Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for South Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, 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) 
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CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | N/A | No | 190.4 (188.1, 192.7) | N/A | 5,835 |
falling 
|
-1.9 (-2.0, -1.8) |
| United States | N/A | No | 171.5 (171.3, 171.8) | N/A | 318,737 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| Beaufort County | Urban | No | 138.6 (130.2, 147.5) | 46 (44, 46) | 230 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -1.9) |
| McCormick County | Rural | No | 154.2 (121.0, 198.3) | 45 (20, 46) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-4.8, -1.2) |
| Edgefield County | Urban | No | 166.7 (140.1, 197.3) | 44 (21, 46) | 30 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-4.2, -1.6) |
| Greenville County | Urban | No | 167.4 (160.4, 174.5) | 43 (38, 45) | 473 |
stable 
|
0.2 (-2.9, 2.3) |
| Charleston County | Urban | No | 169.5 (161.8, 177.5) | 42 (37, 45) | 387 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.0, -2.1) |
| Abbeville County | Rural | No | 174.8 (147.3, 206.5) | 41 (15, 46) | 31 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.2, -0.2) |
| Berkeley County | Urban | No | 178.8 (167.2, 190.9) | 40 (28, 45) | 204 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.6, -1.7) |
| Lancaster County | Urban | No | 179.6 (165.1, 195.1) | 39 (24, 45) | 121 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.7, -0.7) |
| Oconee County | Rural | No | 184.3 (168.3, 201.7) | 38 (20, 44) | 111 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Pickens County | Urban | No | 185.2 (171.2, 200.1) | 37 (22, 44) | 138 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.2) |
| Dorchester County | Urban | No | 185.2 (171.2, 200.0) | 36 (22, 44) | 147 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Horry County | Urban | No | 185.7 (177.9, 193.7) | 35 (27, 42) | 521 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.1) |
| Aiken County | Urban | No | 186.9 (175.2, 199.3) | 34 (23, 43) | 204 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-1.8, 0.8) |
| York County | Urban | No | 190.0 (179.2, 201.2) | 33 (22, 41) | 267 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.6, -1.7) |
| Georgetown County | Rural | No | 196.3 (178.6, 215.6) | 32 (13, 43) | 109 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.2) |
| Saluda County | Urban | No | 196.8 (164.0, 234.9) | 31 (4, 45) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Lexington County | Urban | No | 197.1 (187.2, 207.4) | 30 (18, 39) | 323 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.1, 3.9) |
| Spartanburg County | Urban | No | 197.2 (187.7, 207.0) | 29 (19, 38) | 356 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.6) |
| Richland County | Urban | No | 199.5 (189.8, 209.5) | 28 (18, 37) | 357 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.3) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 200.1 (188.4, 212.3) | 27 (16, 38) | 240 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.6, -1.4) |
| Greenwood County | Rural | No | 201.8 (182.5, 222.8) | 26 (10, 42) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| Calhoun County | Urban | No | 203.1 (164.8, 248.9) | 25 (2, 45) | 21 |
stable
|
1.1 (-1.4, 11.6) |
| Orangeburg County | Rural | No | 205.9 (188.1, 225.1) | 24 (10, 39) | 107 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Darlington County | Urban | No | 209.0 (187.8, 232.2) | 23 (6, 40) | 79 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 213.1 (190.2, 238.0) | 22 (4, 39) | 69 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) |
| Florence County | Urban | No | 213.1 (197.8, 229.2) | 21 (8, 33) | 159 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.4, -1.5) |
| Chesterfield County | Rural | No | 218.1 (192.9, 245.8) | 20 (3, 38) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.1) |
| Bamberg County | Rural | No | 220.8 (179.3, 270.3) | 19 (1, 44) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Marlboro County | Rural | No | 221.2 (188.8, 257.8) | 18 (2, 41) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.0, -0.7) |
| Barnwell County | Rural | No | 221.6 (184.5, 264.5) | 17 (1, 43) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 223.9 (182.5, 272.3) | 16 (1, 44) | 22 |
falling
|
-4.2 (-12.6, -2.4) |
| Laurens County | Urban | No | 226.3 (205.6, 248.7) | 15 (3, 30) | 95 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.2, 0.2) |
| Kershaw County | Urban | No | 227.1 (205.8, 250.2) | 14 (3, 30) | 92 |
stable
|
3.3 (-2.2, 7.1) |
| Clarendon County | Rural | No | 229.0 (201.2, 260.1) | 13 (1, 35) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) |
| Jasper County | Urban | No | 231.1 (198.8, 267.4) | 12 (1, 38) | 44 |
rising 
|
15.5 (4.1, 24.6) |
| Hampton County | Rural | No | 231.9 (194.0, 275.5) | 11 (1, 41) | 28 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-15.9, -1.1) |
| Newberry County | Rural | No | 233.9 (206.5, 264.2) | 10 (1, 32) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.1, 0.5) |
| Sumter County | Urban | No | 234.2 (216.1, 253.5) | 9 (2, 24) | 132 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Colleton County | Rural | No | 235.2 (208.5, 264.7) | 8 (1, 29) | 61 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Allendale County | Rural | No | 236.0 (174.5, 312.8) | 7 (1, 45) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.5, 1.5) |
| Williamsburg County | Rural | No | 240.4 (208.8, 275.8) | 6 (1, 33) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.7) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 241.2 (207.9, 278.7) | 5 (1, 34) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.0, -0.5) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 253.7 (219.7, 291.9) | 4 (1, 25) | 45 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 256.7 (224.9, 292.0) | 3 (1, 23) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Fairfield County | Urban | No | 260.3 (221.7, 304.3) | 2 (1, 25) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.1) |
| Dillon County | Rural | No | 282.2 (244.5, 324.2) | 1 (1, 15) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-3.2, 8.5) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 3:02 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.