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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Iowa by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

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


Iowa


United States


Palo Alto County


Emmet County


Davis County


Ringgold County


Audubon County


Montgomery County


Wayne County


Cass County


Keokuk County


Clayton County


Greene County


Des Moines County


Floyd County


Wapello County


Clarke County


Chickasaw County


Tama County


Boone County


Union County


Decatur County


Mahaska County


Fremont County


Louisa County


Fayette County


Woodbury County


Pottawattamie County


Muscatine County


Iowa County


Van Buren County


Madison County


Pocahontas County


Mills County


Marion County


Cherokee County


Lee County


Adair County


Hardin County


Page County


O'Brien County


Butler County


Clinton County


Appanoose County


Benton County


Howard County


Guthrie County


Allamakee County


Kossuth County


Polk County


Lyon County


Black Hawk County


Henry County


Cerro Gordo County


Webster County


Franklin County


Jackson County


Humboldt County


Buchanan County


Bremer County


Crawford County


Jasper County


Wright County


Winnebago County


Hancock County


Harrison County


Calhoun County


Dickinson County


Hamilton County


Washington County


Scott County


Sac County


Jefferson County


Shelby County


Delaware County


Lucas County


Linn County


Marshall County


Mitchell County


Osceola County


Plymouth County


Grundy County


Monroe County


Jones County


Cedar County


Dubuque County


Carroll County


Buena Vista County


Worth County


Warren County


Dallas County


Story County


Johnson County


Winneshiek County


Poweshiek County


Clay County


Sioux County


Adams County Ida County Monona County Taylor County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 7:52 pm.

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.