Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for South Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50
Sorted by Rate
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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| South Carolina | N/A | Yes | 16.3 (15.6, 16.9) | N/A | 497 |
falling 
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-2.0 (-2.3, -1.8) |
| United States | N/A | Yes | 14.3 (14.3, 14.4) | N/A | 29,028 |
stable 
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-0.1 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| York County | Urban | Yes | 12.7 (10.5, 15.1) | 33 (21, 33) | 24 |
falling
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-2.3 (-4.1, -0.5) |
| Dorchester County | Urban | Yes | 12.7 (9.8, 16.1) | 32 (18, 33) | 13 |
falling
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-2.3 (-4.5, -0.2) |
| Charleston County | Urban | Yes | 12.7 (10.8, 14.8) | 31 (22, 33) | 32 |
falling
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-3.3 (-4.4, -2.3) |
| Berkeley County | Urban | Yes | 12.9 (10.4, 15.7) | 30 (19, 33) | 19 |
falling
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-20.0 (-33.4, -4.8) |
| Beaufort County | Urban | Yes | 13.2 (10.1, 17.0) | 29 (16, 33) | 12 |
falling
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-2.5 (-4.4, -0.8) |
| Lexington County | Urban | Yes | 14.4 (12.0, 17.0) | 28 (16, 33) | 26 |
falling
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-1.3 (-2.4, -0.3) |
| Lancaster County | Urban | Yes | 14.7 (10.8, 19.7) | 27 (11, 33) | 9 |
falling
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-2.7 (-5.0, -0.5) |
| Horry County | Urban | Yes | 14.9 (12.6, 17.6) | 26 (14, 33) | 29 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.3, -1.0) |
| Richland County | Urban | Yes | 15.0 (12.9, 17.4) | 25 (15, 32) | 37 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.4, -1.0) |
| Greenville County | Urban | Yes | 15.4 (13.6, 17.4) | 24 (15, 31) | 51 |
stable
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1.1 (-1.5, 8.5) |
| Anderson County | Urban | Yes | 16.1 (13.1, 19.6) | 23 (11, 33) | 19 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.7, -0.7) |
| Pickens County | Urban | Yes | 16.5 (12.5, 21.3) | 22 (8, 33) | 11 |
stable
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-0.2 (-2.6, 2.2) |
| Oconee County | Rural | Yes | 16.6 (11.5, 23.1) | 21 (7, 33) | 7 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.4, 0.1) |
| Greenwood County | Rural | Yes | 16.9 (11.6, 23.7) | 20 (6, 33) | 6 |
stable
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-1.8 (-3.9, 0.0) |
| Aiken County | Urban | Yes | 17.3 (13.8, 21.4) | 19 (8, 32) | 16 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Spartanburg County | Urban | Yes | 17.7 (15.2, 20.5) | 18 (10, 28) | 35 |
falling
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-1.8 (-2.7, -1.0) |
| Sumter County | Urban | Yes | 17.7 (13.1, 23.3) | 17 (7, 33) | 10 |
falling
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-2.7 (-4.7, -1.1) |
| Florence County | Urban | Yes | 19.0 (15.0, 23.8) | 16 (6, 30) | 15 |
falling
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-2.7 (-4.1, -1.5) |
| Edgefield County | Urban | Yes | 20.8 (12.0, 33.6) | 15 (1, 33) | 3 |
stable
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30.6 (-2.4, 64.9) |
| Laurens County | Urban | Yes | 20.9 (14.9, 28.5) | 14 (2, 31) | 8 |
stable
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-0.8 (-3.6, 1.6) |
| Colleton County | Rural | Yes | 21.0 (13.1, 31.8) | 13 (1, 33) | 4 |
stable
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-2.3 (-6.1, 0.7) |
| Kershaw County | Urban | Yes | 21.1 (15.1, 28.6) | 12 (2, 31) | 8 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.6, 0.7) |
| Marlboro County | Rural | Yes | 21.4 (12.5, 34.4) | 11 (1, 33) | 3 |
falling
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-2.5 (-5.6, -0.1) |
| Chesterfield County | Rural | Yes | 22.5 (15.0, 32.4) | 10 (1, 32) | 5 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.1, 0.7) |
| Marion County | Rural | Yes | 23.0 (13.6, 36.3) | 9 (1, 33) | 3 |
falling
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-2.4 (-4.6, -0.7) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | Yes | 23.1 (16.3, 31.8) | 8 (2, 30) | 7 |
falling
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-2.6 (-5.2, -0.5) |
| Darlington County | Urban | Yes | 24.4 (17.7, 32.8) | 7 (1, 25) | 8 |
stable
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-0.5 (-3.1, 1.7) |
| Orangeburg County | Rural | Yes | 24.8 (18.5, 32.4) | 6 (1, 23) | 10 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.8, 0.2) |
| Chester County | Urban | Yes | 26.8 (17.3, 39.6) | 5 (1, 30) | 5 |
falling
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-2.7 (-5.8, -0.3) |
| Newberry County | Rural | Yes | 29.0 (19.5, 41.4) | 4 (1, 24) | 6 |
stable
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0.6 (-2.7, 3.7) |
| Georgetown County | Rural | Yes | 29.6 (21.5, 39.6) | 3 (1, 17) | 9 |
stable
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0.3 (-2.5, 3.0) |
| Dillon County | Rural | Yes | 31.4 (20.3, 46.2) | 2 (1, 24) | 5 |
stable
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-1.6 (-4.7, 0.7) |
| Union County | Urban | Yes | 37.7 (25.2, 54.3) | 1 (1, 15) | 5 |
rising 
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2.4 (0.3, 4.5) |
| Abbeville County | Rural | *** |
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| Allendale County | Rural | *** |
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| Bamberg County | Rural | *** |
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| Barnwell County | Rural | *** |
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| Calhoun County | Urban | *** |
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| Clarendon County | Rural | *** |
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| Fairfield County | Urban | *** |
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| Hampton County | Rural | *** |
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| Jasper County | Urban | *** |
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| Lee County | Rural | *** |
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| McCormick County | Rural | *** |
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| Saluda County | Urban | *** |
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| Williamsburg County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 4:26 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.