Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Maryland by County
Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Recentaapc
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | N/A | No | 12.5 (12.1, 12.9) | N/A | 946 |
falling 
|
-3.6 (-6.3, -1.4) |
| United States | N/A | No | 12.9 (12.8, 12.9) | N/A | 52,648 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Queen Annes County | Urban | No | 11.1 (7.8, 15.5) | 20 (3, 24) | 8 |
falling
|
-4.1 (-6.6, -1.9) |
| Somerset County | Urban | No | 12.3 (7.2, 19.8) | 15 (1, 24) | 3 |
stable 
|
-3.7 (-8.6, 0.2) |
| Calvert County | Urban | No | 13.6 (10.8, 17.1) | 11 (1, 22) | 16 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-5.2, -1.9) |
| Charles County | Urban | No | 14.3 (11.9, 17.0) | 6 (1, 20) | 26 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-5.1, -2.1) |
| Frederick County | Urban | No | 10.9 (9.3, 12.6) | 21 (11, 23) | 36 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-4.7, -2.5) |
| Howard County | Urban | Yes | 8.3 (7.0, 9.7) | 24 (20, 24) | 31 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-4.8, -2.2) |
| Prince Georges County | Urban | No | 12.7 (11.7, 13.7) | 14 (7, 19) | 135 |
falling
|
-3.5 (-4.1, -2.9) |
| Worcester County | Rural | No | 10.0 (7.3, 13.7) | 22 (7, 24) | 10 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-5.1, -1.4) |
| Caroline County | Rural | No | 15.8 (10.8, 22.4) | 4 (1, 23) | 6 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-5.3, -1.1) |
| Carroll County | Urban | No | 13.8 (11.7, 16.2) | 8 (2, 20) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-3.9, -1.9) |
| Anne Arundel County | Urban | No | 12.2 (11.0, 13.4) | 16 (8, 21) | 84 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-3.7, -1.8) |
| Cecil County | Urban | No | 14.9 (11.9, 18.4) | 5 (1, 20) | 18 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.1, -1.6) |
| Wicomico County | Urban | No | 13.1 (10.3, 16.5) | 12 (1, 23) | 16 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.2, -1.5) |
| Baltimore City | Urban | No | 16.0 (14.6, 17.5) | 2 (1, 9) | 103 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.2, -1.8) |
| Garrett County | Rural | No | 11.9 (8.0, 17.6) | 18 (1, 24) | 6 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.9, -0.2) |
| Dorchester County | Rural | No | 17.6 (12.4, 24.5) | 1 (1, 20) | 8 |
stable
|
-2.0 (-4.2, 0.0) |
| Kent County | Rural | No | 11.2 (6.6, 18.7) | 19 (1, 24) | 4 |
stable
|
-2.0 (-5.5, 1.3) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 12.7 (10.6, 15.2) | 13 (3, 22) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.9, -0.5) |
| Harford County | Urban | No | 14.2 (12.4, 16.1) | 7 (2, 18) | 47 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.8, 0.1) |
| Allegany County | Rural | No | 15.9 (12.5, 20.1) | 3 (1, 19) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.6, 4.6) |
| Baltimore County | Urban | No | 13.7 (12.7, 14.7) | 10 (4, 17) | 153 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.8, 3.0) |
| St. Marys County | Urban | No | 13.8 (10.9, 17.2) | 9 (1, 22) | 16 |
stable
|
0.2 (-4.4, 14.5) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | No | 9.9 (9.2, 10.7) | 23 (17, 24) | 133 |
stable
|
1.0 (-1.1, 7.6) |
| Talbot County | Rural | No | 12.0 (8.2, 17.2) | 17 (1, 24) | 8 |
stable
|
12.8 (-1.7, 42.3) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 7:40 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.