Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report by State
Oral Cavity & Pharynx, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by CI*Rank
State
|
Met Healthy People Objective of ***? |
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)
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | *** | 3.5 (3.2, 3.8) | 1 (1, 10) | 131 |
stable 
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Maine | *** | 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) | 2 (1, 17) | 77 |
rising 
|
6.8 (1.1, 15.5) |
| Louisiana | *** | 3.4 (3.2, 3.6) | 3 (1, 12) | 194 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.6) |
| Vermont | *** | 3.3 (2.8, 3.9) | 4 (1, 35) | 32 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.4, 3.1) |
| West Virginia | *** | 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) | 5 (1, 28) | 86 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.4, 2.4) |
| Tennessee | *** | 3.2 (3.0, 3.3) | 6 (2, 19) | 282 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.5) |
| Arkansas | *** | 3.2 (2.9, 3.4) | 7 (1, 25) | 125 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.3, 1.1) |
| Kentucky | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) | 8 (2, 21) | 184 |
rising
|
0.8 (0.3, 2.5) |
| Oklahoma | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) | 9 (1, 25) | 151 |
rising
|
1.0 (0.4, 1.7) |
| Alabama | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.3) | 10 (3, 25) | 205 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| South Carolina | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.2) | 11 (3, 25) | 217 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 3.2) |
| Missouri | *** | 3.0 (2.9, 3.2) | 12 (4, 26) | 246 |
rising
|
2.1 (1.0, 5.5) |
| Ohio | *** | 3.0 (2.9, 3.1) | 13 (5, 23) | 476 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.4, 1.1) |
| New Hampshire | *** | 3.0 (2.6, 3.3) | 14 (1, 38) | 60 |
rising
|
3.7 (0.5, 13.5) |
| Nevada | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.2) | 15 (3, 32) | 113 |
stable
|
2.4 (-0.3, 10.3) |
| North Carolina | *** | 2.9 (2.8, 3.1) | 16 (6, 27) | 397 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.2, 4.9) |
| Oregon | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.1) | 17 (4, 31) | 168 |
rising
|
1.8 (0.4, 6.7) |
| Washington | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.0) | 18 (7, 31) | 269 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) |
| Indiana | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 3.0) | 19 (8, 33) | 240 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.6, 1.9) |
| Delaware | *** | 2.8 (2.4, 3.3) | 20 (2, 42) | 40 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.8) |
| Kansas | *** | 2.8 (2.6, 3.1) | 21 (6, 39) | 104 |
rising
|
4.0 (2.2, 9.9) |
| Wisconsin | *** | 2.8 (2.6, 3.0) | 22 (9, 34) | 225 |
rising
|
2.3 (0.9, 5.8) |
| Georgia | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 2.9) | 23 (12, 32) | 347 |
stable
|
0.6 (0.0, 2.6) |
| Texas | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 2.9) | 24 (16, 32) | 858 |
rising
|
1.8 (0.3, 4.5) |
| Hawaii | *** | 2.8 (2.4, 3.1) | 25 (4, 42) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Alaska | *** | 2.8 (2.2, 3.4) | 26 (1, 48) | 21 |
stable
|
2.5 (-0.3, 12.3) |
| Michigan | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.9) | 27 (15, 34) | 375 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.1, 0.9) |
| Montana | *** | 2.7 (2.4, 3.1) | 28 (3, 43) | 43 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.3, 2.8) |
| Nebraska | *** | 2.7 (2.4, 3.0) | 29 (6, 42) | 65 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.3, 2.8) |
| Florida | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.8) | 30 (20, 34) | 908 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 1.4) |
| Illinois | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.8) | 31 (19, 36) | 436 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.8, 4.9) |
| Iowa | *** | 2.6 (2.4, 2.8) | 32 (15, 42) | 109 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.2, 1.2) |
| Pennsylvania | *** | 2.6 (2.5, 2.7) | 33 (25, 40) | 473 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-5.3, 2.0) |
| Minnesota | *** | 2.5 (2.4, 2.7) | 34 (23, 42) | 186 |
rising
|
1.8 (1.0, 3.6) |
| Idaho | *** | 2.5 (2.2, 2.8) | 35 (16, 46) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Maryland | *** | 2.5 (2.3, 2.7) | 36 (26, 43) | 192 |
stable
|
0.7 (-0.4, 5.3) |
| Massachusetts | *** | 2.5 (2.3, 2.6) | 37 (27, 43) | 233 |
stable
|
3.3 (-0.1, 8.0) |
| Virginia | *** | 2.5 (2.3, 2.6) | 38 (28, 43) | 266 |
rising
|
0.6 (0.1, 2.2) |
| California | *** | 2.5 (2.4, 2.5) | 39 (32, 42) | 1,136 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 1.5) |
| South Dakota | *** | 2.4 (2.0, 2.8) | 40 (11, 50) | 28 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.6) |
| New Mexico | *** | 2.3 (2.1, 2.6) | 41 (25, 48) | 67 |
rising
|
1.1 (0.3, 2.1) |
| Arizona | *** | 2.3 (2.1, 2.4) | 42 (36, 46) | 223 |
rising
|
1.9 (0.7, 5.4) |
| New York | *** | 2.1 (2.1, 2.2) | 43 (40, 48) | 565 |
falling 
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| District of Columbia | *** | 2.1 (1.7, 2.7) | 44 (17, 51) | 14 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-4.7, -1.5) |
| Colorado | *** | 2.1 (1.9, 2.2) | 45 (40, 50) | 140 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 1.1) |
| Wyoming | *** | 2.0 (1.6, 2.6) | 46 (24, 51) | 15 |
|
|
| Connecticut | *** | 1.9 (1.8, 2.1) | 47 (42, 51) | 96 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Rhode Island | *** | 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) | 48 (38, 51) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| New Jersey | *** | 1.9 (1.8, 2.0) | 49 (44, 51) | 232 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| North Dakota | *** | 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) | 50 (33, 51) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.1, -1.2) |
| Utah | *** | 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) | 51 (46, 51) | 49 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.2) |
| Puerto Rico | *** | 2.2 (2.0, 2.4) | N/A | 119 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-6.0, 1.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 5:43 pm.
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.
⋔ 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.
* 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.
CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.