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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Mississippi 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


Mississippi


United States


Madison County


Lauderdale County


Pike County


Bolivar County


Lafayette County


Lamar County


DeSoto County


Rankin County


Lee County


Panola County


Union County


Harrison County


Yazoo County


Marion County


Jones County


Sunflower County


Jackson County


Washington County


Itawamba County


Coahoma County


Alcorn County


Forrest County


Pearl River County


Hancock County


Lincoln County


Warren County


Hinds County


Leflore County


Marshall County


Monroe County


Copiah County


Leake County


Pontotoc County


Adams County


Lowndes County


Neshoba County


Jasper County


Oktibbeha County


Simpson County


Stone County


Tippah County


Wayne County


Amite County Attala County Benton County Calhoun County Carroll County Chickasaw County Choctaw County Claiborne County Clarke County Clay County Covington County Franklin County George County Greene County Grenada County Holmes County Humphreys County Issaquena County Jefferson County Jefferson Davis County Kemper County Lawrence County Montgomery County Newton County Noxubee County Perry County Prentiss County Quitman County Scott County Sharkey County Smith County Tallahatchie County Tate County Tishomingo County Tunica County Walthall County Webster County Wilkinson County Winston County Yalobusha County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/24/2026 4:23 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.