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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by Count

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Mississippi


United States


Sharkey County


Choctaw County


Benton County


Franklin County


Jefferson County


Claiborne County


Kemper County


Noxubee County


Carroll County


Wilkinson County


Quitman County


Greene County


Montgomery County


Humphreys County


Webster County


Lawrence County


Tunica County


Jefferson Davis County


Tallahatchie County


Calhoun County


Clarke County


Perry County


Walthall County


Smith County


Stone County


Amite County


Yalobusha County


Chickasaw County


Newton County


Jasper County


Clay County


Covington County


Attala County


Tippah County


Wayne County


Leake County


Holmes County


Winston County


Scott County


George County


Itawamba County


Marion County


Prentiss County


Simpson County


Sunflower County


Yazoo County


Tate County


Tishomingo County


Grenada County


Union County


Neshoba County


Copiah County


Coahoma County


Alcorn County


Oktibbeha County


Pontotoc County


Leflore County


Bolivar County


Lincoln County


Panola County


Lafayette County


Pike County


Adams County


Monroe County


Marshall County


Warren County


Lamar County


Hancock County


Jones County


Washington County


Lowndes County


Forrest County


Pearl River County


Lauderdale County


Lee County


Madison County


Rankin County


Jackson County


DeSoto County


Hinds County


Harrison County


Issaquena County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 11:23 pm.

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.

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 has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.