State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Maryland by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

• Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
• Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
• Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program

Other Notes

• Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
• Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.

Line by Line Interpretation of the Report

Maryland

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The death rate is 41.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.0 to 42.4 and 2,907 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

United States

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The death rate is 44.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.9 to 44.1 and 158,491 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Allegany County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 53.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.9 to 61.7 and 41 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Anne Arundel County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 41.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.1 to 43.7 and 274 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Baltimore City

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 63.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.3 to 66.2 and 387 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Baltimore County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 44.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.8 to 46.8 and 425 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Calvert County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 42.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.0 to 48.3 and 50 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Caroline County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 49.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.3 to 61.1 and 21 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Carroll County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 41.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.3 to 45.7 and 87 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Cecil County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 51.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.8 to 58.0 and 64 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Charles County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 40.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.9 to 45.2 and 83 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Dorchester County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 54.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.1 to 67.8 and 21 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Frederick County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 34.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.9 to 38.0 and 110 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Garrett County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 43.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.3 to 55.9 and 16 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Harford County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 40.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.9 to 43.5 and 126 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Howard County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 31.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.7 to 34.1 and 113 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Kent County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 55.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.6 to 73.8 and 13 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Montgomery County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 29.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 28.2 to 31.2 and 344 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Prince Georges County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 40.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.7 to 42.3 and 431 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Queen Annes County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 39.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.0 to 47.4 and 25 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Somerset County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 61.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.2 to 76.7 and 17 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

St. Marys County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 53.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 47.7 to 59.8 and 67 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Talbot County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 40.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.8 to 50.6 and 19 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Washington County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 45.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.9 to 50.2 and 82 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Wicomico County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The death rate is 57.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.6 to 64.3 and 61 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Worcester County

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The death rate is 44.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.8 to 54.3 and 29 average annual counts over 2019-2023.

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/20/2026 10:52 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.