority 1: rising  and above |
Priority 2: rising and similar  Kane County Lake County Madison County Rock Island County Winnebago County |
Priority 3: rising and below  |
| Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above |
Priority 6: stable and similar Adams County Boone County Bureau County Champaign County Cook County Franklin County Jefferson County La Salle County Macon County Macoupin County McHenry County Peoria County Sangamon County St. Clair County Tazewell County Vermilion County Whiteside County Will County Williamson County |
Priority 7: stable and below DuPage County McLean County |
| Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above |
Priority 8: falling and similar |
Priority 9: falling and below |
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Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 10:28 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 > 1.10Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.901 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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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: Alexander County, Bond County, Brown County, Calhoun County, Cass County, Clark County, Clay County, Clinton County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, De Witt County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Edwards County, Fayette County, Ford County, Gallatin County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Jasper County, Jersey County, Jo Daviess County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Livingston County, Logan County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, McDonough County, Menard County, Mercer County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Moultrie County, Perry County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Richland County, Saline County, Schuyler County, Scott County, Shelby County, Stark County, Union County, Wabash County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Carroll County, Christian County, Coles County, DeKalb County, Effingham County, Fulton County, Grundy County, Henry County, Iroquois County, Jackson County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Knox County, Marion County, Morgan County, Ogle County, Randolph County, Stephenson County, Woodford 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 do not include Puerto Rico. |
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