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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Alabama by County

Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023

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

Sorted by Count

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


Alabama


United States


Bullock County


Fayette County


Geneva County


Conecuh County


Crenshaw County


Sumter County


Marengo County


Butler County


Clay County


Cleburne County


Winston County


Macon County


Washington County


Pickens County


Monroe County


Randolph County


Cherokee County


Franklin County


Pike County


Barbour County


Chilton County


Dale County


Tallapoosa County


Chambers County


Lawrence County


Marion County


Coffee County


Escambia County


Clarke County


Dallas County


Covington County


Autauga County


Blount County


Jackson County


DeKalb County


Cullman County


Colbert County


Russell County


Limestone County


St. Clair County


Walker County


Marshall County


Elmore County


Lauderdale County


Talladega County


Houston County


Lee County


Morgan County


Etowah County


Calhoun County


Shelby County


Tuscaloosa County


Baldwin County


Montgomery County


Madison County


Mobile County


Jefferson County


Bibb County Choctaw County Coosa County Greene County Hale County Henry County Lamar County Lowndes County Perry County Wilcox County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2026 1:36 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.

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.