Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report by State
Oral Cavity & Pharynx, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Name
State
|
Met Healthy People Objective of ***? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.7) | N/A | 11,277 |
rising 
|
0.8 (0.5, 1.1) |
| Alabama | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.3) | 10 (3, 25) | 205 |
stable 
|
0.1 (-0.6, 0.8) |
| Alaska | *** | 2.8 (2.2, 3.4) | 26 (1, 48) | 21 |
stable
|
2.5 (-0.3, 12.3) |
| Arizona | *** | 2.3 (2.1, 2.4) | 42 (36, 46) | 223 |
rising
|
1.9 (0.7, 5.4) |
| Arkansas | *** | 3.2 (2.9, 3.4) | 7 (1, 25) | 125 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.3, 1.1) |
| California | *** | 2.5 (2.4, 2.5) | 39 (32, 42) | 1,136 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 1.5) |
| Colorado | *** | 2.1 (1.9, 2.2) | 45 (40, 50) | 140 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 1.1) |
| Connecticut | *** | 1.9 (1.8, 2.1) | 47 (42, 51) | 96 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Delaware | *** | 2.8 (2.4, 3.3) | 20 (2, 42) | 40 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.9, 1.8) |
| District of Columbia | *** | 2.1 (1.7, 2.7) | 44 (17, 51) | 14 |
falling 
|
-3.0 (-4.7, -1.5) |
| Florida | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.8) | 30 (20, 34) | 908 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.6, 1.4) |
| Georgia | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 2.9) | 23 (12, 32) | 347 |
stable
|
0.6 (0.0, 2.6) |
| Hawaii | *** | 2.8 (2.4, 3.1) | 25 (4, 42) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.5) |
| Idaho | *** | 2.5 (2.2, 2.8) | 35 (16, 46) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Illinois | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.8) | 31 (19, 36) | 436 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.8, 4.9) |
| Indiana | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 3.0) | 19 (8, 33) | 240 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.6, 1.9) |
| Iowa | *** | 2.6 (2.4, 2.8) | 32 (15, 42) | 109 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.2, 1.2) |
| Kansas | *** | 2.8 (2.6, 3.1) | 21 (6, 39) | 104 |
rising
|
4.0 (2.2, 9.9) |
| Kentucky | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) | 8 (2, 21) | 184 |
rising
|
0.8 (0.3, 2.5) |
| Louisiana | *** | 3.4 (3.2, 3.6) | 3 (1, 12) | 194 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.7, 0.6) |
| Maine | *** | 3.5 (3.1, 3.9) | 2 (1, 17) | 77 |
rising
|
6.8 (1.1, 15.5) |
| 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) |
| Michigan | *** | 2.7 (2.6, 2.9) | 27 (15, 34) | 375 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.1, 0.9) |
| Minnesota | *** | 2.5 (2.4, 2.7) | 34 (23, 42) | 186 |
rising
|
1.8 (1.0, 3.6) |
| Mississippi | *** | 3.5 (3.2, 3.8) | 1 (1, 10) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.8) |
| Missouri | *** | 3.0 (2.9, 3.2) | 12 (4, 26) | 246 |
rising
|
2.1 (1.0, 5.5) |
| 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) |
| Nevada | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.2) | 15 (3, 32) | 113 |
stable
|
2.4 (-0.3, 10.3) |
| New Hampshire | *** | 3.0 (2.6, 3.3) | 14 (1, 38) | 60 |
rising
|
3.7 (0.5, 13.5) |
| New Jersey | *** | 1.9 (1.8, 2.0) | 49 (44, 51) | 232 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.8) |
| New Mexico | *** | 2.3 (2.1, 2.6) | 41 (25, 48) | 67 |
rising
|
1.1 (0.3, 2.1) |
| New York | *** | 2.1 (2.1, 2.2) | 43 (40, 48) | 565 |
falling
|
-0.5 (-0.9, -0.2) |
| North Carolina | *** | 2.9 (2.8, 3.1) | 16 (6, 27) | 397 |
rising
|
1.2 (0.2, 4.9) |
| North Dakota | *** | 1.9 (1.5, 2.3) | 50 (33, 51) | 17 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-4.1, -1.2) |
| Ohio | *** | 3.0 (2.9, 3.1) | 13 (5, 23) | 476 |
rising
|
0.7 (0.4, 1.1) |
| Oklahoma | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.4) | 9 (1, 25) | 151 |
rising
|
1.0 (0.4, 1.7) |
| Oregon | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.1) | 17 (4, 31) | 168 |
rising
|
1.8 (0.4, 6.7) |
| Pennsylvania | *** | 2.6 (2.5, 2.7) | 33 (25, 40) | 473 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-5.3, 2.0) |
| Puerto Rico | *** | 2.2 (2.0, 2.4) | N/A | 119 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-6.0, 1.7) |
| Rhode Island | *** | 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) | 48 (38, 51) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.3) |
| South Carolina | *** | 3.1 (2.9, 3.2) | 11 (3, 25) | 217 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.4, 3.2) |
| South Dakota | *** | 2.4 (2.0, 2.8) | 40 (11, 50) | 28 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.2, 1.6) |
| Tennessee | *** | 3.2 (3.0, 3.3) | 6 (2, 19) | 282 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.5) |
| Texas | *** | 2.8 (2.7, 2.9) | 24 (16, 32) | 858 |
rising
|
1.8 (0.3, 4.5) |
| Utah | *** | 1.7 (1.5, 1.9) | 51 (46, 51) | 49 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.8, 1.2) |
| Vermont | *** | 3.3 (2.8, 3.9) | 4 (1, 35) | 32 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.4, 3.1) |
| Virginia | *** | 2.5 (2.3, 2.6) | 38 (28, 43) | 266 |
rising
|
0.6 (0.1, 2.2) |
| Washington | *** | 2.9 (2.7, 3.0) | 18 (7, 31) | 269 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) |
| West Virginia | *** | 3.2 (2.9, 3.5) | 5 (1, 28) | 86 |
rising
|
1.4 (0.4, 2.4) |
| Wisconsin | *** | 2.8 (2.6, 3.0) | 22 (9, 34) | 225 |
rising
|
2.3 (0.9, 5.8) |
| Wyoming | *** | 2.0 (1.6, 2.6) | 46 (24, 51) | 15 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 4:26 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.
* 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.