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Interpretation of Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Data

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Illinois Counties versus United States

Ovary

All Races, Female

Sorted by name

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


Illinois


Adams County


Alexander County


Bond County


Boone County


Brown County


Bureau County


Calhoun County


Carroll County


Cass County


Champaign County


Christian County


Clark County


Clay County


Clinton County


Coles County


Cook County


Crawford County


Cumberland County


De Witt County


DeKalb County


Douglas County


DuPage County


Edgar County


Edwards County


Effingham County


Fayette County


Ford County


Franklin County


Fulton County


Gallatin County


Greene County


Grundy County


Hamilton County


Hancock County


Hardin County


Henderson County


Henry County


Iroquois County


Jackson County


Jasper County


Jefferson County


Jersey County


Jo Daviess County


Johnson County


Kane County


Kankakee County


Kendall County


Knox County


La Salle County


Lake County


Lawrence County


Lee County


Livingston County


Logan County


Macon County


Macoupin County


Madison County


Marion County


Marshall County


Mason County


Massac County


McDonough County


McHenry County


McLean County


Menard County


Mercer County


Monroe County


Montgomery County


Morgan County


Moultrie County


Ogle County


Peoria County


Perry County


Piatt County


Pike County


Pope County


Pulaski County


Putnam County


Randolph County


Richland County


Rock Island County


Saline County


Sangamon County


Schuyler County


Scott County


Shelby County


St. Clair County


Stark County


Stephenson County


Tazewell County


Union County


Vermilion County


Wabash County


Warren County


Washington County


Wayne County


White County


Whiteside County


Will County


Williamson County


Winnebago County


Woodford County




Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/28/2024 5:23 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:
Alexander County, Bond County, Boone County, Brown County, Bureau County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Christian County, Clark County, Clay County, Clinton County, Coles County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, De Witt County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Edwards County, Effingham County, Fayette County, Ford County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Gallatin County, Greene County, Grundy County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Henry County, Iroquois County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jersey County, Jo Daviess County, Johnson County, Knox County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Livingston County, Logan County, Macoupin County, Marion County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, McDonough County, Menard County, Mercer County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Moultrie County, Ogle County, Perry County, Piatt County, Pike County, Pope County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Randolph County, Richland County, Saline County, Schuyler County, Scott County, Shelby County, Stark County, Stephenson County, Union County, Wabash County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County, Williamson County, Woodford County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
DeKalb County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Whiteside 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.