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Death Rate Report for Georgia by County, death years through 2009

Lung & Bronchus
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-2
Reduce the lung cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by County
County
Met
Healthy People
Objective
of
45.5?
1
Annual
Death
Rate

over rate period
deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
Average Deaths per Year
over rate period
Rate Period Recent Trend 2 Recent
Average Annual
Percent
Change
2
in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
Recent Trend Period2
Georgia (State) No 53.9 (53.2, 54.6) 4,424 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.2 (-2.8, -1.6) 2005 - 2009
United States No 50.6 (50.5, 50.7) 158,634 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.2 (-2.6, -1.7) 2005 - 2009
Worth County No 50.0 (38.1, 64.6) 12 2005 - 2009 stable  0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Wilkinson County No 48.5 (32.7, 69.9) 6 2005 - 2009 stable  0.3 (-1.3, 1.9) 2005 - 2009
Wilkes County No 61.8 (45.1, 83.4) 9 2005 - 2009 rising  2.0 (0.9, 3.1) 2005 - 2009
Wilcox County No 64.7 (43.9, 92.3) 6 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Whitfield County No 72.3 (64.3, 80.9) 61 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.0 (-1.0, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
White County No 56.3 (45.0, 69.7) 18 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Wheeler County No 53.3 (30.6, 86.1) 3 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.4 (-4.4, -0.3) 2005 - 2009
Webster County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Wayne County No 79.2 (65.4, 95.2) 23 2005 - 2009 rising  1.2 (0.4, 2.0) 2005 - 2009
Washington County No 64.9 (50.7, 82.0) 14 2005 - 2009 rising  1.6 (0.5, 2.7) 2005 - 2009
Warren County No 72.5 (47.3, 107.1) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Ware County No 61.6 (51.5, 73.3) 26 2005 - 2009 stable  0.8 (-0.1, 1.7) 2005 - 2009
Walton County No 50.4 (43.6, 58.0) 40 2005 - 2009 stable  -2.3 (-4.8, 0.3) 2005 - 2009
Walker County No 87.3 (78.0, 97.4) 65 2005 - 2009 stable  0.8 (-0.1, 1.7) 2005 - 2009
Upson County No 52.5 (41.6, 65.4) 16 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.2, 2.0) 2005 - 2009
Union County No 47.9 (38.3, 59.9) 18 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.8, 1.8) 2005 - 2009
Twiggs County No 77.4 (56.0, 104.6) 9 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Turner County Yes 44.6 (28.5, 66.8) 5 2005 - 2009 stable  0.7 (-0.9, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Troup County No 60.6 (52.4, 69.7) 39 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.4 (-1.3, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Treutlen County No 51.0 (31.0, 79.4) 4 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Towns County No 67.5 (51.3, 88.6) 14 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Toombs County No 57.4 (45.8, 71.2) 17 2005 - 2009 falling  -5.0 (-9.3, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Tift County No 48.1 (38.9, 58.7) 19 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.2 (-3.1, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
Thomas County No 62.5 (53.3, 72.9) 33 2005 - 2009 stable  0.6 (-0.0, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Terrell County No 65.4 (45.7, 90.9) 7 2005 - 2009 stable  -9.2 (-20.7, 4.0) 2005 - 2009
Telfair County No 68.9 (50.5, 91.9) 9 2005 - 2009 rising  1.4 (0.1, 2.7) 2005 - 2009
Taylor County No 66.7 (46.0, 93.9) 7 2005 - 2009 stable  1.1 (-0.6, 2.9) 2005 - 2009
Tattnall County No 89.1 (71.9, 109.1) 19 2005 - 2009 rising  1.7 (0.9, 2.6) 2005 - 2009
Taliaferro County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Talbot County No 83.4 (54.9, 121.7) 6 2005 - 2009 rising  2.0 (0.6, 3.5) 2005 - 2009
Sumter County No 55.8 (44.9, 68.6) 19 2005 - 2009 rising  0.8 (0.2, 1.5) 2005 - 2009
Stewart County No 62.7 (39.6, 97.0) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Stephens County No 62.6 (51.1, 76.1) 21 2005 - 2009 rising  1.0 (0.0, 1.9) 2005 - 2009
Spalding County No 63.1 (54.6, 72.6) 40 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.5, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Seminole County No 68.7 (49.2, 94.0) 8 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Screven County No 61.0 (45.9, 79.9) 11 2005 - 2009 rising  1.2 (0.1, 2.3) 2005 - 2009
Schley County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Rockdale County No 51.4 (44.0, 59.7) 36 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.2 (-1.0, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Richmond County No 62.1 (57.2, 67.4) 119 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) 2005 - 2009
Randolph County No 59.8 (38.8, 88.6) 5 2005 - 2009 rising  2.4 (0.5, 4.3) 2005 - 2009
Rabun County No 49.2 (37.7, 63.8) 13 2005 - 2009 stable  0.1 (-0.8, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Quitman County No 96.8 (56.9, 157.8) 4 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Putnam County No 52.0 (40.0, 66.7) 14 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Pulaski County No 77.7 (56.5, 104.6) 9 2005 - 2009 stable  1.0 (-0.4, 2.5) 2005 - 2009
Polk County No 77.1 (65.9, 89.7) 34 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.5, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Pike County No 62.1 (45.8, 82.1) 10 2005 - 2009 rising  1.8 (0.3, 3.2) 2005 - 2009
Pierce County No 73.2 (56.8, 92.8) 14 2005 - 2009 stable  0.7 (-0.2, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Pickens County No 50.8 (41.0, 62.5) 20 2005 - 2009 stable  0.1 (-1.0, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Peach County No 59.3 (46.4, 74.8) 15 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.2, 2.0) 2005 - 2009
Paulding County No 68.9 (60.0, 78.7) 49 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.4, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Oglethorpe County No 58.2 (42.0, 78.8) 9 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Oconee County Yes 35.2 (25.9, 46.8) 10 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Newton County No 60.2 (52.5, 68.7) 46 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.2 (-2.4, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Muscogee County No 60.3 (55.4, 65.6) 110 2005 - 2009 falling  -0.5 (-0.9, -0.0) 2005 - 2009
Murray County No 85.6 (71.9, 101.1) 30 2005 - 2009 stable  -5.0 (-12.9, 3.7) 2005 - 2009
Morgan County Yes 43.4 (31.5, 58.5) 9 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.1 (-2.4, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Montgomery County No 99.0 (69.6, 136.2) 8 2005 - 2009 stable  1.3 (-0.0, 2.6) 2005 - 2009
Monroe County No 52.5 (40.0, 67.6) 13 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.8, 1.8) 2005 - 2009
Mitchell County No 61.9 (48.6, 77.7) 15 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.4, 1.4) 2005 - 2009
Miller County No 63.4 (41.6, 93.7) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Meriwether County No 51.3 (39.6, 65.4) 13 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
McIntosh County No 65.6 (47.7, 88.5) 9 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
McDuffie County No 55.2 (42.4, 70.6) 13 2005 - 2009 rising  1.2 (0.0, 2.5) 2005 - 2009
Marion County No 75.0 (47.8, 111.7) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Madison County No 64.5 (51.9, 79.2) 19 2005 - 2009 rising  1.4 (0.4, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Macon County No 63.3 (46.3, 84.5) 9 2005 - 2009 rising  2.3 (1.1, 3.5) 2005 - 2009
Lumpkin County No 77.8 (62.8, 95.4) 20 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Lowndes County No 64.9 (57.3, 73.2) 53 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Long County No 79.3 (53.1, 112.9) 6 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Lincoln County No 75.3 (51.9, 106.3) 7 2005 - 2009 stable  1.2 (-0.3, 2.7) 2005 - 2009
Liberty County No 57.7 (45.8, 71.5) 19 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.2 (-1.4, 1.1) 2005 - 2009
Lee County No 54.7 (41.4, 70.6) 13 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.7 (-2.0, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Laurens County No 59.1 (50.2, 69.1) 32 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.0 (-2.7, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Lanier County No 63.6 (40.6, 94.7) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Lamar County No 63.7 (48.3, 82.6) 12 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Jones County No 59.8 (47.6, 74.2) 17 2005 - 2009 rising  1.4 (0.3, 2.5) 2005 - 2009
Johnson County No 64.1 (44.0, 90.4) 7 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Jenkins County Yes 44.2 (27.5, 67.5) 4 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Jefferson County No 59.6 (45.1, 77.5) 12 2005 - 2009 rising  1.5 (0.5, 2.5) 2005 - 2009
Jeff Davis County No 84.9 (64.5, 109.8) 12 2005 - 2009 stable  1.0 (-0.2, 2.2) 2005 - 2009
Jasper County No 49.9 (33.9, 70.8) 7 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.5, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Jackson County No 57.0 (48.4, 66.7) 33 2005 - 2009 stable  -7.8 (-15.4, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Irwin County No 58.5 (39.9, 83.0) 6 2005 - 2009 stable  1.2 (-0.4, 2.9) 2005 - 2009
Houston County No 59.2 (52.9, 65.9) 67 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.2, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Henry County No 61.2 (54.7, 68.2) 72 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.5 (-1.4, 0.3) 2005 - 2009
Heard County No 63.9 (44.9, 88.3) 8 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Hart County No 56.7 (45.5, 70.1) 18 2005 - 2009 rising  1.0 (0.2, 1.8) 2005 - 2009
Harris County No 59.8 (47.5, 74.3) 17 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Haralson County No 77.1 (63.9, 92.2) 24 2005 - 2009 rising  1.7 (0.7, 2.7) 2005 - 2009
Hancock County No 69.1 (48.3, 96.0) 7 2005 - 2009 stable  1.3 (-0.2, 2.9) 2005 - 2009
Hall County No 57.3 (51.9, 63.0) 85 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.2 (-1.3, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Habersham County Yes 38.8 (31.5, 47.4) 20 2005 - 2009 falling  -5.6 (-9.2, -2.0) 2005 - 2009
Gwinnett County Yes 42.1 (39.3, 45.0) 190 2005 - 2009 falling  -4.7 (-7.0, -2.4) 2005 - 2009
Greene County Yes 38.8 (27.6, 53.6) 8 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.8 (-2.1, 0.5) 2005 - 2009
Grady County No 64.4 (51.4, 79.7) 17 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Gordon County No 75.4 (64.8, 87.1) 37 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Glynn County No 61.9 (54.7, 69.9) 54 2005 - 2009 falling  -1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) 2005 - 2009
Glascock County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Gilmer County No 47.9 (37.7, 60.2) 16 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.8 (-4.8, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Fulton County Yes 41.7 (39.5, 43.9) 296 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.5 (-3.2, -1.7) 2005 - 2009
Franklin County No 59.1 (47.0, 73.6) 17 2005 - 2009 rising  1.7 (0.3, 3.1) 2005 - 2009
Forsyth County Yes 43.6 (38.0, 49.8) 48 2005 - 2009 falling  -1.4 (-2.7, -0.1) 2005 - 2009
Floyd County No 75.0 (67.8, 82.8) 80 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.3, 1.0) 2005 - 2009
Fayette County Yes 39.9 (34.3, 46.2) 39 2005 - 2009 falling  -1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Fannin County No 55.9 (45.2, 68.7) 20 2005 - 2009 falling  -7.6 (-12.9, -1.9) 2005 - 2009
Evans County No 68.4 (49.0, 93.0) 8 2005 - 2009 stable  1.0 (-0.6, 2.7) 2005 - 2009
Emanuel County No 60.1 (47.0, 75.8) 15 2005 - 2009 stable  0.1 (-1.0, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Elbert County No 62.4 (49.4, 78.0) 16 2005 - 2009 rising  1.3 (0.2, 2.3) 2005 - 2009
Effingham County No 62.0 (51.0, 74.6) 24 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.1 (-1.2, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Echols County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Early County No 74.0 (55.0, 97.6) 10 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.7, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Douglas County No 56.2 (48.9, 64.3) 47 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.3 (-1.2, 0.6) 2005 - 2009
Dougherty County No 53.5 (47.1, 60.5) 51 2005 - 2009 falling  -7.8 (-13.4, -1.9) 2005 - 2009
Dooly County No 55.2 (37.5, 78.3) 6 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.3, 2.1) 2005 - 2009
Dodge County No 65.2 (50.8, 82.6) 14 2005 - 2009 rising  1.4 (0.4, 2.4) 2005 - 2009
Decatur County No 65.9 (53.5, 80.4) 20 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.4, 1.5) 2005 - 2009
DeKalb County Yes 41.2 (38.8, 43.8) 223 2005 - 2009 falling  -2.3 (-2.9, -1.6) 2005 - 2009
Dawson County No 79.2 (59.9, 102.4) 14 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Dade County No 73.7 (57.0, 94.0) 14 2005 - 2009 stable  1.3 (-0.2, 2.8) 2005 - 2009
Crisp County No 67.2 (53.4, 83.5) 17 2005 - 2009 stable  0.2 (-0.9, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Crawford County No 100.4 (74.2, 132.6) 11 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Coweta County No 48.9 (42.8, 55.6) 50 2005 - 2009 falling  -5.3 (-9.7, -0.7) 2005 - 2009
Cook County No 47.8 (34.5, 64.7) 9 2005 - 2009 stable  9.3 (-2.9, 23.0) 2005 - 2009
Columbia County No 57.9 (50.7, 65.7) 50 2005 - 2009 stable  0.1 (-0.6, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Colquitt County No 67.0 (56.7, 78.6) 31 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.4, 1.2) 2005 - 2009
Coffee County No 55.9 (45.6, 67.8) 21 2005 - 2009 rising  1.0 (0.1, 1.9) 2005 - 2009
Cobb County Yes 39.6 (37.1, 42.1) 206 2005 - 2009 falling  -4.6 (-5.8, -3.3) 2005 - 2009
Clinch County No 77.3 (51.0, 112.5) 6 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Clayton County Yes 45.3 (40.9, 50.1) 81 2005 - 2009 falling  -6.3 (-8.9, -3.6) 2005 - 2009
Clay County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Clarke County No 50.7 (43.8, 58.4) 39 2005 - 2009 stable  0.1 (-0.5, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Cherokee County No 49.8 (44.4, 55.7) 68 2005 - 2009 stable  0.0 (-0.7, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
Chattooga County No 72.1 (59.2, 87.2) 22 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.6 (-2.0, 0.9) 2005 - 2009
Chattahoochee County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Chatham County No 53.2 (49.2, 57.4) 135 2005 - 2009 falling  -1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) 2005 - 2009
Charlton County No 76.8 (54.3, 105.6) 8 2005 - 2009 stable  0.2 (-1.3, 1.8) 2005 - 2009
Catoosa County No 63.5 (55.1, 72.8) 42 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.4, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Carroll County No 56.6 (49.9, 63.8) 54 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Candler County Yes 45.3 (30.0, 66.0) 6 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.4 (-2.1, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Camden County No 53.7 (42.8, 66.4) 19 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.2 (-2.4, 0.1) 2005 - 2009
Calhoun County No 74.4 (47.0, 112.2) 5 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Butts County No 82.9 (66.4, 102.1) 18 2005 - 2009 stable  0.4 (-0.7, 1.5) 2005 - 2009
Burke County No 65.3 (51.1, 82.4) 15 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.2, 2.1) 2005 - 2009
Bulloch County No 55.2 (46.3, 65.2) 28 2005 - 2009 stable  -0.0 (-0.8, 0.7) 2005 - 2009
Bryan County No 59.5 (45.6, 76.0) 14 2005 - 2009 stable  -1.0 (-2.3, 0.4) 2005 - 2009
Brooks County No 64.1 (48.9, 82.8) 12 2005 - 2009 stable  1.1 (-0.1, 2.3) 2005 - 2009
Brantley County No 104.4 (82.5, 130.5) 16 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.3, 2.1) 2005 - 2009
Bleckley County No 59.4 (42.5, 81.0) 8 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.4, 2.3) 2005 - 2009
Bibb County No 58.3 (53.1, 63.8) 95 2005 - 2009 falling  -1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Berrien County No 68.3 (52.5, 87.4) 13 2005 - 2009 stable  0.5 (-0.9, 1.9) 2005 - 2009
Ben Hill County No 69.3 (53.4, 88.5) 13 2005 - 2009 falling  -7.4 (-12.4, -2.3) 2005 - 2009
Bartow County No 71.8 (63.7, 80.7) 59 2005 - 2009 stable  0.6 (-0.0, 1.3) 2005 - 2009
Barrow County No 59.1 (50.1, 69.1) 32 2005 - 2009 stable  0.8 (-0.1, 1.6) 2005 - 2009
Banks County No 56.0 (41.2, 74.6) 10 2005 - 2009 stable  1.4 (-0.5, 3.2) 2005 - 2009
Baldwin County No 57.6 (47.8, 68.8) 25 2005 - 2009 stable  0.8 (-0.4, 2.0) 2005 - 2009
Baker County
*
*
3 or fewer
2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Bacon County No 77.4 (56.2, 104.3) 9 2005 - 2009 **
**
**
Atkinson County No 86.9 (56.9, 126.2) 6 2005 - 2009 stable  0.9 (-0.4, 2.3) 2005 - 2009
Appling County No 56.2 (41.7, 74.1) 10 2005 - 2009 stable  0.7 (-0.7, 2.1) 2005 - 2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2013 5:27 pm.
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).
Trend
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.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.

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 populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.