Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer
Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023
Georgia Counties versus United States
Lung & Bronchus
All Races, Both Sexes
Sorted by name
Counties
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Priority Index1 1=highest 9=lowest 
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Recent Trend2 |
County Death Rate Compared to US Rate |
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate Ratio3 County to US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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| United States | - | falling | - | 134,732 | 31.5 (31.4, 31.6) | - | -3.7 (-3.9, -3.5) |
| Georgia | - | falling | - | 4,056 | 32.7 (32.3, 33.2) | - | -4.8 (-5.5, -4.2) |
| Appling County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 38.5 (28.3, 51.6) | 1.2 | -2.3 (-3.8, -0.7) |
| Atkinson County | 4 | stable | higher | 8 | 84.6 (60.0, 116.4) | 2.7 | 0.4 (-1.6, 2.7) |
| Bacon County | 4 | stable | higher | 9 | 62.0 (44.8, 84.2) | 2.0 | -1.9 (-5.2, 1.2) |
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| Baldwin County | 8 | falling | similar | 21 | 36.7 (29.8, 44.9) | 1.2 | -2.9 (-4.6, -1.4) |
| Banks County | 6 | stable | similar | 11 | 41.2 (30.4, 54.9) | 1.3 | -0.5 (-3.2, 2.5) |
| Barrow County | 5 | falling | higher | 38 | 43.9 (37.7, 50.8) | 1.4 | -2.1 (-3.3, -0.8) |
| Bartow County | 5 | falling | higher | 56 | 44.2 (39.0, 49.9) | 1.4 | -2.9 (-4.5, -1.4) |
| Ben Hill County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 42.9 (31.9, 56.9) | 1.4 | -3.9 (-5.6, -2.4) |
| Berrien County | 5 | falling | higher | 12 | 47.0 (35.8, 61.0) | 1.5 | -2.5 (-4.6, -0.5) |
| Bibb County | 5 | falling | higher | 73 | 37.5 (33.7, 41.6) | 1.2 | -5.2 (-7.9, -3.7) |
| Bleckley County | 8 | falling | similar | 8 | 43.4 (30.7, 60.4) | 1.4 | -3.0 (-5.2, -1.0) |
| Brantley County | 5 | falling | higher | 13 | 50.6 (38.8, 65.2) | 1.6 | -2.8 (-5.0, -0.6) |
| Brooks County | 8 | falling | similar | 7 | 27.3 (19.1, 38.7) | 0.9 | -4.2 (-6.4, -2.3) |
| Bryan County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 41.8 (33.1, 52.0) | 1.3 | -3.8 (-14.9, -1.2) |
| Bulloch County | 8 | falling | similar | 23 | 28.8 (23.6, 34.9) | 0.9 | -18.8 (-31.8, -9.8) |
| Burke County | 8 | falling | similar | 11 | 33.5 (24.9, 44.3) | 1.1 | -3.5 (-5.9, -1.3) |
| Butts County | 5 | falling | higher | 14 | 43.1 (33.4, 55.0) | 1.4 | -3.1 (-5.5, -0.8) |
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| Camden County | 8 | falling | similar | 23 | 36.0 (29.4, 43.6) | 1.1 | -2.9 (-4.1, -1.5) |
| Candler County | 6 | stable | similar | 4 | 28.6 (17.7, 44.5) | 0.9 | -3.7 (-8.0, 0.3) |
| Carroll County | 5 | falling | higher | 55 | 40.7 (35.9, 45.9) | 1.3 | -5.9 (-12.6, -2.6) |
| Catoosa County | 8 | falling | similar | 34 | 35.5 (30.3, 41.4) | 1.1 | -3.8 (-5.0, -2.6) |
| Charlton County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 45.8 (31.7, 64.6) | 1.5 | -1.4 (-3.8, 1.1) |
| Chatham County | 8 | falling | similar | 111 | 30.4 (27.9, 33.2) | 1.0 | -3.6 (-4.3, -3.0) |
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| Chattooga County | 5 | falling | higher | 20 | 55.8 (45.3, 68.4) | 1.8 | -1.5 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Cherokee County | 9 | falling | lower | 87 | 27.5 (24.9, 30.3) | 0.9 | -3.7 (-4.6, -2.7) |
| Clarke County | 9 | falling | lower | 29 | 25.4 (21.4, 30.0) | 0.8 | -3.4 (-5.0, -1.9) |
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| Clayton County | 8 | falling | similar | 71 | 28.8 (25.7, 32.3) | 0.9 | -4.2 (-5.1, -3.4) |
| Clinch County | 8 | falling | similar | 4 | 48.7 (29.8, 76.3) | 1.5 | -4.2 (-6.9, -2.1) |
| Cobb County | 9 | falling | lower | 188 | 24.3 (22.7, 26.0) | 0.8 | -6.0 (-9.6, -4.4) |
| Coffee County | 5 | falling | higher | 24 | 47.7 (39.4, 57.4) | 1.5 | -1.9 (-3.5, -0.2) |
| Colquitt County | 5 | falling | higher | 25 | 43.6 (36.2, 52.1) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-3.0, -0.4) |
| Columbia County | 8 | falling | similar | 55 | 30.6 (27.0, 34.6) | 1.0 | -3.6 (-4.3, -2.9) |
| Cook County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 40.6 (29.5, 54.9) | 1.3 | -1.0 (-3.4, 1.5) |
| Coweta County | 8 | falling | similar | 55 | 31.7 (28.0, 35.8) | 1.0 | -3.5 (-4.5, -2.5) |
| Crawford County | 4 | stable | higher | 10 | 57.0 (41.8, 76.7) | 1.8 | -1.9 (-4.1, 0.3) |
| Crisp County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 49.2 (38.4, 62.4) | 1.6 | -1.7 (-4.4, 0.8) |
| Dade County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 42.5 (31.3, 56.9) | 1.3 | -10.7 (-34.6, -3.3) |
| Dawson County | 8 | falling | similar | 16 | 35.6 (27.9, 45.0) | 1.1 | -5.5 (-9.8, -3.7) |
| DeKalb County | 9 | falling | lower | 170 | 21.8 (20.3, 23.3) | 0.7 | -5.0 (-7.0, -4.3) |
| Decatur County | 5 | falling | higher | 16 | 41.2 (32.6, 51.6) | 1.3 | -2.1 (-3.7, -0.6) |
| Dodge County | 5 | falling | higher | 14 | 46.9 (36.4, 60.0) | 1.5 | -2.4 (-4.6, -0.2) |
| Dooly County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 40.1 (28.1, 56.7) | 1.3 | -2.2 (-4.6, 0.2) |
| Dougherty County | 5 | falling | higher | 41 | 37.7 (32.6, 43.4) | 1.2 | -3.0 (-4.2, -2.0) |
| Douglas County | 8 | falling | similar | 45 | 33.1 (28.7, 37.9) | 1.0 | -3.5 (-4.8, -2.1) |
| Early County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 48.7 (33.6, 68.9) | 1.5 | -1.8 (-4.1, 0.2) |
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| Effingham County | 5 | falling | higher | 30 | 43.6 (36.6, 51.5) | 1.4 | -2.0 (-3.7, -0.2) |
| Elbert County | 4 | stable | higher | 16 | 52.2 (41.0, 65.9) | 1.7 | -1.3 (-3.2, 0.5) |
| Emanuel County | 4 | stable | higher | 15 | 52.2 (40.9, 65.8) | 1.7 | -0.8 (-2.8, 1.3) |
| Evans County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 37.3 (23.8, 56.0) | 1.2 | -2.7 (-5.9, 0.3) |
| Fannin County | 8 | falling | similar | 21 | 37.3 (30.1, 46.4) | 1.2 | -3.3 (-5.1, -1.7) |
| Fayette County | 9 | falling | lower | 40 | 22.8 (19.7, 26.3) | 0.7 | -3.8 (-5.0, -2.6) |
| Floyd County | 5 | falling | higher | 57 | 44.6 (39.5, 50.2) | 1.4 | -2.5 (-3.5, -1.6) |
| Forsyth County | 9 | falling | lower | 60 | 23.8 (21.1, 26.7) | 0.8 | -4.4 (-5.2, -3.4) |
| Franklin County | 4 | stable | higher | 17 | 45.6 (36.2, 57.0) | 1.4 | -1.1 (-2.9, 0.7) |
| Fulton County | 9 | falling | lower | 265 | 25.6 (24.2, 27.1) | 0.8 | -3.8 (-4.2, -3.4) |
| Gilmer County | 8 | falling | similar | 21 | 35.5 (28.8, 43.7) | 1.1 | -2.7 (-4.3, -0.9) |
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| Glynn County | 8 | falling | similar | 49 | 35.2 (30.8, 40.2) | 1.1 | -3.2 (-4.3, -2.0) |
| Gordon County | 5 | falling | higher | 36 | 49.1 (42.1, 57.0) | 1.6 | -4.8 (-10.3, -2.9) |
| Grady County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 24.5 (17.9, 33.1) | 0.8 | -9.7 (-20.6, -5.8) |
| Greene County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 26.0 (19.1, 35.7) | 0.8 | -4.1 (-6.0, -2.2) |
| Gwinnett County | 9 | falling | lower | 199 | 24.3 (22.7, 25.9) | 0.8 | -4.0 (-4.6, -3.5) |
| Habersham County | 6 | stable | similar | 23 | 34.4 (28.3, 41.6) | 1.1 | -1.4 (-3.1, 0.3) |
| Hall County | 8 | falling | similar | 73 | 28.6 (25.7, 31.8) | 0.9 | -11.4 (-22.2, -4.2) |
| Hancock County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 37.6 (25.4, 56.0) | 1.2 | -1.6 (-3.8, 0.7) |
| Haralson County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 45.1 (35.9, 56.0) | 1.4 | -4.7 (-13.9, -2.8) |
| Harris County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 28.0 (21.7, 35.9) | 0.9 | -3.3 (-5.1, -1.4) |
| Hart County | 8 | falling | similar | 13 | 28.1 (21.6, 36.4) | 0.9 | -5.8 (-16.2, -3.9) |
| Heard County | 4 | stable | higher | 8 | 49.4 (35.0, 68.5) | 1.6 | -1.8 (-3.5, 0.1) |
| Henry County | 8 | falling | similar | 76 | 31.7 (28.4, 35.2) | 1.0 | -3.7 (-4.5, -2.9) |
| Houston County | 8 | falling | similar | 59 | 33.1 (29.3, 37.2) | 1.0 | -3.4 (-4.6, -2.3) |
| Irwin County | 8 | falling | similar | 4 | 29.8 (18.2, 47.0) | 0.9 | -2.6 (-5.6, -0.1) |
| Jackson County | 5 | falling | higher | 36 | 40.6 (34.7, 47.1) | 1.3 | -14.7 (-23.3, -3.6) |
| Jasper County | 6 | stable | similar | 7 | 33.6 (23.2, 47.6) | 1.1 | -2.5 (-5.2, 0.4) |
| Jeff Davis County | 8 | falling | similar | 8 | 39.3 (27.7, 54.7) | 1.2 | -8.3 (-26.5, -3.3) |
| Jefferson County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 41.7 (30.0, 56.9) | 1.3 | -2.5 (-4.6, -0.6) |
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| Johnson County | 8 | falling | similar | 6 | 42.7 (28.7, 62.3) | 1.4 | -2.7 (-5.0, -0.6) |
| Jones County | 8 | falling | similar | 15 | 37.2 (29.1, 47.1) | 1.2 | -3.9 (-11.8, -2.1) |
| Lamar County | 8 | falling | similar | 10 | 40.1 (29.5, 53.6) | 1.3 | -5.5 (-17.7, -2.9) |
| Lanier County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 49.3 (32.7, 71.7) | 1.6 | -2.0 (-4.4, 0.6) |
| Laurens County | 4 | stable | higher | 31 | 46.5 (39.4, 54.6) | 1.5 | -0.6 (-2.5, 1.4) |
| Lee County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 41.0 (31.6, 52.3) | 1.3 | -2.1 (-3.4, -0.5) |
| Liberty County | 5 | falling | higher | 22 | 41.8 (34.0, 50.9) | 1.3 | -2.6 (-4.6, -0.6) |
| Lincoln County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 35.7 (23.0, 55.1) | 1.1 | -30.9 (-56.7, 1.1) |
| Long County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 44.9 (29.7, 64.7) | 1.4 | -2.8 (-6.4, 1.1) |
| Lowndes County | 8 | falling | similar | 37 | 30.5 (26.2, 35.4) | 1.0 | -4.4 (-5.7, -3.3) |
| Lumpkin County | 5 | falling | higher | 20 | 45.4 (36.7, 55.8) | 1.4 | -2.9 (-4.6, -1.0) |
| Macon County | 4 | stable | higher | 8 | 47.4 (33.6, 65.6) | 1.5 | -1.4 (-3.6, 0.7) |
| Madison County | 5 | falling | higher | 21 | 49.1 (39.9, 60.0) | 1.6 | -2.1 (-3.7, -0.4) |
| Marion County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 44.1 (29.0, 66.2) | 1.4 | -0.6 (-3.1, 2.4) |
| McDuffie County | 8 | falling | similar | 13 | 41.3 (31.5, 53.5) | 1.3 | -2.4 (-4.7, -0.1) |
| McIntosh County | 6 | stable | similar | 10 | 43.2 (31.9, 59.0) | 1.4 | -1.4 (-3.5, 0.8) |
| Meriwether County | 8 | falling | similar | 13 | 39.7 (30.3, 51.6) | 1.3 | -2.1 (-4.0, -0.3) |
| Miller County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 67.1 (43.8, 99.5) | 2.1 | -1.2 (-4.3, 1.5) |
| Mitchell County | 5 | falling | higher | 13 | 44.3 (34.2, 56.7) | 1.4 | -2.1 (-3.6, -0.6) |
| Monroe County | 4 | stable | higher | 17 | 41.4 (33.0, 51.6) | 1.3 | -1.4 (-3.3, 0.9) |
| Montgomery County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 49.8 (33.3, 72.6) | 1.6 | -2.4 (-6.3, 1.3) |
| Morgan County | 8 | falling | similar | 11 | 33.8 (25.3, 44.7) | 1.1 | -2.8 (-5.4, -0.1) |
| Murray County | 5 | falling | higher | 29 | 57.1 (47.9, 67.7) | 1.8 | -3.3 (-4.5, -2.0) |
| Muscogee County | 5 | falling | higher | 84 | 36.0 (32.6, 39.7) | 1.1 | -2.8 (-3.8, -1.8) |
| Newton County | 8 | falling | similar | 39 | 32.0 (27.5, 36.9) | 1.0 | -11.5 (-23.9, -5.0) |
| Oconee County | 9 | falling | lower | 11 | 20.8 (15.6, 27.3) | 0.7 | -4.4 (-5.9, -2.7) |
| Oglethorpe County | 6 | stable | similar | 9 | 40.3 (29.3, 54.6) | 1.3 | -1.9 (-4.0, 0.3) |
| Paulding County | 8 | falling | similar | 55 | 34.6 (30.4, 39.2) | 1.1 | -3.8 (-4.6, -2.9) |
| Peach County | 5 | falling | higher | 19 | 51.9 (41.7, 64.1) | 1.6 | -1.9 (-3.6, -0.2) |
| Pickens County | 4 | stable | higher | 25 | 44.9 (37.0, 54.4) | 1.4 | -0.8 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Pierce County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 50.0 (38.5, 64.2) | 1.6 | -1.9 (-3.9, 0.2) |
| Pike County | 4 | stable | higher | 13 | 51.0 (38.9, 65.9) | 1.6 | -0.7 (-3.2, 2.2) |
| Polk County | 5 | falling | higher | 25 | 48.3 (40.0, 57.8) | 1.5 | -8.2 (-25.5, -2.5) |
| Pulaski County | 8 | falling | similar | 7 | 40.2 (27.8, 57.6) | 1.3 | -2.6 (-5.4, 0.0) |
| Putnam County | 8 | falling | similar | 12 | 30.8 (23.2, 40.5) | 1.0 | -2.7 (-4.9, -0.5) |
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| Rabun County | 6 | stable | similar | 12 | 38.6 (29.2, 51.0) | 1.2 | -1.6 (-3.5, 0.3) |
| Randolph County | 6 | stable | similar | 4 | 37.7 (23.5, 60.0) | 1.2 | -1.9 (-6.0, 2.3) |
| Richmond County | 5 | falling | higher | 95 | 40.9 (37.2, 44.9) | 1.3 | -2.7 (-3.4, -2.0) |
| Rockdale County | 8 | falling | similar | 34 | 31.0 (26.4, 36.2) | 1.0 | -3.7 (-4.9, -2.7) |
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| Screven County | 8 | falling | similar | 9 | 39.5 (28.7, 53.9) | 1.3 | -2.3 (-4.1, -0.6) |
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| Spalding County | 5 | falling | higher | 44 | 46.2 (40.1, 53.0) | 1.5 | -1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Stephens County | 5 | falling | higher | 17 | 42.9 (34.1, 53.5) | 1.4 | -1.8 (-3.3, -0.4) |
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| Sumter County | 8 | falling | similar | 14 | 35.2 (27.4, 44.8) | 1.1 | -2.4 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Talbot County | 8 | falling | similar | 5 | 45.9 (28.1, 73.7) | 1.5 | -4.0 (-6.7, -1.7) |
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| Tattnall County | 5 | falling | higher | 13 | 43.8 (33.5, 56.3) | 1.4 | -3.5 (-5.4, -1.7) |
| Taylor County | 6 | stable | similar | 5 | 44.5 (28.9, 66.7) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-4.5, 1.4) |
| Telfair County | 6 | stable | similar | 6 | 36.8 (25.1, 53.0) | 1.2 | -1.0 (-3.4, 1.4) |
| Terrell County | 8 | falling | similar | 6 | 43.5 (28.9, 64.0) | 1.4 | -4.6 (-6.6, -2.9) |
| Thomas County | 5 | falling | higher | 28 | 42.3 (35.4, 50.3) | 1.3 | -2.3 (-3.8, -0.8) |
| Tift County | 8 | falling | similar | 19 | 37.1 (29.9, 45.6) | 1.2 | -10.7 (-22.4, -2.9) |
| Toombs County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 50.1 (40.2, 62.0) | 1.6 | -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Towns County | 6 | stable | similar | 12 | 40.8 (29.5, 56.6) | 1.3 | -1.6 (-3.9, 0.8) |
| Treutlen County | 4 | stable | higher | 6 | 62.2 (41.5, 91.1) | 2.0 | 1.0 (-1.8, 4.5) |
| Troup County | 5 | falling | higher | 35 | 40.3 (34.4, 47.0) | 1.3 | -1.8 (-3.3, -0.4) |
| Turner County | 6 | stable | similar | 4 | 34.0 (21.1, 53.0) | 1.1 | -2.7 (-6.9, 1.4) |
| Twiggs County | 8 | falling | similar | 6 | 39.1 (25.9, 58.9) | 1.2 | -3.0 (-5.4, -0.8) |
| Union County | 8 | falling | similar | 19 | 31.4 (25.1, 39.5) | 1.0 | -2.7 (-4.8, -0.5) |
| Upson County | 5 | falling | higher | 18 | 44.1 (35.3, 54.8) | 1.4 | -1.5 (-2.8, -0.2) |
| Walker County | 5 | falling | higher | 46 | 45.5 (39.8, 52.0) | 1.4 | -3.5 (-4.5, -2.5) |
| Walton County | 8 | falling | similar | 45 | 34.9 (30.4, 39.9) | 1.1 | -11.2 (-17.5, -6.2) |
| Ware County | 5 | falling | higher | 23 | 49.6 (40.9, 59.8) | 1.6 | -1.6 (-3.3, 0.0) |
| Warren County | 6 | stable | similar | 4 | 44.1 (27.1, 70.8) | 1.4 | -2.7 (-6.0, 0.5) |
| Washington County | 6 | stable | similar | 12 | 42.6 (32.2, 55.5) | 1.4 | -1.6 (-4.2, 0.9) |
| Wayne County | 4 | stable | higher | 19 | 48.1 (38.6, 59.3) | 1.5 | -1.9 (-4.2, 0.2) |
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| White County | 4 | stable | higher | 22 | 45.9 (37.5, 55.9) | 1.5 | -1.4 (-3.3, 0.8) |
| Whitfield County | 5 | falling | higher | 54 | 44.5 (39.3, 50.2) | 1.4 | -3.0 (-4.1, -1.9) |
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| Wilkes County | 8 | falling | similar | 7 | 42.6 (29.5, 60.8) | 1.4 | -3.1 (-5.0, -1.4) |
| Wilkinson County | 4 | stable | higher | 7 | 50.7 (35.0, 72.2) | 1.6 | -1.8 (-4.7, 1.0) |
| Worth County | 4 | stable | higher | 14 | 44.7 (34.6, 57.2) | 1.4 | -1.5 (-3.3, 0.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 4:19 pm.
* 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. 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:
Baker County, Calhoun County, Chattahoochee County, Clay County, Echols County, Glascock County, Quitman County, Schley County, Stewart County, Taliaferro County, Webster County, Wheeler County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Jenkins County, Seminole County, Wilcox 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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 4:19 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
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 < 0.90* 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. 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:
Baker County, Calhoun County, Chattahoochee County, Clay County, Echols County, Glascock County, Quitman County, Schley County, Stewart County, Taliaferro County, Webster County, Wheeler County
Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Jenkins County, Seminole County, Wilcox 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.