Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Maine 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)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine | N/A | No | 927.2 (911.1, 943.5) | N/A | 2,590 |
falling 
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| United States | N/A | No | 846.2 (845.1, 847.3) | N/A | 447,280 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Cumberland County | Urban | No | 858.0 (824.0, 893.1) | 16 (10, 16) | 487 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.2, -1.5) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 871.9 (770.4, 983.1) | 15 (4, 16) | 55 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.0, -0.4) |
| Knox County | Rural | No | 878.9 (798.9, 964.7) | 14 (5, 16) | 90 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Androscoggin County | Urban | No | 890.1 (831.8, 951.3) | 13 (6, 16) | 177 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.9, -0.7) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 896.6 (824.5, 973.3) | 12 (4, 16) | 118 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.4, -1.3) |
| Oxford County | Rural | No | 896.7 (823.2, 975.0) | 11 (4, 16) | 113 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Sagadahoc County | Urban | No | 900.6 (811.5, 997.0) | 10 (3, 16) | 75 |
stable 
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| York County | Urban | No | 917.5 (876.7, 959.6) | 9 (6, 15) | 391 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) |
| Penobscot County | Urban | No | 972.6 (921.2, 1,026.2) | 8 (2, 12) | 273 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.7, -0.9) |
| Aroostook County | Rural | No | 974.3 (907.3, 1,045.0) | 7 (1, 13) | 159 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.3) |
| Kennebec County | Rural | No | 979.7 (924.1, 1,037.8) | 6 (2, 11) | 237 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Waldo County | Rural | No | 992.2 (896.4, 1,095.4) | 5 (1, 14) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Piscataquis County | Rural | No | 993.9 (862.5, 1,139.7) | 4 (1, 16) | 42 |
falling
|
-11.6 (-23.3, -1.2) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 996.1 (908.1, 1,090.3) | 3 (1, 13) | 96 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.4) |
| Somerset County | Rural | No | 1,040.0 (952.8, 1,133.1) | 2 (1, 10) | 109 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Washington County | Rural | No | 1,095.8 (989.9, 1,209.9) | 1 (1, 7) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.4) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/26/2026 6:20 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.