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 Stephenson County |
Priority 6: stable and similar Adams County Champaign County DuPage County Franklin County Fulton County Iroquois County Jackson County Jefferson County Kendall County La Salle County Livingston County Macoupin County McDonough County McLean County Peoria County Rock Island County Sangamon County Whiteside County |
Priority 7: stable and below |
| Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above Winnebago County |
Priority 8: falling and similar Bureau County Coles County Cook County DeKalb County Henry County Kane County Knox County Lee County Macon County Madison County Marion County McHenry County St. Clair County Tazewell County Vermilion County Will County Williamson County |
Priority 9: falling and below Kankakee County Lake County Ogle County |
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Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/11/2026 6:57 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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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, Brown County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Christian County, Clark County, Clay County, Crawford County, Cumberland County, De Witt County, Douglas County, Edgar County, Edwards County, Effingham County, Fayette County, Ford County, Gallatin County, Greene County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Henderson County, Jasper County, Johnson County, Lawrence County, Marshall County, Mason County, Massac County, Menard County, Mercer County, Morgan County, Moultrie 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, Union County, Wabash County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, White County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Boone County, Clinton County, Grundy County, Jersey County, Jo Daviess County, Logan County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Woodford 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 do not include Puerto Rico. |
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