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 Belmont County Clark County Fairfield County Lucas County Putnam County Richland County Wood County |
Priority 6: stable and similar Allen County Ashland County Ashtabula County Auglaize County Brown County Butler County Columbiana County Defiance County Delaware County Erie County Fulton County Geauga County Greene County Guernsey County Hamilton County Huron County Knox County Lake County Lawrence County Licking County Logan County Mahoning County Marion County Medina County Miami County Ottawa County Portage County Ross County Sandusky County Scioto County Stark County Trumbull County Van Wert County Warren County Washington County Wayne County |
Priority 7: stable and below |
| Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above |
Priority 8: falling and similar Clermont County Cuyahoga County Darke County Franklin County Jefferson County Lorain County Mercer County Montgomery County Muskingum County Seneca County Summit County Tuscarawas County |
Priority 9: falling and below |
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Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 2:35 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: Adams County, Carroll County, Champaign County, Coshocton County, Fayette County, Gallia County, Hardin County, Harrison County, Hocking County, Madison County, Meigs County, Monroe County, Morgan County, Morrow County, Noble County, Paulding County, Pike County, Vinton County, Williams County, Wyandot County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Athens County, Clinton County, Crawford County, Hancock County, Henry County, Highland County, Holmes County, Jackson County, Perry County, Pickaway County, Preble County, Shelby County, Union 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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