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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Georgia by County

Colon & Rectum, 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


Meriwether County


Peach County


Cherokee County


Jackson County


Screven County


Forsyth County


Union County


Paulding County


Gilmer County


Glynn County


Troup County


Appling County


Chatham County


Columbia County


Fayette County


Clarke County


Hall County


Walker County


Dougherty County


Greene County


Bryan County


Colquitt County


Tattnall County


Bibb County


McDuffie County


Fulton County


Lowndes County


Toombs County


Chattooga County


Elbert County


Houston County


Tift County


DeKalb County


Fannin County


Bartow County


Floyd County


Muscogee County


Pickens County


Camden County


Coweta County


Gordon County


Lumpkin County


Catoosa County


Gwinnett County


Rabun County


Rockdale County


White County


Burke County


Coffee County


Jones County


Madison County


Douglas County


Effingham County


Emanuel County


Thomas County


Cobb County


Habersham County


Murray County


Wayne County


Clayton County


Polk County


Brooks County


Bulloch County


Whitfield County


Putnam County


Crisp County


Carroll County


Haralson County


Laurens County


Pike County


Ware County


Walton County


Wilkes County


Worth County


Newton County


Mitchell County


Stephens County


Barrow County


Spalding County


Jeff Davis County


Macon County


Washington County


Upson County


Baldwin County


Richmond County


Monroe County


Harris County


Henry County


Liberty County


Banks County


Ben Hill County


Berrien County


Brantley County


Butts County


Crawford County


Dade County


Dawson County


Decatur County


Dodge County


Franklin County


Grady County


Hart County


Jefferson County


Lamar County


Lee County


Long County


Morgan County


Oconee County


Pierce County


Seminole County


Sumter County


Telfair County


Twiggs County


Atkinson County Bacon County Baker County Bleckley County Calhoun County Candler County Charlton County Chattahoochee County Clay County Clinch County Cook County Dooly County Early County Echols County Evans County Glascock County Hancock County Heard County Irwin County Jasper County Jenkins County Johnson County Lanier County Lincoln County Marion County McIntosh County Miller County Montgomery County Oglethorpe County Pulaski County Quitman County Randolph County Schley County Stewart County Talbot County Taliaferro County Taylor County Terrell County Towns County Treutlen County Turner County Warren County Webster County Wheeler County Wilcox County Wilkinson County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 1:46 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.

⋔ 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.

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.