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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Georgia by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Male, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Georgia


United States


Pierce County


Union County


Webster County


Forsyth County


Clay County


Jackson County


Tattnall County


Burke County


Greene County


Johnson County


Marion County


Talbot County


Clinch County


Seminole County


Jenkins County


DeKalb County


Lowndes County


Pulaski County


Grady County


Paulding County


Macon County


Calhoun County


Clarke County


Cook County


McDuffie County


Walker County


Ben Hill County


Chatham County


Glynn County


Haralson County


Hart County


Quitman County


Randolph County


Wilcox County


Brooks County


Catoosa County


Hall County


Hancock County


Houston County


Terrell County


Dodge County


Oconee County


Schley County


Columbia County


Harris County


Fannin County


Gilmer County


Murray County


Whitfield County


Bartow County


Bibb County


Crawford County


Henry County


Lincoln County


Muscogee County


Appling County


Bryan County


Clayton County


Cobb County


Coweta County


Evans County


Gwinnett County


Irwin County


Liberty County


Thomas County


Toombs County


Barrow County


Chattooga County


Colquitt County


Decatur County


Dougherty County


Fayette County


Rockdale County


Camden County


Lanier County


Peach County


Taylor County


Washington County


Dade County


Effingham County


Madison County


Baldwin County


Bulloch County


Charlton County


Cherokee County


Coffee County


Echols County


Jeff Davis County


Miller County


Monroe County


Newton County


Polk County


Richmond County


Telfair County


Troup County


Warren County


Bacon County


Carroll County


Douglas County


Gordon County


Lumpkin County


Putnam County


Stephens County


Worth County


Atkinson County


Berrien County


Dawson County


Lamar County


Morgan County


Twiggs County


Ware County


Butts County


Jones County


Tift County


Upson County


Brantley County


Candler County


Heard County


Rabun County


Emanuel County


Floyd County


Oglethorpe County


Towns County


Dooly County


McIntosh County


Meriwether County


Pickens County


Walton County


Wheeler County


Wilkes County


Early County


Jefferson County


Spalding County


Banks County


Elbert County


Habersham County


Turner County


Montgomery County


Chattahoochee County


Jasper County


Pike County


Lee County


Sumter County


Laurens County


Wayne County


Franklin County


Fulton County


Treutlen County


Bleckley County


Wilkinson County


Crisp County


Stewart County


Screven County


White County


Long County


Mitchell County


Baker County


Glascock County


Taliaferro County





Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2026 12:59 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.


† 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+).

The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal.

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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 has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.