Return to Home Mortality > Table > Interpret

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 Rate

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


Platte County


Harrison County


Knox County


Howard County


Holt County


Cole County


Carroll County


Boone County


Cape Girardeau County


St. Charles County


Greene County


Sullivan County


Putnam County


Monroe County


Osage County


Mercer County


Dallas County


Barton County


Camden County


Stone County


Daviess County


Nodaway County


Henry County


Johnson County


Cass County


St. Louis County


Caldwell County


Miller County


Lewis County


Shelby County


Bates County


Clark County


Clay County


Perry County


Wayne County


Jackson County


Taney County


Adair County


Scott County


Gasconade County


Christian County


Franklin County


Carter County


Pike County


St. Clair County


Moniteau County


Audrain County


Webster County


Chariton County


St. Louis City


Mississippi County


DeKalb County


Ste. Genevieve County


Barry County


Marion County


Morgan County


Maries County


Andrew County


Livingston County


Phelps County


Cooper County


Jasper County


Reynolds County


Ralls County


Jefferson County


Texas County


Montgomery County


Callaway County


Howell County


Cedar County


Wright County


Newton County


Schuyler County


Vernon County


Lafayette County


Scotland County


Bollinger County


Pulaski County


Dade County


Warren County


Polk County


Grundy County


Atchison County


Pettis County


Saline County


Stoddard County


Butler County


Lincoln County


Crawford County


Randolph County


Hickory County


Clinton County


McDonald County


Buchanan County


Lawrence County


Linn County


St. Francois County


Oregon County


Dunklin County


Douglas County


Benton County


Dent County


Ray County


Ozark County


Macon County


Washington County


Laclede County


Iron County


New Madrid County


Pemiscot County


Madison County


Shannon County


Gentry County


Ripley County


Worth County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 10:00 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.