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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Texas Counties versus United States

Lung & Bronchus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by rate

Explanation of Column Headers

State/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:

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


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


United States


Texas


Hidalgo County


Cameron County


Willacy County


El Paso County


Webb County


Starr County


Frio County


Maverick County


Fort Bend County


Val Verde County


Gaines County


Kendall County


Travis County


Hockley County


Lamb County


Bexar County


Brazos County


Fayette County


Atascosa County


Collin County


Colorado County


Hays County


Gillespie County


Pecos County


Dawson County


Williamson County


Washington County


Refugio County


Wilbarger County


Denton County


Medina County


Harris County


Wilson County


Moore County


Nueces County


Duval County


Jim Wells County


Comanche County


Wharton County


Kleberg County


Lubbock County


Dallas County


Austin County


Comal County


Deaf Smith County


Hale County


Midland County


Victoria County


Rockwall County


Randall County


Guadalupe County


Karnes County


Jones County


Walker County


Caldwell County


Callahan County


Bee County


Somervell County


Uvalde County


Taylor County


Mitchell County


Archer County


Gray County


Montgomery County


Jefferson County


Tarrant County


Clay County


Kerr County


Runnels County


Blanco County


Bandera County


San Patricio County


Carson County


Smith County


Burnet County


Jackson County


McLennan County


Live Oak County


Haskell County


Howard County


Milam County


Brazoria County


Grimes County


Terry County


Ellis County


Gonzales County


Lavaca County


Rains County


Eastland County


Andrews County


Newton County


Marion County


Nacogdoches County


Titus County


Lampasas County


Ector County


Tom Green County


Limestone County


Scurry County


Cherokee County


Erath County


DeWitt County


Rusk County


Hutchinson County


Matagorda County


Hood County


Llano County


Gregg County


Bell County


McCulloch County


Navarro County


Hamilton County


Burleson County


Waller County


Harrison County


Wichita County


Houston County


Calhoun County


Potter County


Hardin County


Jasper County


Chambers County


Bastrop County


Nolan County


Parker County


Brown County


Falls County


Leon County


Hopkins County


Childress County


Franklin County


Angelina County


Galveston County


San Jacinto County


Tyler County


Upshur County


Wood County


Bosque County


Hill County


Camp County


Aransas County


Lee County


Grayson County


Johnson County


Kaufman County


Red River County


Bowie County


Hunt County


Jack County


Anderson County


Madison County


Fannin County


Sabine County


Van Zandt County


Cooke County


Shelby County


Palo Pinto County


Orange County


Cass County


Coke County


Stephens County


Henderson County


Lamar County


Coryell County


Montague County


Robertson County


Wise County


Young County


Liberty County


San Augustine County


Panola County


Freestone County


Coleman County


Delta County


Morris County


Trinity County


Donley County


Polk County


Baylor County Brewster County Castro County Goliad County Mason County Parmer County Real County Reeves County Swisher County Ward County Armstrong County Bailey County Borden County Briscoe County Brooks County Cochran County Collingsworth County Concho County Cottle County Crane County Crockett County Crosby County Culberson County Dallam County Dickens County Dimmit County Edwards County Fisher County Floyd County Foard County Garza County Glasscock County Hall County Hansford County Hardeman County Hartley County Hemphill County Hudspeth County Irion County Jeff Davis County Jim Hogg County Kenedy County Kent County Kimble County King County Kinney County Knox County La Salle County Lipscomb County Loving County Lynn County Martin County McMullen County Menard County Mills County Motley County Ochiltree County Oldham County Presidio County Reagan County Roberts County San Saba County Schleicher County Shackelford County Sherman County Sterling County Stonewall County Sutton County Terrell County Throckmorton County Upton County Wheeler County Winkler County Yoakum County Zapata County Zavala County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/26/2024 1:30 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:
Armstrong County, Bailey County, Borden County, Briscoe County, Brooks County, Cochran County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Cottle County, Crane County, Crockett County, Crosby County, Culberson County, Dallam County, Dickens County, Dimmit County, Edwards County, Fisher County, Floyd County, Foard County, Garza County, Glasscock County, Hall County, Hansford County, Hardeman County, Hartley County, Hemphill County, Hudspeth County, Irion County, Jeff Davis County, Jim Hogg County, Kenedy County, Kent County, Kimble County, King County, Kinney County, Knox County, La Salle County, Lipscomb County, Loving County, Lynn County, Martin County, McMullen County, Menard County, Mills County, Motley County, Ochiltree County, Oldham County, Presidio County, Reagan County, Roberts County, San Saba County, Schleicher County, Shackelford County, Sherman County, Sterling County, Stonewall County, Sutton County, Terrell County, Throckmorton County, Upton County, Wheeler County, Winkler County, Yoakum County, Zapata County, Zavala County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Baylor County, Brewster County, Castro County, Goliad County, Mason County, Parmer County, Real County, Reeves County, Swisher County, Ward 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.