Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Tennessee by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
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) 
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | N/A | No | 142.1 (140.5, 143.6) | N/A | 6,735 |
falling 
|
-1.0 (-1.1, -0.8) |
| United States | N/A | No | 126.3 (126.1, 126.6) | N/A | 287,034 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| Trousdale County | Urban | No | 216.5 (165.9, 278.5) | 1 (1, 81) | 13 |
stable 
|
0.6 (-1.5, 2.9) |
| Overton County | Rural | No | 214.6 (183.4, 250.3) | 2 (1, 33) | 36 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.1, 2.7) |
| Hardeman County | Rural | No | 210.2 (180.0, 244.7) | 3 (1, 34) | 37 |
stable
|
0.8 (-0.6, 2.4) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 193.9 (147.1, 253.8) | 4 (1, 91) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.2, 2.0) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 193.2 (163.6, 226.9) | 5 (1, 66) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.8) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 192.9 (158.4, 233.2) | 6 (1, 69) | 23 |
stable
|
0.9 (-1.1, 3.1) |
| Gibson County | Urban | No | 192.7 (172.6, 214.8) | 7 (1, 38) | 70 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| Crockett County | Urban | No | 187.0 (149.6, 231.6) | 8 (1, 85) | 18 |
stable
|
2.0 (0.0, 4.2) |
| Benton County | Rural | No | 183.4 (149.8, 223.4) | 9 (1, 82) | 24 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.2, 2.8) |
| Morgan County | Urban | No | 180.2 (149.0, 216.7) | 10 (1, 82) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.8, 1.0) |
| Hickman County | Urban | No | 176.8 (148.4, 209.6) | 11 (1, 79) | 29 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.8, 1.7) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 176.0 (125.9, 243.0) | 12 (1, 94) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-3.3, 3.1) |
| Meigs County | Rural | No | 174.7 (137.4, 220.2) | 13 (1, 93) | 16 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.5, 1.7) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | No | 174.6 (150.8, 201.4) | 14 (2, 75) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Cocke County | Rural | No | 173.9 (152.6, 197.9) | 15 (2, 68) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| McNairy County | Rural | No | 172.9 (147.9, 201.5) | 16 (2, 79) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.9) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 171.2 (123.7, 233.8) | 17 (1, 95) | 9 |
stable
|
0.0 (-2.0, 2.2) |
| Cheatham County | Urban | No | 170.4 (147.7, 195.8) | 18 (3, 77) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Weakley County | Rural | No | 168.8 (145.6, 195.1) | 19 (3, 80) | 40 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.3, 1.3) |
| Grainger County | Urban | No | 168.8 (142.7, 199.0) | 20 (2, 84) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.3, 1.3) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 168.6 (139.0, 203.7) | 21 (2, 90) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Grundy County | Rural | No | 168.4 (134.3, 209.7) | 22 (1, 92) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.3, 0.8) |
| Lake County | Rural | No | 168.2 (118.0, 237.3) | 23 (1, 95) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.8, 0.8) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 167.8 (144.7, 193.9) | 24 (3, 81) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.6) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 167.4 (131.6, 211.0) | 25 (1, 93) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Putnam County | Rural | No | 166.8 (151.3, 183.7) | 26 (7, 65) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.3, 0.5) |
| Rhea County | Rural | No | 165.9 (143.1, 191.6) | 27 (3, 82) | 40 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.9, 1.4) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 165.4 (140.7, 193.7) | 28 (3, 87) | 34 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.6, 1.3) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 164.5 (144.1, 187.3) | 29 (4, 81) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.8, 0.9) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 163.8 (134.5, 198.2) | 30 (2, 90) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.4) |
| Houston County | Rural | No | 163.4 (122.7, 215.6) | 31 (1, 95) | 11 |
stable
|
0.5 (-1.7, 2.9) |
| Hamblen County | Urban | No | 163.1 (146.8, 180.9) | 32 (7, 74) | 76 |
stable
|
6.3 (-0.5, 11.4) |
| Tipton County | Urban | No | 163.1 (145.1, 182.8) | 33 (5, 78) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 162.7 (131.2, 200.5) | 34 (1, 93) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 0.7) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 161.9 (141.4, 184.8) | 35 (6, 83) | 47 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Obion County | Rural | No | 161.9 (139.4, 187.5) | 36 (4, 86) | 40 |
stable
|
11.2 (-1.4, 22.1) |
| Scott County | Rural | No | 161.3 (133.3, 193.9) | 37 (3, 92) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 161.0 (131.1, 197.4) | 38 (2, 92) | 21 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.7, 1.5) |
| Hawkins County | Urban | No | 160.9 (144.3, 179.2) | 39 (8, 75) | 75 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.0, 1.1) |
| Dickson County | Urban | No | 160.3 (142.2, 180.2) | 40 (8, 83) | 59 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.3) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 157.8 (128.9, 192.0) | 41 (3, 93) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.8, 1.2) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 157.8 (134.6, 184.3) | 42 (5, 90) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Bedford County | Rural | No | 157.7 (138.2, 179.4) | 43 (7, 85) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| McMinn County | Rural | No | 157.2 (140.2, 175.9) | 44 (9, 83) | 66 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Smith County | Urban | No | 156.6 (128.1, 190.2) | 45 (3, 93) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.4, 1.3) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 156.5 (136.0, 179.9) | 46 (7, 87) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 155.5 (127.7, 188.4) | 47 (4, 94) | 23 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.5) |
| Sullivan County | Urban | No | 154.3 (144.6, 164.6) | 48 (21, 73) | 205 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 153.9 (135.9, 173.9) | 49 (10, 88) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
| Unicoi County | Urban | No | 153.4 (126.1, 186.0) | 50 (4, 93) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Macon County | Urban | No | 152.6 (126.4, 183.0) | 51 (5, 93) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Bradley County | Urban | No | 152.1 (139.8, 165.3) | 52 (18, 79) | 117 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.8, 0.7) |
| DeKalb County | Rural | No | 150.6 (124.3, 181.6) | 53 (6, 94) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 1.0) |
| Dyer County | Rural | No | 149.7 (129.3, 172.6) | 54 (9, 91) | 40 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 149.5 (135.5, 164.8) | 55 (18, 85) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.4) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 149.3 (108.4, 202.3) | 56 (2, 95) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-3.5, 2.1) |
| Sevier County | Rural | No | 147.7 (135.1, 161.3) | 57 (21, 85) | 109 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.4) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | No | 146.7 (135.9, 158.2) | 58 (28, 83) | 143 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Robertson County | Urban | No | 146.7 (131.0, 163.8) | 59 (17, 89) | 67 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.1) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 146.4 (133.7, 160.1) | 60 (25, 87) | 104 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.6, 6.9) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 146.1 (126.0, 168.8) | 61 (13, 92) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.8, 1.0) |
| Cannon County | Urban | No | 145.5 (113.6, 184.5) | 62 (5, 95) | 14 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.8, 1.9) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 144.8 (130.6, 160.6) | 63 (21, 89) | 93 |
stable
|
0.5 (-3.2, 5.5) |
| Blount County | Urban | No | 143.0 (132.8, 153.7) | 64 (34, 86) | 158 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Decatur County | Rural | No | 142.8 (109.2, 185.2) | 65 (5, 95) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.1, 0.4) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 142.7 (129.3, 157.3) | 66 (26, 89) | 88 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Coffee County | Rural | No | 142.1 (126.0, 159.9) | 67 (22, 91) | 59 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.2) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 142.0 (123.6, 162.6) | 68 (15, 93) | 45 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Giles County | Rural | No | 141.1 (120.0, 165.3) | 69 (15, 94) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 139.7 (135.3, 144.2) | 70 (53, 81) | 795 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-5.9, -1.5) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 139.5 (107.7, 180.0) | 71 (7, 95) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.6, 1.9) |
| Fentress County | Rural | No | 139.3 (113.6, 170.2) | 72 (11, 95) | 22 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.6, 0.6) |
| Roane County | Urban | No | 139.0 (123.9, 155.8) | 73 (26, 92) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.1, -0.1) |
| Sumner County | Urban | No | 138.6 (129.7, 148.0) | 74 (43, 88) | 186 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Rutherford County | Urban | No | 137.6 (129.6, 146.0) | 75 (47, 88) | 231 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 137.6 (122.6, 154.1) | 76 (33, 92) | 66 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.3, -0.9) |
| Maury County | Urban | No | 136.1 (123.9, 149.3) | 77 (40, 91) | 95 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 135.6 (125.3, 146.7) | 78 (43, 90) | 133 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | No | 135.6 (106.9, 170.5) | 79 (9, 95) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.6, 2.0) |
| Marion County | Urban | No | 135.6 (114.9, 159.6) | 80 (21, 95) | 32 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.7) |
| Knox County | Urban | No | 135.2 (129.5, 141.1) | 81 (57, 87) | 437 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 134.1 (112.5, 159.3) | 82 (20, 95) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.8, 0.6) |
| Stewart County | Urban | No | 132.0 (102.7, 168.5) | 83 (11, 95) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-3.7, 1.0) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 131.1 (116.1, 147.8) | 84 (39, 95) | 58 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.2) |
| Loudon County | Urban | No | 130.5 (116.0, 146.7) | 85 (43, 94) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.4) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 128.6 (111.6, 147.8) | 86 (37, 95) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 127.6 (122.5, 132.8) | 87 (72, 91) | 497 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.1, -1.6) |
| White County | Rural | No | 123.6 (103.9, 146.7) | 88 (32, 95) | 28 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.7, -0.1) |
| Wilson County | Urban | No | 123.1 (113.4, 133.6) | 89 (68, 94) | 121 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Fayette County | Urban | Yes | 119.4 (103.3, 137.7) | 90 (52, 95) | 42 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.6) |
| Hamilton County | Urban | Yes | 119.1 (113.2, 125.3) | 91 (81, 94) | 325 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.9, -1.2) |
| Bledsoe County | Rural | Yes | 119.1 (91.0, 155.1) | 92 (15, 95) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.1, 0.6) |
| Williamson County | Urban | Yes | 109.2 (101.7, 117.2) | 93 (86, 95) | 161 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.3, 4.1) |
| Moore County | Rural | Yes | 106.7 (68.4, 161.7) | 94 (10, 95) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.7, -0.2) |
| Pickett County | Rural | Yes | 106.0 (63.6, 171.6) | 95 (6, 95) | 5 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-4.1, 1.8) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 8:16 am.
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.