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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2018-2022

Washington Counties versus United States

Lung & Bronchus

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by count

Counties
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent Trend2
County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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United States - fallingfalling - 136,831 32.4 (32.3, 32.5) - -4.3 (-4.4, -4.1)
Washington - fallingfalling - 2,765 29.8 (29.3, 30.3) - -4.3 (-4.8, -4.0)
King County 9 fallingfalling lower 546 23.1 (22.2, 24.0) 0.7 -4.6 (-5.1, -4.1)
Pierce County 8 fallingfalling similar 337 33.5 (31.8, 35.1) 1.0 -4.8 (-8.1, -3.4)
Snohomish County 8 fallingfalling similar 285 31.7 (30.0, 33.4) 1.0 -3.8 (-6.2, -2.8)
Spokane County 8 fallingfalling similar 220 32.7 (30.7, 34.7) 1.0 -4.1 (-5.3, -3.3)
Clark County 8 fallingfalling similar 197 32.7 (30.7, 34.9) 1.0 -4.3 (-6.2, -3.3)
Thurston County 8 fallingfalling similar 123 31.4 (28.9, 34.1) 1.0 -3.5 (-5.5, -2.6)
Kitsap County 9 fallingfalling lower 108 28.6 (26.2, 31.2) 0.9 -6.8 (-15.0, -3.4)
Yakima County 8 fallingfalling similar 83 30.4 (27.5, 33.5) 0.9 -7.5 (-14.9, -3.4)
Whatcom County 9 fallingfalling lower 76 25.8 (23.2, 28.6) 0.8 -6.1 (-10.7, -3.9)
Cowlitz County 5 fallingfalling higher 75 47.4 (42.6, 52.6) 1.5 -2.0 (-8.0, -1.2)
Benton County 8 fallingfalling similar 71 29.3 (26.3, 32.6) 0.9 -4.6 (-12.1, -2.8)
Skagit County 6 stablestable similar 70 34.7 (31.1, 38.6) 1.1 -2.1 (-4.7, 3.6)
Clallam County 8 fallingfalling similar 59 36.4 (32.1, 41.2) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.2, -0.9)
Grays Harbor County 5 fallingfalling higher 50 39.2 (34.3, 44.6) 1.2 -4.7 (-6.7, -3.6)
Mason County 5 fallingfalling higher 48 43.5 (38.0, 49.8) 1.3 -1.9 (-2.5, -1.2)
Lewis County 8 fallingfalling similar 46 35.4 (30.9, 40.6) 1.1 -2.1 (-2.8, -1.4)
Island County 9 fallingfalling lower 41 26.6 (22.9, 30.7) 0.8 -2.9 (-3.7, -2.0)
Chelan County 8 fallingfalling similar 35 29.7 (25.3, 34.6) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.1, -2.0)
Grant County 8 fallingfalling similar 33 30.7 (26.1, 35.8) 0.9 -3.7 (-6.1, -2.5)
Okanogan County 5 fallingfalling higher 30 44.2 (37.2, 52.4) 1.4 -1.1 (-1.8, -0.4)
Walla Walla County 8 fallingfalling similar 29 32.2 (27.0, 38.1) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.4, -0.8)
Stevens County 8 fallingfalling similar 26 32.2 (26.8, 38.6) 1.0 -2.2 (-3.1, -1.2)
Franklin County 8 fallingfalling similar 23 30.7 (25.1, 37.1) 0.9 -4.6 (-17.0, -3.2)
Pacific County 8 fallingfalling similar 21 38.8 (31.4, 48.2) 1.2 -2.1 (-3.1, -1.1)
Jefferson County 9 fallingfalling lower 19 21.6 (17.3, 27.6) 0.7 -8.5 (-16.9, -5.5)
Douglas County 8 fallingfalling similar 18 31.6 (25.3, 39.2) 1.0 -1.9 (-2.9, -0.8)
Kittitas County 8 fallingfalling similar 16 27.9 (21.9, 35.1) 0.9 -2.5 (-3.3, -1.6)
Klickitat County 8 fallingfalling similar 14 32.5 (25.1, 42.1) 1.0 -2.3 (-3.3, -1.2)
Whitman County 8 fallingfalling similar 12 30.8 (23.5, 39.7) 0.9 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.5)
Asotin County 8 fallingfalling similar 11 27.1 (20.2, 36.2) 0.8 -1.9 (-3.2, -0.5)
Pend Oreille County 8 fallingfalling similar 9 33.2 (23.6, 46.7) 1.0 -2.2 (-3.4, -0.8)
San Juan County 7 stablestable lower 9 21.0 (15.0, 30.2) 0.6 -1.7 (-3.3, 0.0)
Skamania County 8 fallingfalling similar 6 28.9 (19.1, 43.1) 0.9 -2.6 (-4.0, -1.1)
Lincoln County 8 fallingfalling similar 5 24.8 (16.1, 38.2) 0.8 -8.5 (-42.1, -2.6)
Ferry County 8 fallingfalling similar 5 31.5 (19.8, 50.8) 1.0 -2.8 (-5.1, -0.3)
Adams County 8 fallingfalling similar 5 25.9 (16.4, 38.8) 0.8 -2.3 (-3.7, -0.9)
Wahkiakum County
**
** similar 4 37.0 (21.9, 65.7) 1.1
**
Columbia County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Garfield County
**
**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/06/2025 6:50 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 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:
Columbia County, Garfield County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Wahkiakum 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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