Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Delaware by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
|
2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | N/A | No | 184.7 (179.8, 189.7) | N/A | 1,164 |
falling 
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.4) |
| United States | N/A | No | 171.5 (171.3, 171.8) | N/A | 318,737 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| Kent County | Urban | No | 201.2 (188.8, 214.2) | 1 (1, 1) | 210 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.0) |
| Sussex County | Rural | No | 184.5 (175.6, 193.8) | 2 (2, 3) | 385 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.2) |
| New Castle County | Urban | No | 181.9 (175.1, 188.9) | 3 (2, 3) | 568 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 5:13 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.