Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Delaware by County
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 65+
Sorted by Rate
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
|
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | N/A | No | 913.5 (893.7, 933.6) | N/A | 1,677 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| United States | N/A | No | 846.2 (845.1, 847.3) | N/A | 447,280 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Sussex County | Rural | No | 899.4 (865.5, 934.3) | 3 (2, 3) | 568 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| New Castle County | Urban | No | 914.7 (886.5, 943.5) | 2 (1, 3) | 815 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.0) |
| Kent County | Urban | No | 960.0 (910.9, 1,011.1) | 1 (1, 2) | 294 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.4, -0.7) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 4:00 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.