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) 
|
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 | No | 524.8 (520.2, 529.4) | N/A | 10,310 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.3) |
| United States | N/A | No | 488.7 (488.1, 489.2) | N/A | 576,743 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Beaufort County | Urban | No | 413.3 (395.2, 432.0) | 46 (45, 46) | 419 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.1, -1.3) |
| Charleston County | Urban | No | 467.2 (451.5, 483.4) | 45 (38, 45) | 692 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.3, -1.7) |
| Greenville County | Urban | No | 470.7 (456.6, 485.2) | 44 (38, 45) | 865 |
stable 
|
-0.1 (-1.9, 1.2) |
| McCormick County | Rural | No | 479.9 (405.0, 565.3) | 43 (14, 46) | 32 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-3.5, -0.8) |
| Oconee County | Rural | No | 480.0 (448.5, 513.2) | 42 (31, 45) | 182 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Georgetown County | Rural | No | 488.8 (456.2, 523.3) | 41 (28, 45) | 179 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-6.6, -1.5) |
| Edgefield County | Urban | No | 490.6 (432.4, 554.6) | 40 (18, 46) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.7, -0.9) |
| Lancaster County | Urban | No | 493.7 (463.7, 525.2) | 39 (28, 45) | 209 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.1) |
| Pickens County | Urban | No | 499.8 (471.4, 529.3) | 38 (27, 45) | 237 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.5) |
| Aiken County | Urban | No | 500.9 (477.6, 525.1) | 37 (28, 44) | 356 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-5.6, 2.1) |
| Berkeley County | Urban | No | 505.5 (481.2, 530.7) | 36 (27, 44) | 355 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Dorchester County | Urban | No | 510.6 (482.3, 540.1) | 35 (23, 44) | 259 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| York County | Urban | No | 523.6 (502.0, 545.9) | 34 (23, 40) | 470 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.0, -1.3) |
| Abbeville County | Rural | No | 525.6 (465.8, 591.1) | 33 (11, 45) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 529.7 (506.9, 553.3) | 32 (20, 40) | 416 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Horry County | Urban | No | 537.7 (521.5, 554.3) | 31 (21, 36) | 934 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.3, -0.6) |
| Spartanburg County | Urban | No | 538.1 (519.0, 557.6) | 30 (20, 37) | 623 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.1) |
| Lexington County | Urban | No | 541.7 (521.6, 562.5) | 29 (19, 36) | 565 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.1, 3.6) |
| Florence County | Urban | No | 543.0 (514.1, 573.1) | 28 (17, 39) | 274 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.9, -1.2) |
| Richland County | Urban | No | 551.2 (532.0, 570.8) | 27 (18, 34) | 661 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Greenwood County | Rural | No | 552.1 (513.4, 593.0) | 26 (13, 40) | 153 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Calhoun County | Urban | No | 556.2 (480.0, 641.4) | 25 (3, 45) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.8, 0.3) |
| Saluda County | Urban | No | 561.7 (491.3, 639.4) | 24 (4, 45) | 46 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.7, 0.9) |
| Orangeburg County | Rural | No | 568.4 (533.3, 605.2) | 23 (10, 35) | 201 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Allendale County | Rural | No | 570.0 (457.0, 702.7) | 22 (1, 46) | 18 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-8.3, -0.4) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 572.8 (492.8, 662.1) | 21 (2, 45) | 38 |
falling
|
-3.1 (-10.2, -1.7) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 574.7 (528.5, 623.8) | 20 (7, 37) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Jasper County | Urban | No | 575.3 (513.9, 642.0) | 19 (3, 41) | 72 |
rising 
|
8.2 (0.5, 14.0) |
| Chesterfield County | Rural | No | 580.3 (529.6, 634.6) | 18 (4, 37) | 100 |
falling
|
-7.6 (-14.0, -0.7) |
| Darlington County | Urban | No | 584.3 (541.6, 629.5) | 17 (6, 34) | 145 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.5, -0.7) |
| Sumter County | Urban | No | 593.0 (558.6, 629.0) | 16 (6, 29) | 226 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.7) |
| Williamsburg County | Rural | No | 605.6 (547.1, 668.7) | 15 (1, 35) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-7.5, -0.6) |
| Clarendon County | Rural | No | 615.7 (559.1, 676.5) | 14 (1, 31) | 91 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 626.0 (563.4, 693.6) | 13 (1, 32) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Kershaw County | Urban | No | 627.7 (584.5, 673.3) | 12 (2, 23) | 163 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Bamberg County | Rural | No | 628.2 (541.5, 724.9) | 11 (1, 39) | 39 |
stable
|
0.4 (-2.7, 6.3) |
| Barnwell County | Rural | No | 631.1 (555.2, 714.5) | 10 (1, 37) | 52 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.0, 0.4) |
| Newberry County | Rural | No | 631.6 (576.6, 690.5) | 9 (1, 26) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.5) |
| Marlboro County | Rural | No | 644.2 (575.8, 718.6) | 8 (1, 29) | 67 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.1) |
| Laurens County | Urban | No | 649.2 (606.1, 694.6) | 7 (1, 19) | 174 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.6, 0.6) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 652.0 (587.0, 722.4) | 6 (1, 26) | 78 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.1) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 659.4 (596.6, 727.0) | 5 (1, 22) | 84 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.4) |
| Fairfield County | Urban | No | 667.3 (593.2, 748.2) | 4 (1, 25) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Colleton County | Rural | No | 671.3 (614.6, 731.8) | 3 (1, 19) | 108 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Hampton County | Rural | No | 678.0 (595.1, 769.4) | 2 (1, 24) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.5, 0.4) |
| Dillon County | Rural | No | 690.2 (619.3, 766.9) | 1 (1, 19) | 72 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.1) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 3:05 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.