Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Tennessee 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | N/A | No | 202.5 (200.5, 204.6) | N/A | 7,843 |
falling 
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-1.7 (-1.8, -1.6) |
| United States | N/A | No | 171.5 (171.3, 171.8) | N/A | 318,737 |
falling
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-1.8 (-1.8, -1.7) |
| Moore County | Rural | No | 138.2 (95.2, 197.0) | 95 (45, 95) | 7 |
stable 
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-0.4 (-3.2, 2.9) |
| Bledsoe County | Rural | No | 138.9 (108.6, 176.0) | 94 (76, 95) | 15 |
stable
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-2.0 (-3.8, 0.1) |
| Williamson County | Urban | No | 140.0 (130.4, 150.2) | 93 (91, 95) | 171 |
stable
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2.7 (-3.1, 7.3) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 167.6 (125.4, 221.4) | 92 (16, 95) | 11 |
stable
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-2.3 (-4.6, 0.2) |
| Loudon County | Urban | No | 171.4 (154.1, 190.3) | 91 (68, 94) | 83 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.8, -0.8) |
| Blount County | Urban | No | 172.1 (160.0, 184.9) | 90 (76, 94) | 162 |
falling
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-2.3 (-2.8, -1.9) |
| Hamilton County | Urban | No | 180.9 (172.8, 189.4) | 89 (74, 92) | 389 |
falling
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-2.3 (-2.7, -2.0) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 181.8 (165.8, 199.3) | 88 (60, 93) | 112 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Knox County | Urban | No | 182.6 (175.0, 190.5) | 87 (73, 92) | 462 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.6) |
| Wilson County | Urban | No | 186.1 (172.2, 200.9) | 86 (58, 92) | 151 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.0, -1.6) |
| Maury County | Urban | No | 186.3 (170.0, 203.8) | 85 (54, 93) | 108 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 187.5 (180.2, 195.1) | 84 (69, 90) | 551 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.0, -2.2) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 189.3 (166.7, 214.4) | 83 (38, 93) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Roane County | Urban | No | 190.0 (171.2, 210.7) | 82 (44, 93) | 81 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.6) |
| Sumner County | Urban | No | 192.2 (180.0, 205.1) | 81 (55, 91) | 201 |
stable
|
-3.6 (-8.0, 0.0) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 194.5 (171.4, 220.0) | 80 (29, 93) | 56 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -1.0) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 196.1 (179.4, 214.1) | 79 (40, 92) | 110 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Rutherford County | Urban | No | 196.3 (184.6, 208.4) | 78 (50, 88) | 252 |
falling
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-1.5 (-1.9, -1.0) |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | No | 196.6 (160.4, 239.4) | 77 (8, 94) | 23 |
stable
|
9.8 (-4.5, 31.9) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 198.9 (171.1, 230.6) | 76 (20, 93) | 40 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Hardeman County | Rural | No | 199.1 (169.1, 233.3) | 75 (16, 93) | 32 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.9, 0.3) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 199.9 (182.6, 218.4) | 74 (36, 91) | 104 |
falling
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-1.8 (-2.8, -0.9) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 202.1 (195.7, 208.6) | 73 (53, 80) | 841 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.2, -1.5) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 202.4 (183.0, 223.6) | 72 (31, 91) | 84 |
stable
|
0.9 (-2.0, 7.4) |
| Bradley County | Urban | No | 203.4 (186.9, 220.9) | 71 (33, 89) | 124 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 205.7 (191.8, 220.4) | 70 (36, 86) | 174 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | No | 206.1 (191.1, 222.0) | 69 (30, 87) | 160 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Scott County | Rural | No | 208.2 (174.1, 247.4) | 68 (7, 93) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.2, 0.0) |
| Sevier County | Rural | No | 208.3 (192.0, 225.7) | 67 (31, 86) | 134 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Grainger County | Urban | No | 212.1 (179.2, 249.9) | 66 (6, 92) | 34 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.1, -1.2) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 212.3 (189.4, 237.4) | 65 (17, 89) | 70 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.9, -0.5) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 212.6 (183.4, 245.2) | 64 (9, 92) | 42 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.2, -0.9) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 213.0 (178.7, 252.6) | 63 (5, 93) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.7) |
| Meigs County | Rural | No | 213.1 (170.4, 264.2) | 62 (2, 93) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.0, 1.7) |
| Sullivan County | Urban | No | 213.5 (201.2, 226.3) | 61 (30, 78) | 241 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| McMinn County | Rural | No | 214.7 (193.2, 238.1) | 60 (15, 87) | 78 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Putnam County | Rural | No | 216.2 (196.4, 237.4) | 59 (17, 84) | 93 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.9, 0.3) |
| Giles County | Rural | No | 216.6 (187.8, 249.1) | 58 (7, 91) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.5) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 217.0 (161.9, 287.8) | 57 (1, 95) | 11 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.5, 1.5) |
| Unicoi County | Urban | No | 218.1 (183.0, 258.8) | 56 (4, 92) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 218.6 (177.1, 268.8) | 55 (1, 93) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.3, -0.1) |
| Weakley County | Rural | No | 218.8 (190.0, 251.0) | 54 (6, 91) | 43 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 219.1 (197.2, 243.0) | 53 (11, 86) | 81 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.2, 0.1) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 220.0 (161.9, 295.1) | 52 (1, 95) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-3.0, 3.1) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 221.5 (182.0, 267.6) | 51 (2, 92) | 24 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.1, 0.4) |
| Smith County | Urban | No | 221.6 (184.7, 264.2) | 50 (2, 92) | 28 |
stable
|
0.9 (-2.5, 7.1) |
| Cannon County | Urban | No | 222.1 (178.8, 273.1) | 49 (1, 93) | 19 |
falling
|
-14.5 (-26.0, -1.1) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | No | 222.8 (193.8, 255.2) | 48 (5, 89) | 47 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.4, -0.9) |
| Trousdale County | Urban | No | 223.3 (167.8, 290.9) | 47 (1, 95) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.1, 0.3) |
| Coffee County | Rural | No | 223.4 (200.9, 247.9) | 46 (10, 82) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 223.8 (196.3, 254.4) | 45 (5, 86) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.8, -0.8) |
| Benton County | Rural | No | 224.2 (186.8, 268.0) | 44 (2, 92) | 28 |
falling
|
-6.4 (-17.9, -1.4) |
| White County | Rural | No | 224.8 (194.4, 259.1) | 43 (4, 90) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Stewart County | Urban | No | 225.0 (182.4, 275.3) | 42 (1, 93) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.2, 0.5) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 226.1 (199.2, 256.1) | 41 (5, 86) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| McNairy County | Rural | No | 226.3 (194.6, 262.2) | 40 (4, 88) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 226.6 (199.5, 256.5) | 39 (5, 86) | 55 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.7, 0.4) |
| Morgan County | Urban | No | 226.9 (192.1, 266.5) | 38 (2, 90) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 227.2 (208.1, 247.8) | 37 (10, 76) | 113 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Robertson County | Urban | No | 228.5 (206.2, 252.6) | 36 (8, 78) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Bedford County | Rural | No | 230.0 (203.1, 259.5) | 35 (5, 82) | 59 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.0, 0.0) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 230.2 (203.5, 259.6) | 34 (5, 82) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 230.4 (192.3, 274.5) | 33 (2, 91) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.4, -0.1) |
| Marion County | Urban | No | 231.3 (200.2, 266.2) | 32 (2, 86) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.0, -0.4) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 233.5 (207.8, 261.7) | 31 (4, 78) | 64 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.7) |
| Hamblen County | Urban | No | 234.0 (211.9, 257.9) | 30 (5, 72) | 88 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 234.6 (197.6, 277.2) | 29 (1, 89) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.1, 1.4) |
| Macon County | Urban | No | 235.8 (199.4, 277.1) | 28 (1, 89) | 33 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-12.5, -0.4) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 236.0 (196.0, 282.3) | 27 (1, 91) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.5, 1.3) |
| Grundy County | Rural | No | 238.3 (195.4, 288.8) | 26 (1, 92) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Hawkins County | Urban | No | 238.6 (217.1, 261.9) | 25 (4, 68) | 98 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.7) |
| Tipton County | Urban | No | 238.7 (214.2, 265.3) | 24 (3, 70) | 77 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Decatur County | Rural | No | 239.4 (193.2, 294.7) | 23 (1, 92) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.2) |
| Cocke County | Rural | No | 239.8 (212.0, 270.5) | 22 (2, 77) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Obion County | Rural | No | 241.4 (210.9, 275.4) | 21 (2, 77) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Dickson County | Urban | No | 242.2 (217.1, 269.5) | 20 (2, 71) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Cheatham County | Urban | No | 246.2 (216.0, 279.6) | 19 (1, 75) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.4, 0.7) |
| Pickett County | Rural | No | 249.3 (186.7, 332.6) | 18 (1, 93) | 11 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.8, 2.9) |
| Rhea County | Rural | No | 251.8 (221.1, 285.8) | 17 (1, 69) | 53 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| DeKalb County | Rural | No | 253.9 (215.7, 297.4) | 16 (1, 82) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.4) |
| Fentress County | Rural | No | 254.0 (214.0, 299.9) | 15 (1, 81) | 33 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Crockett County | Urban | No | 254.7 (207.9, 309.5) | 14 (1, 89) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.3, 1.4) |
| Hickman County | Urban | No | 254.9 (220.3, 293.7) | 13 (1, 69) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.0, 0.6) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 256.5 (223.1, 293.8) | 12 (1, 70) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Overton County | Rural | No | 257.2 (220.9, 298.3) | 11 (1, 74) | 39 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.8, 0.5) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 257.3 (224.4, 293.9) | 10 (1, 67) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.3) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 258.1 (217.8, 304.3) | 9 (1, 81) | 33 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Dyer County | Rural | No | 259.6 (229.1, 293.2) | 8 (1, 60) | 56 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.0, 1.6) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 260.9 (221.9, 304.8) | 7 (1, 73) | 35 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Houston County | Rural | No | 264.4 (205.4, 336.8) | 6 (1, 90) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 1.5) |
| Gibson County | Urban | No | 270.1 (243.6, 298.8) | 5 (1, 40) | 80 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 271.8 (224.6, 326.2) | 4 (1, 78) | 25 |
stable
|
1.2 (-2.7, 9.8) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 272.5 (214.8, 343.6) | 3 (1, 86) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.2, 2.0) |
| Lake County | Rural | No | 272.6 (200.2, 363.5) | 2 (1, 92) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.7, 1.4) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 276.1 (227.7, 332.8) | 1 (1, 72) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 1.0) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 12:55 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.
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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.