Return to Home Mortality > Table > Interpret

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Tennessee by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Tennessee


United States


Sullivan County


Blount County


Williamson County


Shelby County


Rutherford County


Knox County


Davidson County


Anderson County


Hamilton County


Madison County


Sevier County


Bradley County


Carter County


Dickson County


Greene County


Hamblen County


Loudon County


Maury County


Montgomery County


Putnam County


Sumner County


Washington County


Wilson County


Bedford County Benton County Bledsoe County Campbell County Cannon County Carroll County Cheatham County Chester County Claiborne County Clay County Cocke County Coffee County Crockett County Cumberland County DeKalb County Decatur County Dyer County Fayette County Fentress County Franklin County Gibson County Giles County Grainger County Grundy County Hancock County Hardeman County Hardin County Hawkins County Haywood County Henderson County Henry County Hickman County Houston County Humphreys County Jackson County Jefferson County Johnson County Lake County Lauderdale County Lawrence County Lewis County Lincoln County Macon County Marion County Marshall County McMinn County McNairy County Meigs County Monroe County Moore County Morgan County Obion County Overton County Perry County Pickett County Polk County Rhea County Roane County Robertson County Scott County Sequatchie County Smith County Stewart County Tipton County Trousdale County Unicoi County Union County Van Buren County Warren County Wayne County Weakley County White County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 4:07 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

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.