Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by Count
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | N/A | No | 982.2 (969.4, 995.2) | N/A | 4,592 |
falling 
|
-0.9 (-1.0, -0.8) |
| United States | N/A | No | 846.2 (845.1, 847.3) | N/A | 447,280 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Sharkey County | Rural | No | 1,208.8 (868.5, 1,639.1) | 6 (1, 80) | 8 |
stable 
|
0.1 (-3.0, 3.3) |
| Quitman County | Rural | No | 976.9 (715.8, 1,302.2) | 43 (1, 81) | 9 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-2.7, 1.4) |
| Benton County | Urban | No | 866.7 (657.7, 1,120.8) | 66 (7, 81) | 11 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.5, -0.2) |
| Jefferson County | Rural | No | 943.4 (716.6, 1,218.3) | 49 (2, 81) | 12 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.9, 2.1) |
| Kemper County | Rural | No | 647.9 (495.6, 831.6) | 81 (51, 81) | 12 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.4, 0.1) |
| Choctaw County | Rural | No | 689.2 (530.5, 880.5) | 80 (40, 81) | 12 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.8, 2.8) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 854.2 (658.1, 1,090.6) | 70 (8, 81) | 13 |
stable
|
-14.0 (-30.2, 0.8) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | No | 924.1 (712.6, 1,178.5) | 53 (3, 81) | 13 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-2.2, 1.5) |
| Tunica County | Urban | No | 1,310.2 (1,001.2, 1,684.9) | 3 (1, 66) | 13 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.5, 2.4) |
| Wilkinson County | Rural | No | 970.3 (756.4, 1,225.8) | 45 (2, 81) | 14 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-2.8, 0.1) |
| Noxubee County | Rural | No | 872.4 (683.1, 1,097.8) | 64 (7, 81) | 14 |
stable
|
0.2 (-1.4, 1.9) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 781.4 (616.9, 976.5) | 75 (25, 81) | 15 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-3.1, -0.3) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 1,257.4 (1,005.4, 1,553.9) | 4 (1, 66) | 17 |
stable
|
14.9 (-0.7, 26.6) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 840.3 (673.8, 1,035.6) | 72 (15, 81) | 17 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.7, 0.4) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 1,036.4 (832.4, 1,275.5) | 31 (1, 78) | 18 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.3) |
| Jefferson Davis County | Rural | No | 699.9 (563.3, 859.7) | 79 (47, 81) | 18 |
falling
|
-5.2 (-15.2, -2.0) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 802.8 (653.4, 975.7) | 74 (25, 81) | 20 |
falling
|
-5.8 (-15.1, -2.5) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 863.5 (703.3, 1,049.8) | 68 (13, 81) | 20 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.8, -0.1) |
| Perry County | Urban | No | 1,005.3 (820.5, 1,219.7) | 36 (3, 79) | 21 |
stable
|
-1.5 (-3.3, 0.4) |
| Tallahatchie County | Rural | No | 1,054.5 (863.7, 1,274.8) | 28 (1, 75) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.1, 0.7) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 1,093.5 (897.9, 1,319.3) | 20 (1, 73) | 22 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.2, 0.8) |
| Walthall County | Rural | No | 872.8 (720.4, 1,047.8) | 63 (16, 81) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.8, 0.7) |
| Amite County | Rural | No | 763.7 (631.6, 915.4) | 77 (39, 81) | 23 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-4.2, -1.3) |
| Yalobusha County | Rural | No | 1,056.3 (879.6, 1,258.1) | 27 (2, 74) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.3) |
| Stone County | Urban | No | 961.1 (798.3, 1,148.0) | 46 (6, 80) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-3.2, -0.5) |
| Smith County | Rural | No | 946.3 (793.4, 1,120.2) | 48 (7, 79) | 27 |
stable
|
-2.1 (-4.4, 0.2) |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | No | 917.7 (771.7, 1,083.4) | 56 (9, 80) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.5, 0.6) |
| Clarke County | Rural | No | 879.3 (739.4, 1,038.1) | 61 (16, 80) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.0) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 882.2 (744.5, 1,037.9) | 60 (15, 80) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.5) |
| Jasper County | Rural | No | 934.4 (791.6, 1,095.5) | 51 (11, 78) | 30 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.9, 0.9) |
| Covington County | Rural | No | 1,052.4 (893.7, 1,231.3) | 30 (3, 73) | 31 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.1, 1.2) |
| Winston County | Rural | No | 923.7 (785.4, 1,079.1) | 54 (12, 79) | 32 |
stable
|
-1.2 (-2.7, 0.2) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 1,013.6 (864.3, 1,181.5) | 34 (4, 75) | 33 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.2) |
| Newton County | Rural | No | 987.4 (843.1, 1,149.2) | 41 (6, 76) | 33 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.2) |
| Tippah County | Rural | No | 954.5 (815.2, 1,111.2) | 47 (8, 78) | 34 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Leake County | Rural | No | 979.2 (838.3, 1,137.1) | 42 (6, 76) | 35 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-15.8, -0.6) |
| Holmes County | Urban | No | 1,407.9 (1,206.5, 1,633.4) | 1 (1, 23) | 35 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.6, 1.1) |
| Itawamba County | Rural | No | 897.1 (772.4, 1,036.3) | 59 (18, 80) | 37 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.3, -0.5) |
| George County | Rural | No | 1,202.6 (1,024.2, 1,403.3) | 8 (1, 58) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.6) |
| Attala County | Rural | No | 1,151.2 (992.1, 1,328.5) | 13 (1, 58) | 38 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.4, 1.4) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 865.6 (746.3, 998.5) | 67 (25, 80) | 38 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Grenada County | Rural | No | 1,060.0 (915.0, 1,221.5) | 24 (4, 69) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.4, -0.5) |
| Coahoma County | Rural | No | 1,201.4 (1,036.9, 1,385.0) | 9 (1, 49) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.5, 1.0) |
| Sunflower County | Rural | No | 1,113.4 (961.0, 1,283.1) | 17 (2, 64) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.5, 0.8) |
| Simpson County | Urban | No | 876.9 (758.7, 1,008.5) | 62 (23, 80) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-2.0, 0.6) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 1,000.7 (866.3, 1,150.1) | 38 (6, 73) | 40 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.4, 1.1) |
| Tishomingo County | Rural | No | 1,101.3 (955.4, 1,263.2) | 19 (2, 64) | 41 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.5, 1.4) |
| Prentiss County | Rural | No | 988.0 (859.1, 1,130.8) | 40 (8, 75) | 42 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.3) |
| Copiah County | Urban | No | 870.4 (756.1, 997.1) | 65 (27, 79) | 42 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.3, 0.1) |
| Yazoo County | Urban | No | 1,229.0 (1,069.9, 1,405.0) | 5 (1, 43) | 44 |
falling
|
-11.2 (-21.0, -1.2) |
| Neshoba County | Rural | No | 1,030.1 (900.3, 1,173.6) | 33 (5, 70) | 46 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.6, 1.5) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 1,082.2 (949.2, 1,228.6) | 22 (3, 63) | 48 |
stable
|
0.4 (-1.2, 2.2) |
| Tate County | Urban | No | 1,153.5 (1,009.8, 1,312.0) | 12 (1, 53) | 49 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Oktibbeha County | Rural | No | 849.7 (747.3, 962.1) | 71 (33, 80) | 50 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Pontotoc County | Rural | No | 1,161.0 (1,021.7, 1,314.0) | 11 (1, 50) | 51 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.8, 1.8) |
| Leflore County | Rural | No | 1,317.3 (1,158.9, 1,491.4) | 2 (1, 26) | 52 |
stable
|
0.5 (-0.5, 1.5) |
| Alcorn County | Rural | No | 856.8 (756.1, 967.3) | 69 (31, 79) | 53 |
falling
|
-8.6 (-13.4, -2.5) |
| Bolivar County | Rural | No | 1,193.1 (1,055.3, 1,344.2) | 10 (1, 47) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.4) |
| Panola County | Rural | No | 1,066.0 (944.1, 1,199.4) | 23 (4, 63) | 57 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.7, 0.1) |
| Adams County | Rural | No | 1,034.9 (920.5, 1,159.5) | 32 (6, 65) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Pike County | Rural | No | 922.8 (820.9, 1,033.9) | 55 (19, 76) | 61 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.1, 0.2) |
| Lafayette County | Rural | No | 924.3 (821.3, 1,036.7) | 52 (20, 76) | 62 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.5) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 970.3 (866.3, 1,083.4) | 44 (13, 73) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.9) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 1,139.9 (1,016.2, 1,274.5) | 14 (2, 49) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.7, 0.5) |
| Lamar County | Urban | No | 764.9 (685.2, 851.3) | 76 (53, 81) | 69 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.5, -0.9) |
| Marshall County | Urban | No | 1,203.7 (1,078.7, 1,339.3) | 7 (1, 39) | 70 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.6, 4.4) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 1,000.6 (899.2, 1,110.3) | 39 (11, 68) | 74 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.3) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 1,088.2 (979.0, 1,206.4) | 21 (4, 55) | 76 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Hancock County | Urban | No | 938.9 (851.0, 1,033.6) | 50 (21, 72) | 86 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Lowndes County | Rural | No | 1,053.3 (961.6, 1,151.3) | 29 (7, 56) | 99 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.7) |
| Jones County | Rural | No | 912.2 (833.7, 996.1) | 57 (30, 74) | 101 |
rising 
|
7.8 (0.8, 12.6) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 804.4 (735.6, 877.9) | 73 (53, 80) | 102 |
stable
|
0.6 (-2.5, 7.2) |
| Forrest County | Urban | No | 1,001.5 (916.6, 1,092.1) | 37 (14, 64) | 104 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Pearl River County | Rural | No | 1,121.4 (1,030.4, 1,218.3) | 15 (3, 45) | 116 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 1,112.2 (1,028.3, 1,201.3) | 18 (4, 45) | 132 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-4.4, -1.3) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 1,113.8 (1,037.0, 1,194.6) | 16 (5, 42) | 163 |
falling
|
-5.2 (-13.8, -3.8) |
| Rankin County | Urban | No | 761.6 (713.1, 812.5) | 78 (64, 81) | 187 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.3, 3.7) |
| Jackson County | Urban | No | 1,005.5 (946.0, 1,067.9) | 35 (19, 56) | 223 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| DeSoto County | Urban | No | 1,059.0 (998.3, 1,122.5) | 26 (10, 46) | 239 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Hinds County | Urban | No | 904.3 (858.1, 952.4) | 58 (40, 70) | 298 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.4, 0.4) |
| Harrison County | Urban | No | 1,059.3 (1,007.8, 1,112.7) | 25 (13, 46) | 330 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Issaquena County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/25/2026 12:24 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.