Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for West Virginia 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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| West Virginia | N/A | No | 16.6 (15.8, 17.3) | N/A | 424 |
falling 
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-1.6 (-2.0, -1.1) |
| United States | N/A | No | 12.9 (12.8, 12.9) | N/A | 52,648 |
falling
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-0.8 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Ritchie County | Rural | No | 26.3 (15.0, 44.4) | 1 (1, 44) | 3 |
stable 
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0.9 (-2.4, 4.4) |
| Barbour County | Rural | No | 23.7 (15.2, 35.8) | 2 (1, 43) | 5 |
stable
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0.4 (-2.0, 3.0) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 23.3 (15.0, 34.9) | 3 (1, 42) | 5 |
stable
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0.6 (-1.9, 9.1) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 23.1 (15.7, 33.5) | 4 (1, 40) | 6 |
stable
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1.9 (-0.9, 4.7) |
| Wetzel County | Rural | No | 22.2 (13.8, 34.5) | 5 (1, 44) | 4 |
stable
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-1.5 (-4.7, 1.4) |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | No | 22.0 (12.3, 38.7) | 6 (1, 44) | 3 |
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| Mingo County | Rural | No | 21.6 (14.8, 30.7) | 7 (1, 42) | 7 |
falling
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-3.1 (-5.1, -1.2) |
| Hampshire County | Urban | No | 21.4 (14.6, 30.6) | 8 (1, 43) | 7 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.9, 1.6) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 21.0 (15.3, 28.4) | 9 (1, 40) | 9 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.1, 0.9) |
| Wyoming County | Rural | No | 21.0 (14.2, 30.3) | 10 (1, 43) | 6 |
stable
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-1.8 (-5.4, 1.5) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 20.4 (13.4, 30.1) | 11 (1, 44) | 5 |
stable
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-0.1 (-3.0, 2.9) |
| Randolph County | Rural | No | 20.2 (14.4, 28.0) | 12 (1, 42) | 8 |
stable
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-0.4 (-2.6, 1.9) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 19.7 (13.2, 28.8) | 13 (1, 44) | 6 |
stable
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-1.8 (-5.1, 1.3) |
| Summers County | Rural | No | 19.3 (11.6, 31.8) | 14 (1, 44) | 4 |
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| Fayette County | Urban | No | 19.2 (14.5, 25.2) | 15 (2, 41) | 12 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.6, 0.0) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 18.0 (13.1, 24.3) | 16 (2, 43) | 10 |
stable
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1.9 (-2.7, 17.9) |
| Roane County | Rural | No | 17.6 (10.0, 29.4) | 17 (1, 44) | 3 |
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| Morgan County | Urban | No | 17.6 (10.2, 28.7) | 18 (1, 44) | 4 |
stable
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0.3 (-2.8, 3.7) |
| Marshall County | Urban | No | 17.4 (12.4, 24.2) | 19 (2, 44) | 8 |
stable
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-0.6 (-3.6, 2.2) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 17.3 (13.3, 22.2) | 20 (4, 43) | 13 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.4, 0.9) |
| Braxton County | Rural | No | 17.1 (10.2, 28.2) | 21 (1, 44) | 3 |
stable
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0.7 (-2.7, 4.3) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 17.0 (10.1, 28.2) | 22 (1, 44) | 3 |
stable
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-0.6 (-4.3, 3.6) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 17.0 (13.2, 21.7) | 23 (6, 43) | 14 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 16.9 (10.3, 26.8) | 24 (1, 44) | 4 |
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| Upshur County | Rural | No | 16.8 (11.1, 24.7) | 25 (3, 44) | 5 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.9, -0.2) |
| Hardy County | Rural | No | 16.3 (9.2, 27.5) | 26 (1, 44) | 3 |
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| Wood County | Urban | No | 16.3 (13.1, 20.0) | 27 (8, 43) | 19 |
stable
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-0.1 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Kanawha County | Urban | No | 16.2 (14.0, 18.7) | 28 (12, 40) | 42 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.1, -1.0) |
| Greenbrier County | Rural | No | 16.1 (11.6, 22.2) | 29 (5, 44) | 8 |
stable
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0.2 (-2.1, 2.5) |
| Mineral County | Rural | No | 15.9 (10.9, 22.9) | 30 (3, 44) | 6 |
stable
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13.7 (-2.3, 27.0) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 15.9 (12.4, 20.2) | 31 (8, 44) | 14 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.6, -0.3) |
| Brooke County | Urban | No | 15.4 (10.4, 22.6) | 32 (5, 44) | 6 |
stable
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-0.4 (-3.9, 15.7) |
| Raleigh County | Urban | No | 15.1 (12.0, 18.9) | 33 (11, 44) | 17 |
falling
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-2.5 (-3.7, -1.4) |
| Cabell County | Urban | No | 14.9 (12.0, 18.4) | 34 (12, 44) | 18 |
falling
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-2.3 (-3.7, -1.1) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 14.8 (9.8, 21.7) | 35 (5, 44) | 6 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.9, 2.7) |
| Berkeley County | Urban | No | 14.6 (11.8, 18.0) | 36 (13, 44) | 20 |
falling
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-7.5 (-29.7, -1.4) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 14.6 (9.5, 21.8) | 37 (5, 44) | 5 |
stable
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-1.5 (-4.5, 1.2) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 14.2 (10.6, 18.8) | 38 (11, 44) | 10 |
falling
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-3.4 (-5.3, -1.6) |
| Ohio County | Urban | No | 13.9 (9.9, 19.1) | 39 (9, 44) | 9 |
falling
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-3.1 (-4.8, -1.7) |
| Preston County | Urban | No | 13.8 (9.3, 20.0) | 40 (7, 44) | 6 |
stable
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-1.9 (-4.2, 0.3) |
| Monongalia County | Urban | No | 13.8 (10.7, 17.6) | 41 (14, 44) | 14 |
stable
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-1.8 (-3.5, 6.6) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 13.8 (8.8, 20.9) | 42 (6, 44) | 5 |
stable
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-2.5 (-5.4, 0.1) |
| Hancock County | Urban | No | 13.2 (8.8, 19.5) | 43 (10, 44) | 6 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.8, -0.1) |
| Putnam County | Urban | No | 12.9 (9.5, 17.3) | 44 (16, 44) | 9 |
falling
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-3.0 (-5.0, -1.0) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | *** |
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| Clay County | Urban | *** |
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| Doddridge County | Rural | *** |
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| Gilmer County | Rural | *** |
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| Grant County | Rural | *** |
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| Pendleton County | Rural | *** |
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| Pleasants County | Rural | *** |
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| Tucker County | Rural | *** |
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| Tyler County | Rural | *** |
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| Webster County | Rural | *** |
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| Wirt County | Urban | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 10:22 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.