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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Tennessee by County

Breast, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, All Ages

Sorted by CI*Rank

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


Tennessee


United States


Crockett County


Morgan County


Chester County


Polk County


Haywood County


Overton County


Grundy County


Hardeman County


Union County


Cheatham County


Weakley County


Carroll County


Lauderdale County


Henderson County


Gibson County


Coffee County


Unicoi County


Bedford County


Humphreys County


Scott County


Madison County


Dyer County


Shelby County


Sullivan County


McNairy County


Hamblen County


Hawkins County


Bradley County


Wayne County


Grainger County


Claiborne County


Hickman County


Henry County


Warren County


Sevier County


Tipton County


Rutherford County


Cocke County


Rhea County


Marion County


Cumberland County


Montgomery County


Putnam County


Marshall County


Dickson County


McMinn County


Fayette County


Lawrence County


Knox County


Obion County


Greene County


Franklin County


Anderson County


Robertson County


Blount County


Loudon County


Sumner County


Davidson County


Hamilton County


Giles County


Hardin County


Campbell County


Williamson County


Monroe County


Wilson County


Washington County


Lincoln County


Carter County


Jefferson County


Maury County


White County


Roane County


Benton County Bledsoe County Cannon County Clay County DeKalb County Decatur County Fentress County Hancock County Houston County Jackson County Johnson County Lake County Lewis County Macon County Meigs County Moore County Perry County Pickett County Sequatchie County Smith County Stewart County Trousdale County Van Buren County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 8:41 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.


† 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+).

The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal.

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.

Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.