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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Georgia Counties versus United States

Lung & Bronchus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by rateratio

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


Georgia


Atkinson County


Murray County


Brantley County


Montgomery County


Treutlen County


Polk County


Mitchell County


Dade County


Chattooga County


Worth County


Warren County


Taylor County


Pierce County


Elbert County


Crisp County


Franklin County


Banks County


Charlton County


Wilkinson County


Heard County


Jefferson County


McDuffie County


Washington County


Clinch County


Colquitt County


Ware County


Haralson County


Laurens County


Butts County


Walker County


Pickens County


Lee County


Ben Hill County


Upson County


Pike County


Gordon County


Toombs County


Crawford County


Madison County


Tift County


Monroe County


Stewart County


Barrow County


Decatur County


Stephens County


Bryan County


Talbot County


Turner County


Jackson County


Bulloch County


Jasper County


Floyd County


Emanuel County


Carroll County


Peach County


Screven County


Terrell County


Cook County


Thomas County


Dodge County


Richmond County


Tattnall County


Towns County


Bleckley County


Burke County


Hancock County


Spalding County


Telfair County


Coffee County


Muscogee County


Effingham County


Lincoln County


Johnson County


Berrien County


Lumpkin County


Jeff Davis County


Macon County


Jones County


White County


Brooks County


Liberty County


Irwin County


Dougherty County


Habersham County


Walton County


Baldwin County


Wayne County


Newton County


Bartow County


Fannin County


Evans County


Wilkes County


Oglethorpe County


Whitfield County


Catoosa County


Bibb County


Troup County


Sumter County


Appling County


Bacon County


Putnam County


Houston County


Camden County


Morgan County


Rabun County


McIntosh County


Lanier County


Paulding County


Twiggs County


Randolph County


Glynn County


Meriwether County


Early County


Gilmer County


Pulaski County


Lamar County


Douglas County


Dooly County


Lowndes County


Henry County


Hall County


Grady County


Rockdale County


Coweta County


Dawson County


Candler County


Union County


Wheeler County


Hart County


Cherokee County


Chatham County


Columbia County


Clayton County


Harris County


Clarke County


Cobb County


Fulton County


Greene County


Gwinnett County


Forsyth County


Long County


Oconee County


DeKalb County


Fayette County


Jenkins County Marion County Miller County Quitman County Seminole County Wilcox County Baker County Calhoun County Chattahoochee County Clay County Echols County Glascock County Schley County Taliaferro County Webster County

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/29/2024 12:25 am.

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:
Baker County, Calhoun County, Chattahoochee County, Clay County, Echols County, Glascock County, Schley County, Taliaferro County, Webster County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Jenkins County, Marion County, Miller County, Quitman County, Seminole County, Wilcox 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.