Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Arkansas by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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)
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Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | N/A | No | 168.5 (166.6, 170.4) | N/A | 6,557 |
falling 
|
-1.5 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 145.4 (145.2, 145.6) | N/A | 605,771 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Lafayette County | Rural | No | 139.1 (109.7, 176.2) | 75 (19, 75) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.1, -0.7) |
| Benton County | Urban | No | 144.7 (138.6, 150.9) | 74 (63, 75) | 439 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Bradley County | Rural | No | 146.9 (119.2, 179.6) | 73 (17, 75) | 20 |
falling
|
-5.6 (-11.4, -2.5) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 148.4 (141.4, 155.7) | 72 (58, 75) | 345 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4) |
| Saline County | Urban | No | 148.8 (140.5, 157.5) | 71 (56, 75) | 250 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Faulkner County | Urban | No | 150.5 (141.1, 160.4) | 70 (53, 75) | 196 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.5) |
| Polk County | Rural | No | 151.7 (132.6, 173.2) | 69 (29, 75) | 48 |
falling
|
-14.3 (-23.7, -4.9) |
| Independence County | Rural | No | 153.1 (137.8, 169.7) | 68 (37, 75) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.6, -1.0) |
| Garland County | Urban | No | 153.9 (145.2, 163.0) | 67 (49, 75) | 258 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Pulaski County | Urban | No | 156.5 (151.4, 161.7) | 66 (53, 71) | 748 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 156.8 (128.7, 190.6) | 65 (12, 75) | 25 |
stable 
|
-0.7 (-2.4, 1.0) |
| Sebastian County | Urban | No | 163.7 (154.8, 173.1) | 64 (36, 70) | 261 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Newton County | Rural | No | 163.9 (133.1, 201.4) | 63 (9, 75) | 22 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.9, 0.3) |
| Conway County | Rural | No | 164.0 (143.4, 186.9) | 62 (17, 75) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Izard County | Rural | No | 165.8 (143.1, 191.9) | 61 (13, 75) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.3) |
| Woodruff County | Rural | No | 166.4 (132.4, 208.2) | 60 (3, 75) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.9 (-4.2, 0.1) |
| Yell County | Rural | No | 166.8 (145.2, 190.9) | 59 (14, 75) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Pope County | Rural | No | 167.0 (154.2, 180.5) | 58 (23, 72) | 131 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Sevier County | Rural | No | 167.1 (140.5, 197.5) | 57 (9, 75) | 29 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
| Prairie County | Rural | No | 168.0 (137.9, 204.0) | 56 (6, 75) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-4.1, -0.7) |
| White County | Rural | No | 168.6 (157.0, 180.9) | 55 (25, 69) | 163 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 168.9 (152.0, 187.5) | 54 (18, 74) | 78 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.3) |
| Cleburne County | Rural | No | 169.3 (152.2, 188.2) | 53 (17, 72) | 80 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Baxter County | Rural | No | 170.2 (157.1, 184.3) | 52 (20, 69) | 149 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Nevada County | Rural | No | 172.5 (141.6, 209.2) | 51 (3, 75) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.7, 1.3) |
| Lonoke County | Urban | No | 172.6 (159.9, 186.0) | 50 (20, 68) | 142 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Hot Spring County | Rural | No | 172.8 (156.1, 191.0) | 49 (15, 71) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Grant County | Urban | No | 173.0 (150.6, 198.3) | 48 (9, 74) | 44 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Howard County | Rural | No | 173.4 (146.3, 204.6) | 47 (6, 75) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.7, -1.0) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 173.6 (152.4, 197.7) | 46 (11, 74) | 58 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-9.8, -0.6) |
| Craighead County | Urban | No | 174.0 (163.4, 185.1) | 45 (22, 64) | 205 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Columbia County | Rural | No | 174.1 (152.7, 197.9) | 44 (10, 74) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.6) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 174.6 (159.5, 190.8) | 43 (15, 69) | 101 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-4.0, -0.8) |
| Stone County | Rural | No | 175.0 (150.7, 203.0) | 42 (6, 75) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Boone County | Rural | No | 175.2 (159.9, 191.8) | 41 (15, 69) | 100 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Ashley County | Rural | No | 176.1 (154.7, 200.1) | 40 (8, 73) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Perry County | Urban | No | 176.3 (147.3, 210.1) | 39 (3, 75) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.0) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 177.2 (153.7, 203.7) | 38 (7, 74) | 43 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| St. Francis County | Rural | No | 177.6 (156.0, 201.5) | 37 (7, 73) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Cleveland County | Rural | No | 179.0 (146.0, 218.4) | 36 (1, 75) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.9, 1.9) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 179.1 (149.2, 213.8) | 35 (3, 75) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 179.1 (150.1, 212.4) | 34 (3, 75) | 27 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.1, 1.4) |
| Crawford County | Urban | No | 179.6 (166.5, 193.6) | 33 (15, 62) | 143 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Drew County | Rural | No | 180.5 (155.9, 208.2) | 32 (4, 73) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Ouachita County | Rural | No | 180.9 (160.2, 203.7) | 31 (8, 72) | 60 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 181.0 (158.4, 206.6) | 30 (5, 71) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Little River County | Urban | No | 182.4 (154.4, 214.5) | 29 (2, 75) | 32 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.5, 0.2) |
| Jefferson County | Rural | No | 184.4 (171.6, 198.1) | 28 (12, 58) | 161 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Clark County | Rural | No | 185.3 (162.1, 211.2) | 27 (4, 71) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Miller County | Urban | No | 185.4 (169.3, 202.7) | 26 (8, 62) | 101 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 187.2 (166.4, 210.2) | 25 (5, 66) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.7) |
| Hempstead County | Rural | No | 189.4 (166.0, 215.5) | 24 (3, 67) | 50 |
stable
|
3.9 (-1.4, 12.5) |
| Sharp County | Rural | No | 189.4 (167.5, 214.0) | 23 (3, 66) | 59 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 0.7) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 189.5 (172.7, 207.6) | 22 (6, 58) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 190.3 (169.0, 214.0) | 21 (3, 64) | 60 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-10.0, -0.6) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 192.9 (168.9, 219.6) | 20 (2, 65) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Fulton County | Rural | No | 198.2 (171.2, 229.2) | 19 (1, 67) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.4, 1.4) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 203.5 (177.9, 232.3) | 18 (1, 60) | 47 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.1, 1.0) |
| Desha County | Rural | No | 203.7 (171.4, 240.7) | 17 (1, 67) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.4) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 205.0 (178.7, 234.4) | 16 (1, 61) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 0.8) |
| Randolph County | Rural | No | 206.4 (181.7, 233.7) | 15 (1, 52) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 206.7 (169.3, 251.3) | 14 (1, 70) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.2, 1.1) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 207.1 (172.1, 248.0) | 13 (1, 69) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Scott County | Rural | No | 207.3 (175.4, 244.1) | 12 (1, 65) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Searcy County | Rural | No | 210.3 (176.5, 250.1) | 11 (1, 64) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.5) |
| Mississippi County | Rural | No | 211.1 (192.2, 231.3) | 10 (1, 36) | 97 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Cross County | Rural | No | 212.3 (186.0, 241.6) | 9 (1, 48) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.6) |
| Dallas County | Rural | No | 213.6 (173.7, 261.3) | 8 (1, 69) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.5, 0.8) |
| Phillips County | Rural | No | 214.3 (187.2, 244.6) | 7 (1, 50) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Crittenden County | Urban | No | 214.6 (197.0, 233.5) | 6 (1, 30) | 114 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 216.2 (170.7, 272.1) | 5 (1, 74) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.3, 1.6) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 216.6 (189.8, 246.3) | 4 (1, 45) | 50 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Arkansas County | Rural | No | 217.4 (191.4, 246.3) | 3 (1, 41) | 53 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.7, 1.0) |
| Chicot County | Rural | No | 223.7 (190.8, 261.3) | 2 (1, 47) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 0.9) |
| Poinsett County | Urban | No | 234.4 (210.4, 260.7) | 1 (1, 19) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.6) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 6:59 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.