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 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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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Hardy County | Rural | No | 16.3 (9.2, 27.5) | 26 (1, 44) | 3 |
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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) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 16.9 (10.3, 26.8) | 24 (1, 44) | 4 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Roane County | Rural | No | 17.6 (10.0, 29.4) | 17 (1, 44) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| Summers County | Rural | No | 19.3 (11.6, 31.8) | 14 (1, 44) | 4 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | No | 22.0 (12.3, 38.7) | 6 (1, 44) | 3 |
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| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 03/23/2026 7:28 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.