Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Alaska by Borough or Census Area
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by CI*Rank
Borough Or Census Area
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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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| Alaska | N/A | No | 505.4 (490.6, 520.5) | 23 (14, 34) | 1,003 |
falling 
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-1.5 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 488.7 (488.1, 489.2) | N/A | 576,743 |
falling
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-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area | Rural | No | 766.6 (595.0, 973.5) | 1 (1, 11) | 16 |
stable 
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5.2 (-4.5, 19.1) |
| Nome Census Area | Rural | No | 724.0 (529.6, 964.7) | 2 (1, 16) | 12 |
stable
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0.5 (-1.9, 2.9) |
| Bethel Census Area | Rural | No | 717.6 (539.2, 932.4) | 3 (1, 15) | 18 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.4, 1.1) |
| Kusilvak Census Area | Rural | No | 703.9 (452.1, 1,039.4) | 4 (1, 21) | 6 |
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| Wrangell Borough | Rural | No | 652.7 (448.7, 919.6) | 5 (1, 21) | 7 |
stable
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-0.5 (-7.6, 7.4) |
| Dillingham Census Area | Rural | No | 644.7 (440.0, 915.0) | 6 (1, 21) | 7 |
stable
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-1.2 (-3.4, 1.3) |
| Southeast Fairbanks Census Area | Rural | No | 617.1 (452.6, 820.5) | 7 (1, 20) | 11 |
stable
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-0.7 (-2.7, 1.7) |
| Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area | Rural | No | 614.6 (457.9, 809.0) | 8 (1, 20) | 11 |
stable
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-1.1 (-3.6, 1.7) |
| Petersburg Census Area | Rural | No | 606.7 (429.1, 833.5) | 9 (1, 21) | 8 |
stable
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2.7 (-9.7, 19.6) |
| North Slope Borough | Rural | No | 605.9 (423.5, 837.0) | 10 (1, 21) | 10 |
stable
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-1.7 (-5.7, 2.8) |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough | Urban | No | 543.7 (502.9, 586.8) | 11 (6, 16) | 157 |
stable
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-0.7 (-4.0, 3.0) |
| Juneau City and Borough | Rural | No | 517.2 (452.2, 588.9) | 12 (6, 19) | 51 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.2, 0.1) |
| Anchorage Municipality | Urban | No | 514.1 (490.2, 538.9) | 13 (8, 17) | 383 |
falling
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-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Kodiak Island Borough | Rural | No | 493.2 (377.3, 633.0) | 14 (5, 22) | 16 |
stable
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-2.2 (-4.4, 0.4) |
| Northwest Arctic Borough | Rural | No | 486.6 (334.9, 681.5) | 15 (3, 22) | 7 |
falling
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-2.5 (-4.7, -0.1) |
| Kenai Peninsula Borough | Rural | No | 474.2 (432.2, 519.2) | 16 (10, 20) | 105 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.5, -0.6) |
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough | Rural | No | 447.8 (365.8, 542.9) | 17 (8, 22) | 22 |
falling
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-3.3 (-4.9, -1.8) |
| Hoonah-Angoon Census Area | Rural | No | 446.4 (276.2, 683.8) | 18 (3, 22) | 5 |
stable
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-3.7 (-15.6, 9.3) |
| Fairbanks North Borough | Urban | No | 446.1 (406.1, 488.9) | 19 (13, 21) | 105 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Sitka City and Borough | Rural | No | 425.6 (325.8, 546.3) | 20 (8, 22) | 12 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.7, -0.2) |
| Valdez-Cordova Census Area | Rural | No | 375.2 (274.8, 500.1) | 21 (11, 22) | 11 |
falling
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-3.0 (-4.9, -0.9) |
| Haines Borough | Rural | No | 304.7 (162.1, 524.3) | 22 (9, 22) | 3 |
falling
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-4.3 (-7.5, -1.4) |
| Aleutians East Borough | Rural | *** |
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| Aleutians West Census Area | Rural | *** |
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| Bristol Bay Borough | Rural | *** |
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| Denali Borough | Rural | *** |
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| Lake and Peninsula Borough | Rural | *** |
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| Skagway Municipality | Rural | *** |
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| Yakutat City and Borough | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/21/2026 6:39 pm.
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.