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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Florida by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by Recentaapc

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


Florida


United States


St. Johns County


Hendry County


Walton County


Alachua County


Suwannee County


Collier County


Martin County


Manatee County


Volusia County


Gadsden County


Santa Rosa County


Nassau County


Orange County


Hernando County


Palm Beach County


Pinellas County


Hillsborough County


Lake County


Leon County


Okeechobee County


Osceola County


Pasco County


Sarasota County


Broward County


Lee County


Duval County


Escambia County


Brevard County


Bay County


Charlotte County


Seminole County


Flagler County


Levy County


St. Lucie County


Highlands County


Miami-Dade County


Clay County


Union County


Indian River County


Putnam County


Sumter County


Columbia County


Citrus County


Polk County


Marion County


Okaloosa County


Jackson County


Bradford County


DeSoto County


Monroe County


Wakulla County


Baker County Calhoun County Dixie County Franklin County Gilchrist County Glades County Gulf County Hamilton County Hardee County Holmes County Jefferson County Lafayette County Liberty County Madison County Taylor County Washington County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 10:40 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

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.