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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Missouri by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Missouri


United States


Ripley County


Gentry County


Shannon County


Madison County


Pemiscot County


New Madrid County


Iron County


Laclede County


Washington County


Macon County


Ozark County


Ray County


Dent County


Benton County


Douglas County


Dunklin County


Oregon County


St. Francois County


Linn County


Lawrence County


Buchanan County


McDonald County


Clinton County


Hickory County


Randolph County


Crawford County


Lincoln County


Butler County


Stoddard County


Saline County


Pettis County


Atchison County


Grundy County


Polk County


Warren County


Dade County


Pulaski County


Bollinger County


Scotland County


Lafayette County


Vernon County


Schuyler County


Newton County


Wright County


Cedar County


Howell County


Callaway County


Montgomery County


Texas County


Jefferson County


Ralls County


Reynolds County


Jasper County


Cooper County


Phelps County


Livingston County


Andrew County


Maries County


Morgan County


Marion County


Barry County


Ste. Genevieve County


DeKalb County


Mississippi County


St. Louis City


Chariton County


Webster County


Audrain County


Moniteau County


St. Clair County


Pike County


Carter County


Franklin County


Christian County


Gasconade County


Scott County


Adair County


Taney County


Jackson County


Wayne County


Perry County


Clay County


Clark County


Bates County


Shelby County


Lewis County


Miller County


Caldwell County


St. Louis County


Cass County


Johnson County


Henry County


Nodaway County


Daviess County


Stone County


Camden County


Barton County


Dallas County


Mercer County


Osage County


Monroe County


Putnam County


Sullivan County


Greene County


St. Charles County


Cape Girardeau County


Boone County


Carroll County


Cole County


Holt County


Howard County


Knox County


Harrison County


Platte County


Worth County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 6:33 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.