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Interpretation of 5-Year Rate Changes Data

5-Year Rate Changes - Incidence
Tennessee, 2017-2021
All Ages, Both Sexes, White (Non-Hisp)

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Since the overall trend is negative (-2.00 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.70 to -1.30 ), the overall cancer rate is falling.

Stable when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change includes 0.
The rate for the following cancers was statistically stable in the time period:

Rising when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is above 0.
The rate for the following cancers rose in the time period:

Falling when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is below 0.
The rate for the following cancers fell in the time period:

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 10/09/2024 7:25 pm.
Source: Incidence data provided by the National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR). SEER*Stat Database United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

AAPCs are calculated by the Joinpoint Regression Program and are based on APCs. Data are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84,85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ or unless otherwise specified. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modifed by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with SEER November 2021 data. Rates are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html. Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected areas. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.

NHIA (NAACCR Hispanic Identification Algorithm) was used for Hispanic Ethnicity (see Technical Notes section of the USCS .)

Statistics for minorities may be affected by inconsistent race identification between the cancer case reports (sources for numerator of rate) and data from the Census Bureau (source for denominator of rate); and from undercounts of some population groups in the census.