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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 Count

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


Osceola County


Worth County


Monroe County


Ringgold County


Van Buren County


Audubon County


Decatur County


Wayne County


Calhoun County


Fremont County


Pocahontas County


Adair County


Franklin County


Hancock County


Howard County


Humboldt County


Lucas County


Mitchell County


Sac County


Winnebago County


Grundy County


Clay County


Lyon County


Wright County


Davis County


Greene County


Guthrie County


Shelby County


Allamakee County


Clarke County


Louisa County


Cherokee County


Keokuk County


Jefferson County


Kossuth County


Union County


Winneshiek County


Poweshiek County


Appanoose County


Buena Vista County


O'Brien County


Chickasaw County


Emmet County


Harrison County


Butler County


Crawford County


Mills County


Palo Alto County


Sioux County


Cedar County


Hamilton County


Montgomery County


Cass County


Jones County


Page County


Delaware County


Dickinson County


Buchanan County


Bremer County


Carroll County


Floyd County


Hardin County


Madison County


Tama County


Iowa County


Washington County


Henry County


Jackson County


Plymouth County


Fayette County


Clayton County


Mahaska County


Benton County


Boone County


Webster County


Jasper County


Warren County


Marshall County


Marion County


Lee County


Cerro Gordo County


Muscatine County


Wapello County


Story County


Des Moines County


Clinton County


Dallas County


Dubuque County


Johnson County


Woodbury County


Pottawattamie County


Black Hawk County


Scott County


Linn County


Polk County


Adams County Ida County Monona County Taylor County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 8:09 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.