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Death Rate Report for South Carolina by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, 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)
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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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South Carolina N/A No 155.8 (154.2, 157.4) N/A 7,955 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.2, -1.1)
United States N/A No 151.2 (151.0, 151.4) N/A 464,032 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.3, -1.0)
Hampton County Rural No 229.7 (192.9, 272.7) 1 (1, 21) 29 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.9, 1.6)
Dillon County Rural No 225.2 (195.4, 258.8) 2 (1, 18) 44 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.6, 1.2)
Marion County Rural No 213.5 (184.1, 247.3) 3 (1, 23) 42 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.8, 0.8)
Marlboro County Rural No 209.4 (179.4, 243.8) 4 (1, 27) 38 stable stable trend -0.9 (-1.9, 0.2)
Colleton County Rural No 206.1 (184.6, 229.8) 5 (1, 21) 72 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.5, -0.1)
Chester County Urban No 205.9 (182.7, 231.7) 6 (1, 22) 60 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.8, 0.9)
Fairfield County Urban No 203.0 (169.1, 243.6) 7 (1, 35) 32 stable stable trend 0.2 (-1.2, 1.6)
Laurens County Urban No 199.3 (184.2, 215.4) 8 (2, 20) 139 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.5, 1.1)
Allendale County Rural No 198.4 (136.0, 295.3) 9 (1, 46) 7 stable stable trend 0.9 (-1.6, 3.3)
Barnwell County Rural No 197.2 (167.8, 231.0) 10 (1, 37) 34 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.1, 0.8)
Union County Urban No 196.5 (173.3, 222.4) 11 (1, 29) 56 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.6, 0.3)
Kershaw County Urban No 186.7 (171.9, 202.5) 12 (5, 27) 126 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.4, -0.2)
Darlington County Urban No 186.3 (169.7, 204.4) 13 (4, 30) 99 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.3)
Bamberg County Rural No 184.5 (146.7, 231.8) 14 (1, 45) 18 stable stable trend 0.3 (-1.4, 2.2)
Chesterfield County Rural No 184.0 (165.2, 204.6) 15 (4, 33) 75 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.3, 0.3)
Sumter County Urban No 182.9 (168.5, 198.2) 16 (5, 29) 125 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2)
Cherokee County Rural No 182.7 (167.0, 199.6) 17 (5, 31) 105 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.5)
Orangeburg County Rural No 182.7 (165.3, 201.7) 18 (4, 34) 93 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.9, 0.3)
Williamsburg County Rural No 182.0 (153.8, 215.0) 19 (2, 43) 32 falling falling trend -1.5 (-2.7, -0.3)
Newberry County Rural No 179.7 (160.1, 201.3) 20 (4, 39) 70 stable stable trend 0.0 (-1.4, 1.3)
Clarendon County Rural No 176.3 (154.1, 201.6) 21 (5, 42) 52 stable stable trend -1.1 (-2.2, 0.0)
Jasper County Urban No 173.2 (149.2, 201.3) 22 (5, 44) 47 rising rising trend 10.0 (0.3, 16.8)
Lee County Rural No 170.4 (134.0, 215.8) 23 (2, 46) 16 falling falling trend -4.5 (-13.8, -1.7)
Spartanburg County Urban No 164.4 (158.0, 171.0) 24 (19, 35) 524 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.4, -0.9)
Horry County Urban No 163.9 (158.6, 169.3) 25 (19, 34) 874 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.2, -0.4)
Greenwood County Rural No 163.5 (149.8, 178.4) 26 (14, 42) 114 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.3, -0.3)
Lexington County Urban No 163.2 (156.8, 169.8) 27 (19, 37) 513 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.3, -0.4)
Saluda County Urban No 163.1 (139.2, 191.1) 28 (7, 45) 35 stable stable trend 0.1 (-1.3, 1.5)
Florence County Urban No 162.6 (151.8, 174.2) 29 (17, 41) 175 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.8)
Anderson County Urban No 160.9 (153.4, 168.6) 30 (20, 39) 372 stable stable trend -0.8 (-1.4, 1.3)
Abbeville County Rural No 159.6 (138.6, 183.6) 31 (10, 45) 45 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.8, 1.0)
McCormick County Rural No 158.6 (120.9, 212.3) 32 (2, 46) 23 falling falling trend -2.1 (-4.0, -0.1)
York County Urban No 155.8 (148.9, 163.0) 33 (23, 42) 399 falling falling trend -1.7 (-3.6, -0.7)
Berkeley County Urban No 154.2 (145.8, 163.0) 34 (23, 43) 275 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)
Pickens County Urban No 154.0 (145.1, 163.4) 35 (23, 43) 234 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.3, -0.2)
Dorchester County Urban No 153.5 (143.9, 163.5) 36 (22, 43) 203 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.8, -0.6)
Aiken County Urban No 152.9 (144.8, 161.4) 37 (24, 43) 291 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.9, -0.8)
Richland County Urban No 152.3 (144.9, 159.9) 38 (26, 43) 338 falling falling trend -1.2 (-1.6, -0.8)
Georgetown County Rural No 151.3 (138.9, 164.9) 39 (21, 44) 142 falling falling trend -2.2 (-7.1, -0.9)
Edgefield County Urban No 149.1 (127.8, 173.7) 40 (15, 46) 37 stable stable trend 1.1 (-3.2, 9.7)
Oconee County Rural No 147.8 (137.6, 158.8) 41 (26, 44) 176 falling falling trend -0.9 (-1.4, -0.3)
Calhoun County Urban No 146.3 (119.3, 179.4) 42 (12, 46) 21 stable stable trend -1.4 (-3.0, 0.2)
Lancaster County Urban No 145.8 (135.9, 156.3) 43 (28, 45) 175 falling falling trend -1.0 (-1.7, -0.2)
Greenville County Urban No 138.8 (134.2, 143.5) 44 (39, 45) 713 falling falling trend -2.1 (-4.7, -1.4)
Charleston County Urban No 130.7 (125.5, 136.1) 45 (42, 46) 490 falling falling trend -3.4 (-4.9, -2.5)
Beaufort County Urban Yes 120.7 (114.4, 127.3) 46 (44, 46) 356 falling falling trend -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 4:01 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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