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