Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County
Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023
All Races (includes 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 8.9? |
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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| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 39.1 (24.3, 60.9) | 1 (1, 43) | 4 |
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| Holmes County | Urban | No | 34.3 (23.2, 48.9) | 2 (1, 38) | 6 |
stable 
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0.1 (-4.3, 4.6) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 30.8 (18.5, 48.8) | 3 (1, 60) | 4 |
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| Sunflower County | Rural | No | 30.1 (21.7, 40.8) | 4 (1, 41) | 9 |
stable
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-0.7 (-3.5, 2.1) |
| Bolivar County | Rural | No | 26.3 (19.3, 35.1) | 5 (1, 51) | 10 |
falling 
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-2.0 (-4.0, -0.2) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 25.9 (15.3, 41.4) | 6 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| Chickasaw County | Rural | No | 25.4 (16.7, 37.2) | 7 (1, 61) | 5 |
stable
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1.6 (-1.1, 4.9) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 25.1 (17.0, 36.0) | 8 (1, 59) | 6 |
stable
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2.4 (-0.5, 5.8) |
| Marshall County | Urban | No | 24.7 (18.3, 32.7) | 9 (2, 53) | 10 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.3, 0.1) |
| Leflore County | Rural | No | 24.7 (17.4, 34.0) | 10 (1, 58) | 7 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.9, 0.7) |
| Covington County | Rural | No | 24.6 (16.1, 36.3) | 11 (1, 62) | 5 |
stable
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3.5 (-2.0, 22.6) |
| Neshoba County | Rural | No | 24.4 (17.3, 33.4) | 12 (1, 56) | 8 |
stable
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1.9 (-0.5, 4.7) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 23.6 (19.4, 28.5) | 13 (3, 43) | 22 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.4, 2.5) |
| Attala County | Rural | No | 22.3 (15.0, 32.5) | 14 (1, 62) | 6 |
stable
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-1.3 (-3.2, 0.4) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 22.2 (16.3, 29.8) | 15 (2, 58) | 9 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.3, 8.3) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 22.2 (12.0, 38.3) | 16 (1, 64) | 3 |
stable
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0.8 (-2.5, 4.0) |
| Panola County | Rural | No | 22.2 (16.3, 29.7) | 17 (3, 59) | 9 |
stable
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-0.5 (-3.2, 2.4) |
| Coahoma County | Rural | No | 22.2 (14.7, 32.4) | 18 (1, 62) | 6 |
falling
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-2.0 (-4.2, -0.2) |
| Pontotoc County | Rural | No | 22.1 (15.4, 30.7) | 19 (2, 62) | 7 |
stable
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1.3 (-1.2, 4.2) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 22.1 (13.0, 35.5) | 20 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| Jefferson Davis County | Rural | No | 21.9 (12.4, 36.5) | 21 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| Washington County | Rural | No | 21.6 (16.0, 28.5) | 22 (3, 59) | 11 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.0, 1.0) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 21.4 (12.0, 36.4) | 23 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| Leake County | Rural | No | 21.1 (13.9, 30.9) | 24 (2, 63) | 5 |
stable
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-1.1 (-4.4, 2.0) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 20.7 (15.3, 27.5) | 25 (4, 59) | 10 |
stable
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-1.1 (-4.3, 2.0) |
| Tippah County | Rural | No | 19.9 (12.6, 29.9) | 26 (2, 64) | 5 |
stable
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-2.4 (-6.1, 1.0) |
| Tishomingo County | Rural | No | 19.8 (12.8, 29.8) | 27 (2, 64) | 5 |
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| Tate County | Urban | No | 19.7 (13.5, 28.1) | 28 (4, 63) | 6 |
stable
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-0.5 (-3.2, 2.6) |
| Lowndes County | Rural | No | 19.5 (15.0, 25.0) | 29 (6, 60) | 13 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.0, 0.7) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 19.4 (12.3, 29.6) | 30 (2, 64) | 4 |
stable
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2.8 (-2.0, 20.2) |
| Prentiss County | Rural | No | 19.3 (12.8, 28.0) | 31 (4, 64) | 6 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.8, 2.8) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 19.1 (13.8, 26.0) | 32 (6, 62) | 9 |
stable
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-0.1 (-2.9, 2.7) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 18.9 (10.7, 31.4) | 33 (2, 64) | 3 |
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| Pearl River County | Rural | No | 18.7 (14.3, 24.1) | 34 (8, 61) | 13 |
stable
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1.3 (-0.1, 4.4) |
| Yazoo County | Urban | No | 18.5 (12.0, 27.3) | 35 (4, 64) | 5 |
stable
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-1.9 (-5.1, 0.9) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 18.5 (13.6, 24.5) | 36 (7, 62) | 10 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.3, 0.3) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 18.2 (12.1, 26.2) | 37 (5, 64) | 6 |
stable
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-1.8 (-4.9, 1.2) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 17.9 (11.8, 26.2) | 38 (5, 64) | 5 |
stable
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-1.2 (-4.1, 1.7) |
| Oktibbeha County | Rural | No | 17.6 (12.5, 24.1) | 39 (8, 64) | 8 |
stable
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1.8 (-0.4, 4.8) |
| Clarke County | Rural | No | 17.5 (10.9, 27.5) | 40 (4, 64) | 4 |
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| Jackson County | Urban | No | 17.4 (14.6, 20.5) | 41 (18, 58) | 30 |
stable
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-0.3 (-1.6, 1.2) |
| Hinds County | Urban | No | 17.1 (14.9, 19.6) | 42 (21, 57) | 43 |
stable
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-0.6 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 16.9 (13.8, 20.5) | 43 (18, 61) | 21 |
falling
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-5.7 (-6.9, -4.7) |
| Harrison County | Urban | No | 16.9 (14.6, 19.4) | 44 (22, 59) | 42 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.5, -0.4) |
| DeSoto County | Urban | No | 16.9 (14.3, 19.8) | 45 (21, 59) | 32 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.8, 0.6) |
| Alcorn County | Rural | No | 16.8 (11.8, 23.4) | 46 (9, 64) | 7 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.6, 0.5) |
| Copiah County | Urban | No | 16.6 (11.1, 24.1) | 47 (7, 64) | 6 |
stable
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-1.7 (-4.3, 0.7) |
| Hancock County | Urban | No | 16.5 (12.3, 21.9) | 48 (13, 63) | 11 |
stable
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-0.1 (-1.7, 1.6) |
| Walthall County | Rural | No | 16.5 (9.5, 27.3) | 49 (4, 64) | 3 |
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| George County | Rural | No | 16.4 (9.9, 25.7) | 50 (5, 64) | 4 |
falling
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-4.2 (-6.8, -1.8) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 16.0 (10.4, 23.8) | 51 (8, 64) | 5 |
stable
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-0.2 (-3.4, 3.2) |
| Forrest County | Urban | No | 15.9 (12.3, 20.3) | 52 (18, 64) | 13 |
stable
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15.9 (-2.4, 32.6) |
| Winston County | Rural | No | 15.9 (9.6, 25.3) | 53 (6, 64) | 4 |
stable
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-2.3 (-5.5, 0.4) |
| Newton County | Rural | No | 15.4 (9.3, 24.3) | 54 (7, 64) | 4 |
stable
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-1.3 (-4.8, 2.0) |
| Adams County | Rural | No | 15.4 (10.2, 22.4) | 55 (10, 64) | 6 |
stable
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-1.1 (-4.5, 2.1) |
| Jasper County | Rural | No | 15.2 (8.5, 25.5) | 56 (6, 64) | 3 |
stable
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-1.3 (-5.7, 2.8) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 14.3 (11.0, 18.3) | 57 (26, 64) | 13 |
falling
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-2.6 (-5.2, -0.4) |
| Lafayette County | Rural | No | 14.2 (10.0, 19.7) | 58 (18, 64) | 7 |
stable
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-1.0 (-3.7, 1.8) |
| Amite County | Rural | No | 14.2 (8.0, 24.8) | 59 (8, 64) | 3 |
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| Grenada County | Rural | No | 14.0 (8.4, 22.2) | 60 (12, 64) | 4 |
falling
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-3.0 (-5.2, -0.9) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 13.7 (10.2, 18.0) | 61 (27, 64) | 11 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.6, 0.9) |
| Itawamba County | Rural | No | 13.0 (7.9, 20.4) | 62 (17, 64) | 4 |
stable
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-1.6 (-13.9, 4.7) |
| Lamar County | Urban | No | 12.1 (8.8, 16.3) | 63 (35, 64) | 9 |
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| Rankin County | Urban | No | 10.7 (8.7, 13.0) | 64 (53, 64) | 21 |
falling
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-1.7 (-3.1, -0.2) |
| Benton County | Urban | *** |
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| Choctaw County | Rural | *** |
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| Claiborne County | Rural | *** |
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| Franklin County | Rural | *** |
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| Issaquena County | Rural | *** |
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| Jefferson County | Rural | *** |
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| Kemper County | Rural | *** |
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| Noxubee County | Rural | *** |
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| Perry County | Urban | *** |
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| Quitman County | Rural | *** |
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| Sharkey County | Rural | *** |
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| Simpson County | Urban | *** |
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| Smith County | Rural | *** |
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| Stone County | Urban | *** |
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| Tallahatchie County | Rural | *** |
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| Tunica County | Urban | *** |
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| Wilkinson County | Rural | *** |
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| Yalobusha County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 10:58 pm.
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.