Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County
Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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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| Mississippi | N/A | No | 17.7 (17.1, 18.4) | N/A | 642 |
stable 
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-1.0 (-2.2, 0.3) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lamar County | Urban | No | 12.1 (8.8, 16.3) | 63 (35, 64) | 9 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Amite County | Rural | No | 14.2 (8.0, 24.8) | 59 (8, 64) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Walthall County | Rural | No | 16.5 (9.5, 27.3) | 49 (4, 64) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Clarke County | Rural | No | 17.5 (10.9, 27.5) | 40 (4, 64) | 4 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 18.9 (10.7, 31.4) | 33 (2, 64) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Tishomingo County | Rural | No | 19.8 (12.8, 29.8) | 27 (2, 64) | 5 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 21.4 (12.0, 36.4) | 23 (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) |
| Jefferson Davis County | Rural | No | 21.9 (12.4, 36.5) | 21 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| Greene County | Rural | No | 22.1 (13.0, 35.5) | 20 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 25.9 (15.3, 41.4) | 6 (1, 64) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 30.8 (18.5, 48.8) | 3 (1, 60) | 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) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 39.1 (24.3, 60.9) | 1 (1, 43) | 4 |
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| 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 03/23/2026 4:58 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.