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  |
Priority 3: rising and below  |
| Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above Bosque County Coleman County Fannin County Freestone County Morris County Nolan County Polk County San Augustine County Trinity County Wise County Young County |
Priority 6: stable and similar Clay County Colorado County DeWitt County Deaf Smith County Delta County Franklin County Hale County Haskell County Karnes County Lamb County Lee County Madison County Marion County McCulloch County Sabine County San Saba County Scurry County Terry County Wheeler County Zapata County |
Priority 7: stable and below Willacy County |
| Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above Anderson County Angelina County Aransas County Bell County Bowie County Burleson County Cass County Cherokee County Cooke County Coryell County Eastland County Ector County Galveston County Grayson County Gregg County Hardin County Harrison County Henderson County Hill County Hopkins County Hunt County Jasper County Johnson County Kaufman County Lamar County Liberty County Matagorda County Montague County Navarro County Newton County Orange County Palo Pinto County Panola County Parker County Red River County Rusk County San Jacinto County Shelby County Tyler County Upshur County Van Zandt County Wichita County Wood County |
Priority 8: falling and similar Andrews County Archer County Atascosa County Austin County Bandera County Bastrop County Bee County Blanco County Brazoria County Brown County Burnet County Caldwell County Calhoun County Callahan County Camp County Chambers County Comal County Comanche County Dawson County Ellis County Erath County Falls County Fayette County Frio County Gaines County Gonzales County Gray County Grimes County Hamilton County Hockley County Hood County Houston County Howard County Hutchinson County Jack County Jackson County Jefferson County Jones County Kerr County Kleberg County Lampasas County Lavaca County Leon County Limestone County Live Oak County Llano County Lubbock County McLennan County Midland County Milam County Mitchell County Montgomery County Moore County Nacogdoches County Pecos County Potter County Rains County Randall County Robertson County Rockwall County Runnels County San Patricio County Smith County Somervell County Stephens County Tarrant County Taylor County Titus County Tom Green County Uvalde County Victoria County Walker County Waller County Wharton County Wilbarger County Wilson County |
Priority 9: falling and below Bexar County Brazos County Cameron County Collin County Dallas County Denton County El Paso County Fort Bend County Gillespie County Guadalupe County Harris County Hays County Hidalgo County Jim Wells County Kendall County Maverick County Medina County Nueces County Starr County Travis County Val Verde County Washington County Webb County Williamson County |
| Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/03/2025 10:34 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 Version 5.3.0. 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, Carson County, Castro County, Childress County, Cochran County, Coke County, Collingsworth County, Concho County, Cottle County, Crane County, Crockett County, Crosby County, Culberson County, Dallam County, Dickens County, Dimmit County, Donley County, Duval 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, Mason County, McMullen County, Menard County, Mills County, Motley County, Ochiltree County, Oldham County, Parmer County, Presidio County, Reagan County, Refugio County, Roberts County, Schleicher County, Shackelford County, Sherman County, Sterling County, Stonewall County, Sutton County, Terrell County, Throckmorton County, Upton County, Ward County, Winkler County, Yoakum County, Zavala County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Baylor County, Brewster County, Goliad County, Real County, Reeves County, Swisher 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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