Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Maryland by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, 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
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | N/A | No | 124.7 (123.2, 126.3) | N/A | 5,320 |
falling 
|
-1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) |
| United States | N/A | No | 126.3 (126.1, 126.6) | N/A | 287,034 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | Yes | 97.2 (94.0, 100.4) | 24 (21, 24) | 733 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-5.9, -1.9) |
| Garrett County | Rural | Yes | 101.7 (84.0, 122.7) | 23 (15, 24) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.8, -0.6) |
| Howard County | Urban | Yes | 102.8 (96.7, 109.3) | 22 (20, 24) | 211 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Kent County | Rural | Yes | 109.2 (87.1, 136.5) | 21 (6, 24) | 21 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.0, -0.6) |
| Frederick County | Urban | Yes | 109.4 (102.5, 116.6) | 20 (18, 23) | 194 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.3, -1.5) |
| Prince Georges County | Urban | Yes | 119.1 (115.2, 123.2) | 19 (16, 21) | 719 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.4, -1.9) |
| Talbot County | Rural | No | 125.4 (109.9, 143.3) | 18 (5, 22) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.2) |
| Charles County | Urban | No | 127.2 (117.4, 137.6) | 17 (7, 20) | 130 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.5, -1.3) |
| Worcester County | Rural | No | 127.3 (113.0, 143.4) | 16 (4, 21) | 70 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Harford County | Urban | No | 128.9 (121.5, 136.5) | 15 (7, 19) | 240 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.7) |
| Anne Arundel County | Urban | No | 131.1 (125.9, 136.4) | 14 (8, 18) | 503 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4) |
| Carroll County | Urban | No | 131.5 (122.6, 141.0) | 13 (6, 19) | 168 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Queen Annes County | Urban | No | 132.8 (116.7, 150.8) | 12 (2, 20) | 51 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Baltimore County | Urban | No | 135.4 (131.3, 139.6) | 11 (6, 16) | 879 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 135.8 (126.1, 146.0) | 10 (4, 18) | 155 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.7) |
| Allegany County | Rural | No | 137.7 (123.4, 153.4) | 9 (2, 19) | 76 |
stable 
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.2) |
| Wicomico County | Urban | No | 142.3 (129.7, 155.8) | 8 (2, 17) | 98 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Cecil County | Urban | No | 143.7 (130.9, 157.5) | 7 (1, 17) | 97 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Calvert County | Urban | No | 144.2 (131.0, 158.5) | 6 (1, 17) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Dorchester County | Rural | No | 144.6 (124.2, 167.8) | 5 (1, 19) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.3, 0.8) |
| St. Marys County | Urban | No | 148.9 (135.8, 163.1) | 4 (1, 14) | 97 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Caroline County | Rural | No | 152.3 (130.7, 176.8) | 3 (1, 18) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.8, -0.1) |
| Baltimore City | Urban | No | 154.1 (148.4, 159.9) | 2 (1, 7) | 593 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Somerset County | Urban | No | 175.5 (146.7, 208.8) | 1 (1, 11) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 3:31 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.