Using the lists below, write 1-2 pages interpreting the data. In your interpretation, answer the following questions:
Which County data would you consider the most reliable? Why? What about the least reliable data, and why?
Which County needs the most preventative intervention as it pertains to cancer incidence rates? Why?
What additional information or additional data do you think you would need to best compare these three counties in terms of cancer incidence, if any?
Harris County
Population at risk – 22237304
Cases – 77228
Crude rate – 347.3
Age-adjusted rate – 400.1
95% CI – 397.2
95% CI – 403.1
Bell County
Population at risk – 1659684
Cases – 6733
Crude rate – 405.7
Age-adjusted rate – 480.8
95% CI – 469.1
95% CI – 492.6
Foard County
Population at risk – 6315
Cases – 42
Crude Rate – 665.1
Age-adjusted rate – 404.9
95% CI – 280.4
95% CI – 573.7
Note: All rates are per 100,000. Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard Population.
Source: Rates generated on Aug 1, 2019. Cancer Incidence File, Jan 2019. https://www.cancer-rates.info/tx/
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