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Oral Cavity & Pharynx, 2016-2020

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

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Met Healthy People Objective of ***?
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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(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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United States *** 2.5 (2.5, 2.6) N/A 10,356 rising rising trend 0.4 (0.1, 0.7)
Mississippi *** 3.2 (3.0, 3.5) 1 (1, 13) 121 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.2, -0.3)
Louisiana *** 3.1 (2.9, 3.3) 2 (1, 16) 174 falling falling trend -1.3 (-1.6, -1.0)
Oklahoma *** 3.0 (2.8, 3.3) 3 (1, 19) 144 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.1, 0.9)
Alabama *** 3.0 (2.8, 3.2) 4 (1, 18) 190 falling falling trend -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
Kentucky *** 3.0 (2.8, 3.2) 5 (1, 21) 169 stable stable trend 0.9 (-0.2, 1.9)
Tennessee *** 3.0 (2.8, 3.1) 6 (1, 19) 252 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.9, -0.3)
Hawaii 8 *** 2.9 (2.6, 3.3) 7 (1, 36) 55 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.7, -0.6)
West Virginia *** 2.9 (2.6, 3.3) 8 (1, 32) 76 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.7, 0.5)
South Carolina *** 2.9 (2.7, 3.1) 9 (1, 28) 194 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.7, 0.5)
Ohio *** 2.8 (2.7, 3.0) 10 (3, 23) 439 rising rising trend 0.6 (0.1, 1.1)
Missouri *** 2.8 (2.7, 3.0) 11 (3, 27) 229 rising rising trend 2.0 (0.7, 3.2)
Arkansas *** 2.8 (2.6, 3.1) 12 (1, 32) 110 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.4, 0.5)
Maine *** 2.8 (2.5, 3.1) 13 (1, 39) 59 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.9, 0.9)
Oregon *** 2.8 (2.6, 3.0) 14 (2, 32) 155 stable stable trend 1.9 (-0.2, 4.1)
Washington *** 2.7 (2.6, 2.9) 15 (5, 32) 247 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.6, 0.0)
Nebraska *** 2.7 (2.4, 3.1) 16 (1, 41) 63 rising rising trend 2.6 (0.7, 4.5)
North Carolina *** 2.7 (2.6, 2.9) 17 (7, 30) 357 stable stable trend 0.8 (-0.2, 1.9)
Indiana *** 2.7 (2.5, 2.9) 18 (7, 34) 222 rising rising trend 1.4 (0.5, 2.3)
Montana *** 2.7 (2.3, 3.1) 19 (1, 44) 40 rising rising trend 3.4 (0.4, 6.5)
Georgia *** 2.7 (2.5, 2.8) 20 (9, 33) 317 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.4, 1.3)
Iowa *** 2.7 (2.4, 2.9) 21 (4, 39) 110 stable stable trend 0.7 (0.0, 1.4)
Michigan *** 2.7 (2.5, 2.8) 22 (10, 34) 352 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.2, 0.5)
Illinois *** 2.7 (2.5, 2.8) 23 (11, 33) 423 rising rising trend 0.9 (0.1, 1.6)
Wisconsin *** 2.6 (2.5, 2.8) 24 (9, 37) 201 stable stable trend 1.1 (-0.1, 2.3)
Alaska *** 2.6 (2.1, 3.2) 25 (1, 49) 20 falling falling trend -2.5 (-4.0, -1.0)
Nevada *** 2.6 (2.4, 2.8) 26 (6, 41) 96 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.2, 0.1)
Florida *** 2.6 (2.5, 2.7) 27 (16, 34) 826 falling falling trend -0.6 (-1.1, -0.2)
Maryland *** 2.5 (2.4, 2.7) 28 (13, 39) 189 stable stable trend -0.4 (-1.3, 0.6)
Kansas *** 2.5 (2.3, 2.8) 29 (8, 42) 92 rising rising trend 3.0 (1.2, 4.8)
Texas *** 2.5 (2.4, 2.6) 30 (20, 37) 747 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.5, 0.8)
Pennsylvania *** 2.5 (2.4, 2.6) 31 (23, 40) 440 rising rising trend 2.8 (1.1, 4.6)
New Hampshire *** 2.5 (2.1, 2.8) 32 (6, 46) 48 falling falling trend -1.9 (-2.6, -1.2)
Delaware *** 2.5 (2.1, 2.9) 33 (4, 48) 34 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.8, 1.2)
District of Columbia *** 2.4 (1.9, 3.0) 34 (1, 51) 17
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Vermont *** 2.4 (2.0, 3.0) 35 (2, 50) 23 stable stable trend -0.2 (-1.3, 0.9)
California *** 2.4 (2.4, 2.5) 36 (28, 40) 1,084 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.8, 0.0)
Virginia *** 2.4 (2.3, 2.5) 37 (25, 43) 249 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.4, 1.1)
Puerto Rico 8 *** 2.4 (2.2, 2.6) N/A 118 stable stable trend -3.4 (-8.8, 2.4)
Minnesota *** 2.3 (2.2, 2.5) 38 (25, 44) 167 rising rising trend 1.8 (0.5, 3.1)
Idaho *** 2.3 (2.0, 2.6) 39 (14, 48) 49 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.3, 0.1)
Massachusetts *** 2.3 (2.1, 2.4) 40 (30, 45) 204 falling falling trend -1.5 (-1.9, -1.1)
South Dakota *** 2.2 (1.8, 2.7) 41 (8, 51) 25 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.5, 0.4)
Wyoming *** 2.2 (1.7, 2.8) 42 (4, 51) 16
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New York *** 2.2 (2.1, 2.3) 43 (36, 46) 550 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.6, 0.8)
New Mexico *** 2.2 (1.9, 2.4) 44 (25, 50) 59 stable stable trend 0.7 (-0.7, 2.1)
Arizona *** 2.0 (1.9, 2.2) 45 (39, 50) 191 falling falling trend -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Colorado *** 2.0 (1.8, 2.1) 46 (39, 51) 127 stable stable trend -0.3 (-1.0, 0.4)
New Jersey *** 1.9 (1.8, 2.1) 47 (42, 51) 224 stable stable trend -0.8 (-2.0, 0.4)
Rhode Island *** 1.9 (1.6, 2.3) 48 (32, 51) 28 falling falling trend -2.2 (-2.9, -1.6)
North Dakota *** 1.8 (1.4, 2.3) 49 (31, 51) 17 falling falling trend -1.1 (-2.2, -0.1)
Utah *** 1.8 (1.5, 2.0) 50 (43, 51) 48 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.5, 0.7)
Connecticut *** 1.7 (1.6, 1.9) 51 (45, 51) 86 stable stable trend -1.0 (-2.3, 0.4)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 9:21 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
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.

† 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 (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2030 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
8 Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected 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).

Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.

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