Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for West Virginia by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by CI*Rank
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) 
|
Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasants County | Rural | No | 1,280.3 (1,009.6, 1,600.8) | 1 (1, 46) | 16 |
stable 
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0.3 (-1.8, 2.4) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 1,261.4 (1,104.4, 1,434.9) | 2 (1, 23) | 48 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Clay County | Urban | No | 1,215.5 (982.8, 1,486.8) | 3 (1, 47) | 19 |
falling 
|
-1.7 (-3.0, -0.3) |
| Wetzel County | Rural | No | 1,195.7 (1,031.4, 1,379.0) | 4 (1, 35) | 38 |
stable
|
0.3 (-1.1, 1.7) |
| Gilmer County | Rural | No | 1,187.9 (937.2, 1,484.4) | 5 (1, 53) | 15 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.3) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 1,178.4 (1,016.9, 1,358.5) | 6 (1, 35) | 39 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.9, 1.6) |
| Mason County | Rural | No | 1,164.1 (1,036.7, 1,302.9) | 7 (1, 31) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.7, 0.8) |
| Berkeley County | Urban | No | 1,150.1 (1,075.5, 1,228.7) | 8 (1, 21) | 192 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 1,092.4 (994.7, 1,197.2) | 9 (2, 35) | 94 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 1,091.2 (994.1, 1,195.4) | 10 (2, 36) | 98 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Barbour County | Rural | No | 1,088.7 (926.4, 1,271.3) | 11 (1, 49) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-2.0, 0.7) |
| Harrison County | Rural | No | 1,088.3 (1,008.0, 1,173.3) | 12 (3, 32) | 138 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Ritchie County | Rural | No | 1,072.8 (862.1, 1,319.6) | 13 (1, 54) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 1,058.1 (922.4, 1,208.5) | 14 (2, 48) | 46 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.5, -0.7) |
| Braxton County | Rural | No | 1,049.5 (884.7, 1,236.2) | 15 (1, 52) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.3, 0.9) |
| Logan County | Rural | No | 1,047.2 (936.3, 1,167.8) | 16 (3, 46) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 1,045.8 (820.9, 1,312.9) | 17 (1, 55) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.7, 0.6) |
| McDowell County | Rural | No | 1,040.4 (897.5, 1,199.6) | 18 (2, 51) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Greenbrier County | Rural | No | 1,036.7 (935.1, 1,146.2) | 19 (4, 45) | 77 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 1,024.5 (874.3, 1,193.3) | 20 (2, 53) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.9, 5.5) |
| Wirt County | Urban | No | 1,023.4 (771.7, 1,334.3) | 21 (1, 55) | 11 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.4, 0.6) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 1,021.1 (936.2, 1,111.6) | 22 (6, 44) | 108 |
rising 
|
6.4 (2.5, 12.9) |
| Tucker County | Rural | No | 1,013.3 (813.8, 1,247.0) | 23 (1, 55) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.0, 1.1) |
| Mingo County | Rural | No | 1,006.2 (873.1, 1,154.1) | 24 (4, 52) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.7, -0.8) |
| Randolph County | Rural | No | 995.1 (883.6, 1,116.8) | 25 (6, 50) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.4) |
| Wayne County | Urban | No | 989.8 (895.1, 1,091.8) | 26 (8, 49) | 81 |
stable
|
1.5 (-1.3, 7.6) |
| Roane County | Rural | No | 988.3 (833.3, 1,164.0) | 27 (3, 55) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.6) |
| Hampshire County | Urban | No | 975.7 (856.3, 1,107.0) | 28 (5, 53) | 50 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-12.0, 0.2) |
| Mercer County | Rural | No | 973.7 (897.5, 1,054.5) | 29 (12, 49) | 123 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.4, -0.1) |
| Wood County | Urban | No | 973.1 (906.9, 1,042.9) | 30 (12, 47) | 162 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.3) |
| Pendleton County | Rural | No | 965.9 (768.4, 1,198.1) | 31 (1, 55) | 16 |
stable
|
0.6 (-1.2, 2.6) |
| Wyoming County | Rural | No | 954.7 (823.5, 1,101.0) | 32 (5, 54) | 41 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.9, -0.2) |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | No | 954.6 (773.8, 1,165.3) | 33 (3, 55) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.4, 0.9) |
| Cabell County | Urban | No | 953.5 (890.3, 1,020.1) | 34 (16, 49) | 170 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.6, -0.8) |
| Hancock County | Urban | No | 952.6 (848.8, 1,065.4) | 35 (9, 53) | 62 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 946.2 (756.1, 1,169.4) | 36 (2, 55) | 17 |
falling
|
-4.5 (-13.8, -1.9) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 945.7 (834.5, 1,067.8) | 37 (9, 54) | 53 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.5) |
| Marshall County | Urban | No | 945.4 (842.2, 1,057.9) | 38 (9, 53) | 63 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 939.6 (790.4, 1,109.0) | 39 (5, 55) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Morgan County | Urban | No | 938.5 (807.2, 1,085.2) | 40 (6, 55) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.5, -0.1) |
| Nicholas County | Rural | No | 925.8 (811.6, 1,051.7) | 41 (11, 54) | 49 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-8.2, -0.6) |
| Mineral County | Rural | No | 920.7 (811.1, 1,041.1) | 42 (11, 55) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.1, -0.5) |
| Upshur County | Rural | No | 916.5 (798.7, 1,046.9) | 43 (11, 55) | 44 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.3, -0.1) |
| Kanawha County | Urban | No | 912.4 (868.7, 957.7) | 44 (26, 50) | 335 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.4) |
| Ohio County | Urban | No | 894.2 (808.2, 986.7) | 45 (19, 54) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -1.0) |
| Summers County | Rural | No | 885.8 (741.0, 1,050.7) | 46 (11, 55) | 27 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Raleigh County | Urban | No | 882.9 (816.1, 953.8) | 47 (25, 54) | 133 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-7.7, -1.3) |
| Hardy County | Rural | No | 864.8 (721.1, 1,029.2) | 48 (11, 55) | 26 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -0.4) |
| Putnam County | Urban | No | 853.1 (773.8, 938.3) | 49 (27, 55) | 87 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Brooke County | Urban | No | 840.5 (731.9, 960.6) | 50 (20, 55) | 43 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.6, -0.2) |
| Preston County | Urban | No | 825.1 (726.1, 933.9) | 51 (26, 55) | 52 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.9, -0.2) |
| Tyler County | Rural | No | 822.4 (646.3, 1,031.6) | 52 (10, 55) | 15 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-2.9, 0.1) |
| Grant County | Rural | No | 800.8 (656.0, 968.3) | 53 (17, 55) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.0, 0.0) |
| Doddridge County | Rural | No | 794.4 (610.4, 1,016.8) | 54 (11, 55) | 12 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.2, -0.7) |
| Monongalia County | Urban | No | 762.5 (694.9, 834.9) | 55 (45, 55) | 97 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.6, -1.2) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 2:15 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.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
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.