Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Maryland by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | N/A | No | 141.2 (140.0, 142.4) | N/A | 10,769 |
falling 
|
-1.8 (-1.9, -1.7) |
| United States | N/A | No | 145.4 (145.2, 145.6) | N/A | 605,771 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Somerset County | Urban | No | 189.3 (168.0, 212.7) | 1 (1, 9) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Baltimore City | Urban | No | 183.4 (178.6, 188.2) | 2 (1, 4) | 1,208 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.4) |
| Caroline County | Rural | No | 179.3 (161.6, 198.5) | 3 (1, 11) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Wicomico County | Urban | No | 175.3 (164.8, 186.3) | 4 (1, 9) | 219 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Cecil County | Urban | No | 171.7 (161.4, 182.5) | 5 (1, 10) | 222 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.8, -1.1) |
| St. Marys County | Urban | No | 168.6 (158.4, 179.4) | 6 (2, 12) | 210 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.6) |
| Calvert County | Urban | No | 164.9 (154.4, 176.0) | 7 (2, 14) | 191 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Dorchester County | Rural | No | 163.6 (147.8, 180.9) | 8 (2, 18) | 85 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 159.7 (152.0, 167.7) | 9 (5, 15) | 335 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Allegany County | Rural | No | 157.4 (146.5, 168.9) | 10 (4, 17) | 163 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Charles County | Urban | No | 154.9 (146.6, 163.5) | 11 (6, 17) | 279 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Carroll County | Urban | No | 154.6 (147.4, 162.1) | 12 (7, 17) | 358 |
stable 
|
0.2 (-1.5, 2.8) |
| Baltimore County | Urban | No | 151.7 (148.5, 155.0) | 13 (9, 16) | 1,728 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) |
| Harford County | Urban | No | 149.0 (143.0, 155.1) | 14 (10, 19) | 498 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Anne Arundel County | Urban | No | 144.8 (140.8, 148.9) | 15 (13, 19) | 1,011 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.7) |
| Worcester County | Rural | No | 144.4 (133.5, 156.2) | 16 (9, 21) | 150 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Queen Annes County | Urban | No | 144.4 (132.1, 157.7) | 17 (8, 21) | 107 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) |
| Kent County | Rural | No | 142.5 (124.4, 163.1) | 18 (5, 22) | 51 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.5, -0.9) |
| Talbot County | Rural | No | 138.5 (126.5, 151.6) | 19 (11, 22) | 110 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Prince Georges County | Urban | No | 133.2 (130.0, 136.5) | 20 (18, 22) | 1,397 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-2.6, -2.3) |
| Garrett County | Rural | No | 132.3 (117.5, 148.7) | 21 (11, 23) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Frederick County | Urban | No | 125.0 (119.5, 130.7) | 22 (20, 22) | 406 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.6, -1.6) |
| Howard County | Urban | Yes | 112.6 (107.7, 117.6) | 23 (22, 24) | 420 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | Yes | 105.0 (102.6, 107.6) | 24 (23, 24) | 1,411 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 6:47 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.