Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Tennessee 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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | N/A | Yes | 55.1 (54.4, 55.9) | N/A | 4,221 |
falling 
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-2.1 (-3.2, -1.7) |
| United States | N/A | Yes | 44.0 (43.9, 44.1) | N/A | 158,490 |
falling
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-1.5 (-1.8, -1.3) |
| Hickman County | Urban | Yes | 98.1 (82.0, 116.7) | 1 (1, 25) | 28 |
stable 
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0.4 (-1.5, 2.3) |
| Campbell County | Urban | Yes | 91.1 (78.8, 105.0) | 2 (1, 25) | 43 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Meigs County | Rural | Yes | 87.9 (66.8, 114.1) | 3 (1, 75) | 13 |
stable
|
0.1 (-2.0, 2.3) |
| Benton County | Rural | Yes | 84.5 (65.1, 108.3) | 4 (1, 78) | 15 |
stable
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0.3 (-1.7, 2.3) |
| Overton County | Rural | Yes | 84.3 (68.5, 103.0) | 5 (1, 65) | 22 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.5, 1.7) |
| Morgan County | Urban | Yes | 83.0 (67.2, 102.0) | 6 (1, 67) | 20 |
stable
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0.3 (-1.7, 2.4) |
| Haywood County | Rural | Yes | 83.0 (65.2, 104.6) | 7 (1, 73) | 17 |
stable
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1.0 (-1.0, 3.2) |
| Lewis County | Rural | Yes | 80.5 (60.0, 106.5) | 8 (1, 84) | 11 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.8, 2.2) |
| Rhea County | Rural | Yes | 80.0 (67.3, 94.7) | 9 (1, 59) | 30 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.5, 1.7) |
| Hancock County | Rural | Yes | 79.7 (53.8, 115.7) | 10 (1, 93) | 7 |
stable
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0.9 (-1.7, 3.7) |
| Henderson County | Rural | Yes | 79.5 (65.2, 96.1) | 11 (1, 67) | 24 |
stable
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0.1 (-1.2, 1.4) |
| Crockett County | Urban | Yes | 77.9 (58.0, 102.9) | 12 (1, 88) | 11 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.7, 1.6) |
| Hardin County | Rural | Yes | 77.8 (63.6, 94.5) | 13 (1, 73) | 24 |
stable
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0.0 (-1.9, 1.7) |
| Johnson County | Rural | Yes | 76.5 (59.9, 97.0) | 14 (1, 81) | 16 |
stable
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0.4 (-1.0, 1.8) |
| Cocke County | Rural | Yes | 75.4 (64.0, 88.6) | 15 (2, 68) | 35 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Clay County | Rural | Yes | 75.1 (49.9, 110.3) | 16 (1, 93) | 6 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-3.0, 1.7) |
| Polk County | Urban | Yes | 74.9 (58.8, 94.8) | 17 (1, 86) | 16 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.3, 0.5) |
| Trousdale County | Urban | Yes | 73.8 (53.7, 99.6) | 18 (1, 92) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-4.4, 1.2) |
| Grundy County | Rural | Yes | 73.0 (54.7, 96.3) | 19 (1, 92) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.2, 1.0) |
| Gibson County | Urban | Yes | 72.8 (62.8, 84.1) | 20 (4, 66) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Chester County | Urban | Yes | 72.8 (55.5, 94.1) | 21 (1, 89) | 13 |
stable
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0.2 (-1.9, 2.5) |
| Obion County | Rural | Yes | 71.7 (59.2, 86.4) | 22 (2, 77) | 25 |
rising 
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22.7 (9.1, 33.9) |
| Coffee County | Rural | Yes | 71.2 (61.9, 81.6) | 23 (4, 66) | 46 |
stable
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8.5 (-0.7, 15.6) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | Yes | 70.8 (58.6, 85.0) | 24 (3, 83) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.6, 0.4) |
| Scott County | Rural | Yes | 70.6 (56.5, 87.7) | 25 (2, 89) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-3.0, 0.9) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | Yes | 70.3 (56.7, 86.4) | 26 (2, 87) | 20 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.5, 0.5) |
| Union County | Urban | Yes | 70.2 (55.4, 88.1) | 27 (2, 89) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.3, 0.5) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | Yes | 70.0 (45.5, 105.6) | 28 (1, 93) | 6 |
stable
|
1.1 (-1.7, 4.6) |
| Jackson County | Rural | Yes | 69.2 (51.0, 93.1) | 29 (1, 93) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.9, 0.9) |
| Dyer County | Rural | Yes | 69.1 (57.8, 82.1) | 30 (5, 81) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.2, 2.0) |
| Wayne County | Rural | Yes | 68.8 (53.3, 88.3) | 31 (1, 92) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.3) |
| Monroe County | Rural | Yes | 68.7 (58.6, 80.3) | 32 (5, 76) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 1.1) |
| Dickson County | Urban | Yes | 68.1 (59.1, 78.3) | 33 (7, 76) | 44 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.8, 0.9) |
| Macon County | Urban | Yes | 67.7 (54.3, 83.7) | 34 (2, 89) | 19 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.7, 0.1) |
| Hawkins County | Urban | Yes | 67.4 (58.5, 77.3) | 35 (9, 74) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Hamblen County | Urban | Yes | 66.3 (57.9, 75.7) | 36 (10, 77) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.5, -0.3) |
| Lake County | Rural | Yes | 66.1 (43.4, 99.0) | 37 (1, 93) | 5 |
falling
|
-3.3 (-6.0, -0.9) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | Yes | 65.7 (51.3, 83.5) | 38 (3, 92) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-3.1, 0.7) |
| Henry County | Rural | Yes | 65.2 (53.9, 78.5) | 39 (6, 88) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | Yes | 65.2 (48.7, 85.9) | 40 (2, 93) | 12 |
stable
|
-2.2 (-4.6, 0.1) |
| Marshall County | Rural | Yes | 65.1 (54.0, 78.0) | 41 (6, 85) | 26 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.4, 0.4) |
| Sullivan County | Urban | Yes | 64.9 (59.6, 70.7) | 42 (20, 68) | 121 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.2, 0.0) |
| Decatur County | Rural | Yes | 64.2 (44.6, 90.3) | 43 (1, 93) | 8 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.8, 0.5) |
| Carroll County | Rural | Yes | 64.1 (51.6, 79.0) | 44 (5, 90) | 20 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.7, -1.3) |
| McMinn County | Rural | Yes | 64.1 (55.0, 74.4) | 45 (11, 83) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Marion County | Urban | Yes | 64.1 (52.5, 77.9) | 46 (6, 90) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.8, -1.5) |
| Houston County | Rural | Yes | 63.9 (43.9, 91.8) | 47 (1, 93) | 7 |
stable
|
0.2 (-2.4, 2.9) |
| McNairy County | Rural | Yes | 63.9 (51.4, 78.8) | 48 (6, 91) | 19 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.3, -0.2) |
| Hardeman County | Rural | Yes | 63.7 (51.0, 79.0) | 49 (5, 91) | 18 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-12.9, -1.6) |
| DeKalb County | Rural | Yes | 63.6 (50.2, 80.1) | 50 (4, 92) | 16 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.7, 0.4) |
| Weakley County | Rural | Yes | 62.9 (51.1, 76.9) | 51 (7, 92) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-6.4, 0.6) |
| Sevier County | Rural | Yes | 62.1 (55.4, 69.4) | 52 (19, 80) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.3) |
| Fentress County | Rural | Yes | 61.2 (47.2, 78.8) | 53 (6, 93) | 14 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.5, -0.3) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | Yes | 61.2 (51.4, 72.4) | 54 (14, 89) | 30 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.6, -0.5) |
| Warren County | Rural | Yes | 61.1 (51.0, 72.8) | 55 (11, 89) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.5, 0.2) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | Yes | 60.6 (52.1, 70.3) | 56 (16, 88) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Greene County | Rural | Yes | 60.5 (53.0, 68.9) | 57 (19, 85) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.7) |
| Robertson County | Urban | Yes | 60.5 (53.0, 68.7) | 58 (20, 85) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.2) |
| Putnam County | Rural | Yes | 60.3 (52.8, 68.6) | 59 (21, 85) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.2) |
| Smith County | Urban | Yes | 60.3 (46.9, 76.8) | 60 (6, 93) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-2.3, 2.1) |
| Cheatham County | Urban | Yes | 60.2 (50.7, 71.3) | 61 (14, 90) | 31 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-3.3, -0.7) |
| Unicoi County | Urban | Yes | 59.8 (45.6, 77.8) | 62 (7, 93) | 13 |
falling
|
-15.3 (-25.7, -3.4) |
| Giles County | Rural | Yes | 59.8 (48.1, 73.6) | 63 (9, 93) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-3.8, 0.1) |
| Tipton County | Urban | Yes | 59.5 (51.5, 68.6) | 64 (20, 88) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-3.1, 0.2) |
| Roane County | Urban | Yes | 59.1 (50.7, 68.8) | 65 (18, 90) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.9, 0.2) |
| Perry County | Rural | Yes | 58.0 (37.9, 86.2) | 66 (1, 94) | 5 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-5.5, -0.1) |
| Bedford County | Rural | Yes | 57.6 (48.7, 67.7) | 67 (19, 92) | 31 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.9, 0.2) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | Yes | 57.6 (46.9, 70.2) | 68 (16, 93) | 23 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.9, -0.2) |
| Bradley County | Urban | Yes | 57.5 (51.5, 64.1) | 69 (32, 85) | 71 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.2) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | Yes | 56.9 (48.8, 66.3) | 70 (23, 91) | 39 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.1) |
| Stewart County | Urban | Yes | 56.6 (41.6, 76.3) | 71 (6, 93) | 10 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-4.1, 0.9) |
| Franklin County | Rural | Yes | 56.4 (46.9, 67.5) | 72 (19, 93) | 28 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.3, 0.3) |
| Carter County | Urban | Yes | 56.2 (48.2, 65.4) | 73 (28, 92) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.8, -0.5) |
| Cannon County | Urban | Yes | 56.1 (40.0, 76.9) | 74 (5, 93) | 9 |
stable
|
0.0 (-2.6, 2.7) |
| Anderson County | Urban | Yes | 55.7 (48.7, 63.4) | 75 (32, 91) | 51 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.9, -0.9) |
| Shelby County | Urban | Yes | 55.1 (53.0, 57.4) | 76 (55, 80) | 519 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.4) |
| Loudon County | Urban | Yes | 54.0 (45.6, 63.8) | 77 (29, 93) | 35 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.6, 0.2) |
| Washington County | Urban | Yes | 53.8 (48.5, 59.6) | 78 (44, 90) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Madison County | Urban | Yes | 53.5 (47.2, 60.5) | 79 (40, 92) | 57 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.4, -0.6) |
| White County | Rural | Yes | 53.0 (42.3, 65.9) | 80 (24, 93) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.5, -0.3) |
| Grainger County | Urban | Yes | 52.1 (40.6, 66.3) | 81 (19, 93) | 15 |
falling
|
-10.6 (-24.1, -2.6) |
| Sumner County | Urban | Yes | 50.8 (46.5, 55.3) | 82 (61, 92) | 112 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.5) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | Yes | 50.4 (46.0, 55.1) | 83 (61, 92) | 100 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Moore County | Rural | Yes | 49.6 (28.9, 81.3) | 84 (2, 94) | 3 |
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| Maury County | Urban | Yes | 49.6 (43.9, 55.8) | 85 (58, 93) | 59 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.8, -0.9) |
| Hamilton County | Urban | Yes | 49.1 (46.0, 52.4) | 86 (69, 92) | 198 |
falling
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-1.8 (-2.5, -1.2) |
| Fayette County | Urban | Yes | 47.8 (39.0, 58.3) | 87 (42, 93) | 25 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-4.4, -0.6) |
| Knox County | Urban | Yes | 47.2 (44.5, 50.0) | 88 (76, 93) | 241 |
falling
|
-3.9 (-9.0, -2.1) |
| Blount County | Urban | Yes | 46.7 (41.9, 52.0) | 89 (69, 93) | 77 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.9, -1.2) |
| Davidson County | Urban | Yes | 46.0 (43.7, 48.4) | 90 (79, 93) | 317 |
falling
|
-4.7 (-8.2, -2.7) |
| Wilson County | Urban | Yes | 45.1 (40.6, 49.9) | 91 (75, 93) | 78 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-3.1, -1.4) |
| Rutherford County | Urban | Yes | 44.7 (41.5, 48.0) | 92 (80, 93) | 154 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.9, -1.6) |
| Bledsoe County | Rural | Yes | 44.4 (31.9, 61.4) | 93 (26, 94) | 9 |
stable
|
-1.7 (-4.5, 1.2) |
| Williamson County | Urban | Yes | 27.4 (24.6, 30.3) | 94 (93, 94) | 78 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.0, -1.8) |
| Pickett County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 6:56 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.
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.