Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Iowa by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palo Alto County | Rural | No | 182.4 (138.3, 237.8) | 1 (1, 75) | 13 |
stable 
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1.2 (-1.2, 3.7) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 170.6 (122.8, 233.0) | 2 (1, 93) | 9 |
stable
|
0.7 (-2.0, 3.2) |
| Mahaska County | Rural | No | 164.9 (137.7, 196.5) | 3 (1, 63) | 28 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.8, 1.7) |
| Wapello County | Rural | No | 162.6 (140.8, 187.1) | 4 (1, 53) | 42 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Howard County | Rural | No | 160.2 (121.6, 209.2) | 5 (1, 87) | 12 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.5, 1.9) |
| Louisa County | Rural | No | 160.1 (121.8, 208.2) | 6 (1, 88) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-4.3, 0.8) |
| Clayton County | Rural | No | 157.1 (126.8, 193.3) | 7 (1, 79) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.5, 0.9) |
| Woodbury County | Urban | No | 156.7 (143.2, 171.2) | 8 (2, 40) | 103 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.6) |
| Tama County | Rural | No | 155.2 (124.0, 192.5) | 9 (1, 81) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.0, 0.9) |
| Jefferson County | Rural | No | 155.0 (124.4, 192.2) | 10 (1, 83) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 1.3) |
| Appanoose County | Rural | No | 152.3 (120.4, 191.8) | 11 (1, 86) | 17 |
stable
|
0.7 (-1.5, 2.9) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 151.5 (109.3, 207.2) | 12 (1, 96) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.0) |
| Ringgold County | Rural | No | 151.4 (100.2, 225.0) | 13 (1, 99) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-4.0, 2.1) |
| Allamakee County | Rural | No | 150.5 (118.3, 190.1) | 14 (1, 88) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.3, 1.1) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 149.2 (113.1, 195.2) | 15 (1, 95) | 12 |
stable
|
1.1 (-1.0, 3.2) |
| Cass County | Rural | No | 149.1 (117.9, 187.5) | 16 (1, 89) | 18 |
stable
|
3.7 (-4.4, 13.6) |
| Clarke County | Rural | No | 148.0 (108.3, 198.7) | 17 (1, 96) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-3.3, 2.0) |
| Des Moines County | Rural | No | 146.5 (127.2, 168.2) | 18 (2, 70) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.1, 0.9) |
| Fremont County | Rural | No | 146.3 (102.6, 205.8) | 19 (1, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
1.2 (-2.0, 16.0) |
| Buchanan County | Rural | No | 145.9 (119.1, 177.6) | 20 (1, 84) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.1, 1.6) |
| Pottawattamie County | Urban | No | 145.6 (132.8, 159.5) | 21 (6, 57) | 100 |
falling 
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 143.5 (117.4, 174.6) | 22 (1, 88) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Sac County | Rural | No | 143.5 (108.1, 189.0) | 23 (1, 96) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.8, 0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 143.2 (122.8, 166.5) | 24 (3, 77) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 141.9 (105.4, 189.7) | 25 (1, 97) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.4, 2.0) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 141.8 (124.8, 160.9) | 26 (5, 74) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 141.5 (121.2, 164.6) | 27 (3, 79) | 37 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.8, 1.7) |
| Jasper County | Urban | No | 140.4 (120.7, 162.8) | 28 (3, 80) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 140.3 (107.8, 181.6) | 29 (1, 94) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.8, 2.1) |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | No | 140.0 (104.8, 184.3) | 30 (1, 97) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.8, 0.7) |
| Grundy County | Urban | No | 139.7 (107.5, 179.8) | 31 (1, 94) | 14 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.4, 2.7) |
| Ida County | Rural | No | 138.7 (100.2, 190.7) | 32 (1, 98) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.8, 0.6) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 137.8 (109.3, 172.5) | 33 (1, 93) | 18 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.4, 2.0) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 137.4 (131.3, 143.7) | 34 (18, 54) | 395 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 137.1 (107.7, 174.5) | 35 (1, 94) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 0.8) |
| Mills County | Urban | No | 136.6 (105.9, 174.4) | 36 (1, 95) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-3.7, 0.0) |
| Muscatine County | Rural | No | 136.0 (117.6, 156.6) | 37 (5, 81) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.8, -0.2) |
| Keokuk County | Rural | No | 135.3 (99.2, 181.9) | 38 (1, 98) | 10 |
stable
|
0.0 (-2.3, 2.3) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 134.4 (110.6, 162.4) | 39 (4, 91) | 24 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.0, 1.5) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 134.0 (111.6, 160.2) | 40 (3, 90) | 27 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.7) |
| Lucas County | Rural | No | 133.3 (96.6, 181.9) | 41 (1, 98) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.4, 0.6) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 132.9 (106.5, 165.2) | 42 (2, 94) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.0, 0.0) |
| Osceola County | Rural | No | 132.4 (90.0, 191.7) | 43 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-6.7, 0.7) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 131.1 (113.1, 151.5) | 44 (8, 87) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-3.0, -0.3) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 130.7 (121.7, 140.4) | 45 (21, 70) | 160 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Page County | Rural | No | 130.1 (103.2, 163.6) | 46 (3, 96) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Wright County | Rural | No | 130.0 (98.7, 169.2) | 47 (2, 97) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.9, 0.2) |
| O'Brien County | Rural | No | 129.6 (99.5, 167.0) | 48 (2, 97) | 15 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-4.1, -0.2) |
| Harrison County | Urban | No | 129.3 (100.6, 164.7) | 49 (2, 97) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.2, 0.0) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 128.2 (94.5, 171.8) | 50 (1, 98) | 11 |
falling
|
-21.5 (-33.3, -14.2) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 128.0 (109.4, 149.3) | 51 (10, 90) | 37 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Dubuque County | Urban | No | 126.8 (115.2, 139.4) | 52 (20, 81) | 97 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Black Hawk County | Urban | No | 126.6 (116.0, 137.9) | 53 (23, 79) | 114 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.6) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 126.4 (101.7, 156.1) | 54 (5, 96) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | No | 126.2 (89.0, 177.4) | 55 (1, 99) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Humboldt County | Rural | No | 126.1 (91.3, 171.5) | 56 (1, 99) | 9 |
stable
|
3.1 (-0.5, 17.7) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 125.4 (87.6, 176.5) | 57 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.5, 2.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 124.4 (96.9, 158.1) | 58 (4, 97) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.2, 0.4) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 124.4 (84.2, 180.3) | 59 (1, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.3, 2.1) |
| Benton County | Urban | No | 123.3 (101.6, 148.8) | 60 (9, 95) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.1, 0.7) |
| Emmet County | Rural | No | 123.2 (89.5, 167.7) | 61 (2, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-33.2, -0.6) |
| Monona County | Rural | No | 123.1 (90.3, 166.9) | 62 (2, 99) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.8, 0.4) |
| Linn County | Urban | No | 122.9 (115.2, 131.1) | 63 (36, 79) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -0.9) |
| Delaware County | Rural | Yes | 120.4 (96.2, 150.0) | 64 (7, 98) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Cerro Gordo County | Rural | Yes | 119.9 (103.8, 138.2) | 65 (21, 93) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.5, -0.1) |
| Union County | Rural | Yes | 119.9 (90.1, 157.7) | 66 (3, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Worth County | Rural | Yes | 119.8 (82.6, 171.0) | 67 (2, 99) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.3, 1.1) |
| Hamilton County | Rural | Yes | 119.4 (92.6, 152.9) | 68 (4, 98) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.2, 0.4) |
| Crawford County | Rural | Yes | 118.6 (90.9, 152.7) | 69 (6, 98) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.2, 0.3) |
| Audubon County | Rural | Yes | 117.5 (77.1, 176.0) | 70 (1, 99) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.8 (-4.4, 0.5) |
| Iowa County | Rural | Yes | 117.5 (92.0, 149.0) | 71 (10, 98) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.2, 0.1) |
| Story County | Urban | Yes | 117.5 (104.2, 132.2) | 72 (30, 91) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.3) |
| Warren County | Urban | Yes | 116.1 (100.6, 133.6) | 73 (27, 94) | 41 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-12.2, -1.0) |
| Butler County | Rural | Yes | 115.7 (88.5, 149.8) | 74 (8, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.8, -0.2) |
| Buena Vista County | Rural | Yes | 114.6 (89.3, 145.1) | 75 (9, 98) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.8, 0.7) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | Yes | 114.2 (84.6, 153.7) | 76 (5, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-3.0, 2.0) |
| Davis County | Rural | Yes | 113.3 (75.6, 163.8) | 77 (2, 99) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Dickinson County | Rural | Yes | 112.5 (90.1, 140.2) | 78 (16, 98) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.1, -0.6) |
| Jones County | Urban | Yes | 112.0 (89.1, 140.0) | 79 (15, 98) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.4, 0.0) |
| Plymouth County | Rural | Yes | 111.0 (90.6, 135.2) | 80 (22, 99) | 22 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.9, -0.2) |
| Kossuth County | Rural | Yes | 109.6 (82.8, 143.6) | 81 (9, 99) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-3.1, 0.6) |
| Winnebago County | Rural | Yes | 109.3 (81.3, 146.3) | 82 (7, 99) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.0, 0.4) |
| Fayette County | Rural | Yes | 108.9 (86.0, 136.9) | 83 (17, 99) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.9, -0.1) |
| Carroll County | Rural | Yes | 108.4 (87.2, 134.1) | 84 (25, 99) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.6, 0.5) |
| Poweshiek County | Rural | Yes | 105.2 (83.8, 131.7) | 85 (26, 99) | 17 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.6, -0.4) |
| Winneshiek County | Rural | Yes | 104.6 (82.7, 131.7) | 86 (23, 99) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.1, 0.0) |
| Hancock County | Rural | Yes | 104.3 (74.8, 143.3) | 87 (10, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.4, -0.8) |
| Decatur County | Rural | Yes | 104.2 (71.3, 150.3) | 88 (5, 99) | 6 |
falling
|
-9.8 (-34.9, -2.7) |
| Cedar County | Rural | Yes | 103.4 (81.5, 130.5) | 89 (25, 99) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.7, -0.3) |
| Bremer County | Urban | Yes | 103.2 (82.7, 127.7) | 90 (28, 99) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Guthrie County | Urban | Yes | 102.7 (74.8, 139.9) | 91 (15, 99) | 10 |
falling
|
-7.9 (-24.4, -1.3) |
| Adams County | Rural | Yes | 100.4 (53.9, 178.0) | 92 (1, 99) | 3 |
stable
|
-2.5 (-5.7, 0.5) |
| Johnson County | Urban | Yes | 99.5 (89.9, 109.9) | 93 (68, 98) | 82 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.2, -1.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | Yes | 97.8 (75.3, 126.1) | 94 (31, 99) | 14 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.7, -0.4) |
| Dallas County | Urban | Yes | 95.9 (84.8, 108.2) | 95 (68, 99) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Lyon County | Rural | Yes | 95.7 (68.3, 131.7) | 96 (16, 99) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.9, 1.9) |
| Shelby County | Rural | Yes | 93.0 (68.0, 126.1) | 97 (30, 99) | 10 |
stable
|
-2.0 (-4.4, 0.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | Yes | 87.8 (54.5, 138.6) | 98 (11, 99) | 4 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-5.1, 2.0) |
| Sioux County | Rural | Yes | 75.2 (60.2, 93.2) | 99 (81, 99) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-3.5, 0.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 2:36 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
† 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+).
Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.