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
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | N/A | No | 974.8 (960.0, 989.7) | N/A | 3,403 |
falling 
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -0.9) |
| United States | N/A | No | 846.2 (845.1, 847.3) | N/A | 447,280 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Pleasants County | Rural | No | 1,280.3 (1,009.6, 1,600.8) | 1 (1, 46) | 16 |
stable 
|
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 03/21/2026 5:37 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 for United States does not include Puerto Rico.