Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by CI*Rank
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | N/A | Yes | 62.8 (61.5, 64.1) | N/A | 2,001 |
falling 
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-1.2 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| United States | N/A | Yes | 44.0 (43.9, 44.1) | N/A | 158,490 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Quitman County | Rural | No | 145.1 (104.9, 197.0) | 1 (1, 16) | 9 |
stable 
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0.7 (-1.7, 3.0) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 126.3 (90.8, 171.4) | 2 (1, 37) | 9 |
stable
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28.7 (-1.6, 58.4) |
| Tunica County | Urban | Yes | 107.5 (79.4, 142.6) | 3 (1, 53) | 10 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.5, 2.5) |
| Coahoma County | Rural | Yes | 96.1 (77.8, 117.6) | 4 (1, 42) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Washington County | Rural | Yes | 90.4 (78.1, 104.2) | 5 (2, 36) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Jasper County | Rural | Yes | 88.9 (68.5, 113.7) | 6 (2, 62) | 14 |
stable
|
13.3 (-0.1, 30.5) |
| Jefferson Davis County | Rural | Yes | 88.7 (65.1, 118.8) | 7 (1, 72) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.8, 1.6) |
| Sunflower County | Rural | Yes | 88.3 (72.4, 106.7) | 8 (2, 51) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.5) |
| Jefferson County | Rural | Yes | 85.2 (56.7, 123.9) | 9 (1, 79) | 6 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-5.0, 0.1) |
| Bolivar County | Rural | Yes | 84.5 (70.3, 101.0) | 10 (2, 52) | 26 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.4, -0.7) |
| Leflore County | Rural | Yes | 84.4 (69.1, 102.2) | 11 (3, 59) | 23 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.4, 2.5) |
| Tishomingo County | Rural | Yes | 82.9 (66.3, 102.9) | 12 (2, 66) | 18 |
stable
|
1.5 (-0.2, 3.5) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | Yes | 82.1 (61.3, 108.3) | 13 (2, 72) | 11 |
stable
|
1.0 (-1.1, 3.2) |
| Carroll County | Rural | Yes | 81.6 (58.1, 112.5) | 14 (2, 77) | 9 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.9, 2.4) |
| Neshoba County | Rural | Yes | 81.5 (67.0, 98.3) | 15 (3, 63) | 24 |
stable
|
1.2 (-0.8, 3.1) |
| Marion County | Rural | Yes | 80.3 (65.4, 97.8) | 16 (3, 66) | 22 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.8, 0.3) |
| Grenada County | Rural | Yes | 80.2 (64.4, 99.0) | 17 (3, 69) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) |
| Holmes County | Urban | Yes | 78.4 (59.8, 101.2) | 18 (2, 72) | 13 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.9, -0.4) |
| Noxubee County | Rural | Yes | 78.3 (54.1, 109.8) | 19 (2, 80) | 7 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.7, 3.2) |
| Covington County | Rural | Yes | 78.1 (60.9, 99.0) | 20 (3, 72) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.9, 0.9) |
| Sharkey County | Rural | Yes | 77.7 (41.8, 134.4) | 21 (1, 81) | 3 |
|
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| Yalobusha County | Rural | Yes | 76.6 (57.7, 100.7) | 22 (2, 76) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.1, 0.8) |
| Marshall County | Urban | Yes | 76.3 (64.0, 90.5) | 23 (5, 66) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Wayne County | Rural | Yes | 76.1 (59.3, 96.3) | 24 (3, 74) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.9, 1.0) |
| Pontotoc County | Rural | Yes | 74.5 (61.4, 89.7) | 25 (5, 67) | 24 |
stable
|
1.1 (-0.4, 2.8) |
| Kemper County | Rural | Yes | 73.9 (50.0, 106.3) | 26 (2, 80) | 6 |
stable
|
0.2 (-3.4, 4.0) |
| Adams County | Rural | Yes | 73.8 (60.6, 89.3) | 27 (5, 70) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Perry County | Urban | Yes | 72.3 (52.2, 98.2) | 28 (3, 79) | 9 |
stable
|
-2.1 (-4.6, 0.1) |
| Itawamba County | Rural | Yes | 72.2 (57.8, 89.3) | 29 (4, 73) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.1) |
| Copiah County | Urban | Yes | 71.1 (57.7, 86.9) | 30 (6, 73) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-2.3, 1.5) |
| Tallahatchie County | Rural | Yes | 71.1 (51.5, 96.2) | 31 (3, 79) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.7, 2.5) |
| Benton County | Urban | Yes | 71.1 (45.9, 105.9) | 32 (2, 81) | 5 |
stable
|
-1.9 (-4.9, 0.9) |
| Yazoo County | Urban | Yes | 71.0 (57.1, 87.3) | 33 (6, 75) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.2, 0.9) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | Yes | 70.5 (46.6, 103.1) | 34 (2, 81) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-3.8, 2.2) |
| Panola County | Rural | Yes | 70.2 (58.3, 84.0) | 35 (8, 71) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.5, 0.4) |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | Yes | 70.0 (47.6, 100.4) | 36 (3, 81) | 7 |
stable
|
-2.1 (-4.9, 0.3) |
| Lee County | Rural | Yes | 69.8 (62.0, 78.3) | 37 (14, 63) | 62 |
falling
|
-3.0 (-5.0, -1.7) |
| Prentiss County | Rural | Yes | 69.5 (55.6, 86.1) | 38 (5, 76) | 18 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.6, 2.5) |
| Monroe County | Rural | Yes | 69.1 (56.9, 83.2) | 39 (8, 73) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.6) |
| Warren County | Rural | Yes | 68.8 (58.2, 81.0) | 40 (10, 71) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.1, 0.8) |
| Pike County | Rural | Yes | 68.8 (57.5, 81.7) | 41 (10, 74) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.3) |
| Winston County | Rural | Yes | 68.3 (51.6, 89.0) | 42 (5, 79) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.4, 1.2) |
| Webster County | Rural | Yes | 68.3 (47.0, 96.5) | 43 (3, 81) | 7 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.8, 0.4) |
| Walthall County | Rural | Yes | 67.4 (49.9, 89.6) | 44 (4, 80) | 11 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.5, 0.4) |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | Yes | 67.1 (50.9, 87.2) | 45 (4, 79) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-3.2, 2.3) |
| George County | Rural | Yes | 66.7 (53.2, 82.7) | 46 (8, 77) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.6, 0.7) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | Yes | 66.5 (46.8, 92.2) | 47 (4, 80) | 8 |
stable
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0.2 (-1.3, 1.7) |
| Stone County | Urban | Yes | 66.4 (50.5, 86.0) | 48 (6, 79) | 13 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-4.2, 0.7) |
| Hinds County | Urban | Yes | 65.9 (61.1, 71.0) | 49 (26, 63) | 152 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.5) |
| Forrest County | Urban | Yes | 64.8 (56.5, 74.1) | 50 (18, 71) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Tippah County | Rural | Yes | 64.7 (50.2, 82.3) | 51 (7, 79) | 14 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Lowndes County | Rural | Yes | 64.7 (55.4, 75.1) | 52 (16, 73) | 38 |
stable
|
-13.1 (-25.3, 0.6) |
| Leake County | Rural | Yes | 64.1 (49.6, 81.8) | 53 (8, 79) | 14 |
falling
|
-3.7 (-17.8, -1.4) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | Yes | 64.0 (44.3, 90.8) | 54 (4, 81) | 7 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-3.3, 1.9) |
| Union County | Rural | Yes | 63.8 (51.2, 78.8) | 55 (12, 77) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.6, 1.7) |
| Attala County | Rural | Yes | 62.6 (47.2, 81.8) | 56 (8, 81) | 12 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-2.3, 2.0) |
| Pearl River County | Rural | Yes | 62.5 (53.5, 72.7) | 57 (19, 75) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.6) |
| Hancock County | Urban | Yes | 61.1 (51.6, 72.0) | 58 (22, 76) | 35 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.2) |
| Tate County | Urban | Yes | 61.0 (48.9, 75.4) | 59 (15, 79) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.5, 0.4) |
| Choctaw County | Rural | Yes | 60.7 (40.0, 89.8) | 60 (4, 81) | 6 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.4, 1.0) |
| Alcorn County | Rural | Yes | 60.6 (49.6, 73.5) | 61 (17, 78) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.3, -0.4) |
| Greene County | Rural | Yes | 60.5 (44.0, 82.0) | 62 (8, 81) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.2, 0.8) |
| Scott County | Urban | Yes | 60.4 (48.3, 74.8) | 63 (17, 80) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.2, 1.2) |
| Jones County | Rural | Yes | 59.1 (51.0, 68.2) | 64 (28, 77) | 41 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.3) |
| Harrison County | Urban | Yes | 59.0 (54.4, 63.8) | 65 (39, 73) | 136 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.4, -1.0) |
| Clay County | Rural | Yes | 59.0 (44.3, 77.3) | 66 (12, 81) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.9, -0.7) |
| Jackson County | Urban | Yes | 58.8 (53.5, 64.5) | 67 (40, 73) | 97 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Simpson County | Urban | Yes | 58.7 (46.1, 73.9) | 68 (17, 80) | 16 |
falling
|
-13.6 (-24.1, -1.5) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | Yes | 54.5 (47.1, 62.8) | 69 (40, 79) | 42 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-4.0, -1.7) |
| Oktibbeha County | Rural | Yes | 54.3 (43.9, 66.4) | 70 (29, 81) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.6, 0.9) |
| Smith County | Rural | Yes | 53.9 (38.6, 74.0) | 71 (15, 81) | 8 |
falling
|
-4.4 (-13.7, -2.4) |
| Amite County | Rural | Yes | 53.0 (37.8, 73.8) | 72 (15, 81) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.5, 1.4) |
| Newton County | Rural | Yes | 52.3 (39.3, 68.4) | 73 (25, 81) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-4.0, 0.6) |
| DeSoto County | Urban | Yes | 50.5 (46.2, 55.3) | 74 (59, 79) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | Yes | 48.8 (39.1, 60.3) | 75 (42, 81) | 19 |
falling
|
-10.3 (-24.3, -1.6) |
| Madison County | Urban | Yes | 46.6 (41.3, 52.5) | 76 (64, 81) | 59 |
falling
|
-6.5 (-14.0, -5.6) |
| Clarke County | Rural | Yes | 46.6 (33.0, 64.6) | 77 (27, 81) | 8 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-4.3, -0.2) |
| Lamar County | Urban | Yes | 46.0 (38.9, 54.1) | 78 (60, 81) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-3.5, -0.8) |
| Franklin County | Rural | Yes | 43.7 (26.2, 70.2) | 79 (17, 81) | 4 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-5.8, -0.3) |
| Rankin County | Urban | Yes | 41.2 (37.0, 45.9) | 80 (72, 81) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.4, -0.8) |
| Lafayette County | Rural | Yes | 36.7 (29.5, 45.2) | 81 (73, 81) | 19 |
falling
|
-3.4 (-4.7, -2.0) |
| Issaquena County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 8:32 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.