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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 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


Missouri


United States


St. Louis County


Jackson County


St. Louis City


St. Charles County


Jefferson County


Greene County


Clay County


Jasper County


Boone County


Franklin County


Cass County


St. Francois County


Buchanan County


Christian County


Platte County


Cape Girardeau County


Taney County


Lincoln County


Newton County


Cole County


Butler County


Pettis County


Camden County


Laclede County


Howell County


Johnson County


Dunklin County


Phelps County


Barry County


Scott County


Callaway County


Lawrence County


Pulaski County


Webster County


Warren County


Washington County


Stone County


Polk County


Ray County


Stoddard County


Lafayette County


Marion County


Randolph County


Texas County


Crawford County


McDonald County


Pemiscot County


Morgan County


Miller County


New Madrid County


Saline County


Audrain County


Henry County


Dent County


Benton County


Vernon County


Ste. Genevieve County


Wright County


Ripley County


Dallas County


Gasconade County


Perry County


Clinton County


Macon County


Pike County


Hickory County


St. Clair County


Cooper County


Adair County


Andrew County


Bates County


Madison County


Moniteau County


Wayne County


Iron County


Nodaway County


Cedar County


Douglas County


Livingston County


Oregon County


Grundy County


Linn County


Montgomery County


Mississippi County


Ozark County


Shannon County


Ralls County


Osage County


Barton County


Bollinger County


DeKalb County


Maries County


Dade County


Lewis County


Caldwell County


Monroe County


Howard County


Reynolds County


Atchison County


Chariton County


Gentry County


Harrison County


Putnam County


Shelby County


Carroll County


Clark County


Daviess County


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


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/30/2026 10:26 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.