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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Iowa Counties versus United States

Brain & ONS

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name
Counties
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest
sort by priority index descending 		Recent Trend2
 County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
 Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
sort by rate descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - rising rising trend - 17,206 4.4 (4.4, 4.4) - 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
Iowa - falling falling trend - 188 4.9 (4.6, 5.2) - -0.6 (-0.9, -0.2)
Wright County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Worth County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Woodbury County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 5.4 (3.6, 7.7) 1.2 0.6 (-0.9, 2.1)
Winneshiek County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Winnebago County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Webster County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
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Washington County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Warren County
**
 		** similar 3 5.5 (3.1, 9.1) 1.2
**
Wapello County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
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Van Buren County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Taylor County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Tama County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Story County
**
 		** similar 5 5.6 (3.5, 8.4) 1.3
**
Sioux County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Shelby County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Scott County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 5.1 (3.8, 6.8) 1.2 -0.3 (-1.6, 1.0)
Sac County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ringgold County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Poweshiek County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pottawattamie County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 5.8 (3.9, 8.4) 1.3 -0.6 (-1.9, 0.8)
Polk County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 4.6 (3.8, 5.5) 1.0 -0.9 (-1.6, -0.1)
Pocahontas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Plymouth County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Palo Alto County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Page County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Osceola County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
O'Brien County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Muscatine County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monona County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mitchell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mills County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marshall County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mahaska County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Madison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lyon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lucas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Louisa County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Linn County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 4.1 (3.1, 5.3) 0.9 0.2 (-1.3, 1.8)
Lee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Kossuth County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Keokuk County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jones County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnson County
**
 		** similar 6 4.3 (2.9, 6.3) 1.0
**
Jefferson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jasper County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Iowa County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ida County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Humboldt County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Howard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Henry County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Harrison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hardin County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hancock County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hamilton County
**
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3 or fewer
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*
**
Guthrie County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Grundy County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Greene County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fremont County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Franklin County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Floyd County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fayette County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Emmet County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dubuque County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 5.4 (3.7, 7.7) 1.2 0.5 (-1.1, 2.2)
Dickinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Des Moines County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Delaware County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Decatur County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Davis County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dallas County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Crawford County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clinton County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clayton County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clay County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clarke County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chickasaw County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cherokee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cerro Gordo County
**
 		** similar 4 7.0 (4.1, 11.4) 1.6
**
Cedar County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cass County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Carroll County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Calhoun County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Butler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Buena Vista County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Buchanan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bremer County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Boone County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Black Hawk County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 3.5 (2.3, 5.1) 0.8 -2.3 (-4.1, -0.5)
Benton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Audubon County
**
 		**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Appanoose County
**
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3 or fewer
*
*
**
Allamakee County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Adams County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Adair County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/31/2024 8:47 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:
Adair County, Adams County, Allamakee County, Appanoose County, Audubon County, Benton County, Boone County, Bremer County, Buchanan County, Buena Vista County, Butler County, Calhoun County, Carroll County, Cass County, Cedar County, Cherokee County, Chickasaw County, Clarke County, Clay County, Clayton County, Clinton County, Crawford County, Dallas County, Davis County, Decatur County, Delaware County, Des Moines County, Dickinson County, Emmet County, Fayette County, Floyd County, Franklin County, Fremont County, Greene County, Grundy County, Guthrie County, Hamilton County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Harrison County, Henry County, Howard County, Humboldt County, Ida County, Iowa County, Jackson County, Jasper County, Jefferson County, Jones County, Keokuk County, Kossuth County, Lee County, Louisa County, Lucas County, Lyon County, Madison County, Mahaska County, Marion County, Marshall County, Mills County, Mitchell County, Monona County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Muscatine County, O'Brien County, Osceola County, Page County, Palo Alto County, Plymouth County, Pocahontas County, Poweshiek County, Ringgold County, Sac County, Shelby County, Sioux County, Tama County, Taylor County, Union County, Van Buren County, Wapello County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Winnebago County, Winneshiek County, Worth County, Wright County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Cerro Gordo County, Johnson County, Story County, Warren 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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