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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Missouri 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


Missouri


United States


Ripley County


Hickory County


Pemiscot County


St. Clair County


Dunklin County


Oregon County


Shannon County


Dent County


New Madrid County


Atchison County


Washington County


Grundy County


Macon County


Iron County


Ozark County


Ray County


St. Francois County


Randolph County


Saline County


Laclede County


Vernon County


McDonald County


Crawford County


Linn County


Butler County


Pettis County


Dade County


Wright County


Caldwell County


Lewis County


Marion County


Texas County


Wayne County


Scott County


Taney County


Morgan County


Howell County


Cooper County


Dallas County


Putnam County


Barry County


Chariton County


Buchanan County


Madison County


Polk County


Gasconade County


Stone County


Jasper County


Lawrence County


Livingston County


Reynolds County


Stoddard County


Montgomery County


Maries County


Ste. Genevieve County


Pike County


Newton County


Phelps County


Mississippi County


St. Louis City


Douglas County


Monroe County


Miller County


Benton County


Bollinger County


Franklin County


Audrain County


Moniteau County


Perry County


Gentry County


Jefferson County


Barton County


Pulaski County


Ralls County


Webster County


Lincoln County


Cedar County


Cape Girardeau County


Henry County


Bates County


Johnson County


Jackson County


Lafayette County


Christian County


DeKalb County


Warren County


Camden County


Osage County


Greene County


Clay County


Howard County


Callaway County


Shelby County


Cole County


Clinton County


Andrew County


Cass County


Daviess County


Nodaway County


St. Louis County


Harrison County


Boone County


Adair County


St. Charles County


Platte County


Clark County


Carroll County


Carter County Holt County Knox County Mercer County Schuyler County Scotland County Sullivan County Worth County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 4:12 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.