Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Iowa by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
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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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | N/A | No | 504.9 (499.2, 510.7) | N/A | 6,067 |
falling 
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-1.9 (-2.8, -1.4) |
| United States | N/A | No | 490.4 (489.9, 491.0) | N/A | 573,761 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.6) |
| Ringgold County | Rural | No | 718.2 (565.4, 900.2) | 1 (1, 62) | 16 |
stable 
|
0.9 (-0.3, 2.2) |
| Palo Alto County | Rural | No | 704.8 (591.0, 834.5) | 2 (1, 44) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.4, 0.6) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 664.1 (545.0, 801.9) | 3 (1, 70) | 23 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.7, 1.7) |
| Clarke County | Rural | No | 633.4 (524.8, 758.0) | 4 (1, 74) | 25 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.3) |
| Ida County | Rural | No | 626.4 (510.6, 761.6) | 5 (1, 82) | 21 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.9) |
| Wapello County | Rural | No | 614.7 (556.4, 677.5) | 6 (1, 46) | 84 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Montgomery County | Rural | No | 613.0 (514.8, 724.7) | 7 (1, 80) | 29 |
stable
|
1.2 (-1.0, 10.7) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 609.1 (506.5, 726.8) | 8 (1, 82) | 26 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.7, 1.0) |
| Howard County | Rural | No | 603.6 (502.6, 719.4) | 9 (1, 85) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.9, 0.8) |
| Decatur County | Rural | No | 595.3 (479.0, 731.8) | 10 (1, 91) | 19 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-1.2, 1.1) |
| Pottawattamie County | Urban | No | 594.8 (558.7, 632.7) | 11 (3, 36) | 208 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-3.9, -0.3) |
| Appanoose County | Rural | No | 593.1 (508.5, 687.9) | 12 (1, 72) | 36 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.9, 1.2) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 590.7 (476.5, 724.2) | 13 (1, 92) | 19 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.8, 1.3) |
| Clinton County | Rural | No | 584.0 (536.6, 634.4) | 14 (3, 54) | 115 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| Lucas County | Rural | No | 572.1 (471.5, 688.2) | 15 (1, 92) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.2) |
| Woodbury County | Urban | No | 566.3 (530.8, 603.6) | 16 (6, 51) | 195 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.4) |
| Cass County | Rural | No | 563.8 (482.2, 655.5) | 17 (1, 86) | 36 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-7.5, -1.3) |
| Buchanan County | Rural | No | 559.4 (486.4, 640.3) | 18 (2, 82) | 43 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.3) |
| Lee County | Rural | No | 559.2 (506.1, 616.4) | 19 (4, 67) | 84 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-6.5, -0.6) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 558.3 (476.3, 650.2) | 20 (2, 87) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.9, -0.4) |
| Mahaska County | Rural | No | 555.6 (487.6, 630.6) | 21 (2, 80) | 50 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.7, 0.4) |
| Marion County | Rural | No | 552.8 (497.6, 612.4) | 22 (4, 76) | 75 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.6, 0.2) |
| Tama County | Rural | No | 552.4 (476.5, 636.9) | 23 (2, 86) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.0, 0.2) |
| Des Moines County | Rural | No | 550.0 (500.3, 603.4) | 24 (5, 70) | 92 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Boone County | Urban | No | 549.2 (486.3, 617.8) | 25 (4, 81) | 58 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Emmet County | Rural | No | 546.1 (451.3, 655.4) | 26 (2, 94) | 25 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.6) |
| Mitchell County | Rural | No | 545.2 (455.4, 648.0) | 27 (2, 94) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.2) |
| Pocahontas County | Rural | No | 541.2 (438.6, 661.4) | 28 (1, 96) | 20 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.0, 0.0) |
| Clayton County | Rural | No | 540.2 (471.6, 616.1) | 29 (4, 86) | 47 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.4) |
| Louisa County | Rural | No | 538.8 (444.0, 647.6) | 30 (2, 96) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.9, 0.5) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 538.6 (521.4, 556.1) | 31 (18, 52) | 778 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.1, -0.8) |
| Monona County | Rural | No | 533.6 (440.9, 640.8) | 32 (2, 96) | 24 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.8, -0.2) |
| Union County | Rural | No | 529.9 (444.9, 626.6) | 33 (3, 95) | 28 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.1) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 528.8 (478.0, 583.5) | 34 (7, 80) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-7.6, -0.9) |
| Floyd County | Rural | No | 527.4 (454.6, 608.8) | 35 (4, 91) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Keokuk County | Rural | No | 526.0 (432.4, 634.0) | 36 (2, 96) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.1) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 525.5 (456.0, 602.7) | 37 (4, 90) | 44 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Winnebago County | Rural | No | 525.0 (436.5, 626.6) | 38 (2, 96) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.9, 0.5) |
| Grundy County | Urban | No | 524.8 (442.5, 618.4) | 39 (3, 95) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Page County | Rural | No | 524.7 (452.7, 605.3) | 40 (4, 93) | 39 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.3, 0.2) |
| Jasper County | Urban | No | 524.7 (474.5, 578.8) | 41 (8, 81) | 82 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Webster County | Rural | No | 524.4 (473.4, 579.4) | 42 (7, 82) | 81 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.5, -0.5) |
| Osceola County | Rural | No | 522.9 (410.3, 657.3) | 43 (2, 99) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.5, 0.6) |
| Iowa County | Rural | No | 522.8 (449.6, 604.6) | 44 (3, 93) | 38 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.0) |
| Muscatine County | Rural | No | 522.0 (472.3, 575.6) | 45 (10, 80) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 521.6 (410.2, 654.8) | 46 (1, 99) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.7, 0.2) |
| Black Hawk County | Urban | No | 519.2 (489.9, 549.8) | 47 (18, 70) | 243 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Scott County | Urban | No | 516.5 (491.3, 542.7) | 48 (23, 68) | 324 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-6.6, -1.2) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 516.3 (449.6, 590.2) | 49 (6, 92) | 44 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Harrison County | Urban | No | 514.2 (436.7, 601.6) | 50 (5, 95) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 512.4 (446.8, 584.8) | 51 (7, 92) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.8, -0.3) |
| Lyon County | Rural | No | 512.3 (423.5, 614.6) | 52 (3, 97) | 25 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Cherokee County | Rural | No | 510.6 (431.0, 601.0) | 53 (5, 97) | 31 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.4, 0.5) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 507.4 (418.2, 610.3) | 54 (3, 98) | 23 |
stable
|
0.0 (-0.9, 0.9) |
| Chickasaw County | Rural | No | 503.7 (422.7, 595.9) | 55 (4, 97) | 28 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Mills County | Urban | No | 502.9 (423.0, 593.4) | 56 (5, 96) | 29 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.1) |
| Davis County | Rural | No | 500.1 (398.5, 619.9) | 57 (2, 99) | 17 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.4, 0.8) |
| Audubon County | Rural | No | 494.0 (384.9, 625.1) | 58 (2, 99) | 15 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.8, 0.4) |
| Delaware County | Rural | No | 491.9 (424.2, 567.5) | 59 (8, 96) | 39 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Fremont County | Rural | No | 491.4 (389.5, 612.9) | 60 (2, 99) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-2.2, 0.5) |
| Cedar County | Rural | No | 490.6 (423.2, 565.8) | 61 (10, 97) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.6, -0.2) |
| Dubuque County | Urban | No | 486.1 (455.3, 518.4) | 62 (34, 85) | 191 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.1) |
| Butler County | Rural | No | 481.9 (410.0, 562.9) | 63 (8, 98) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Adair County | Rural | No | 481.5 (385.9, 594.4) | 64 (4, 99) | 18 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.1, 0.4) |
| Linn County | Urban | No | 481.0 (459.8, 503.0) | 65 (42, 81) | 394 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.6, -1.1) |
| Allamakee County | Rural | No | 480.7 (407.8, 563.1) | 66 (8, 98) | 32 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.8, 0.0) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 478.6 (418.3, 545.4) | 67 (16, 97) | 47 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| O'Brien County | Rural | No | 477.7 (402.9, 562.6) | 68 (8, 99) | 32 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.7, -0.2) |
| Jefferson County | Rural | No | 477.2 (406.1, 557.3) | 69 (8, 98) | 35 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Calhoun County | Rural | No | 475.3 (389.0, 575.4) | 70 (7, 99) | 23 |
falling
|
-12.0 (-21.4, -0.8) |
| Wright County | Rural | No | 469.8 (393.6, 556.8) | 71 (10, 99) | 29 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-3.7, -1.2) |
| Worth County | Rural | No | 469.4 (371.3, 586.0) | 72 (5, 99) | 16 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.4, -0.2) |
| Cerro Gordo County | Rural | No | 467.7 (426.1, 512.4) | 73 (31, 93) | 97 |
falling
|
-7.6 (-12.8, -1.3) |
| Humboldt County | Rural | No | 466.7 (378.4, 569.6) | 74 (6, 99) | 21 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.2, -0.6) |
| Sac County | Rural | No | 466.1 (382.6, 562.7) | 75 (8, 99) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Hamilton County | Rural | No | 463.7 (393.4, 543.3) | 76 (14, 99) | 32 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Benton County | Urban | No | 462.8 (406.3, 524.9) | 77 (25, 98) | 50 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.9, -0.9) |
| Guthrie County | Urban | No | 462.8 (382.3, 555.4) | 78 (12, 99) | 24 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.2) |
| Poweshiek County | Rural | No | 460.3 (397.7, 530.3) | 79 (18, 98) | 40 |
falling
|
-0.8 (-1.4, -0.2) |
| Bremer County | Urban | No | 454.6 (397.5, 517.7) | 80 (26, 99) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Plymouth County | Rural | No | 454.1 (397.1, 517.0) | 81 (27, 98) | 47 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Dickinson County | Rural | No | 451.2 (392.5, 516.6) | 82 (26, 99) | 45 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.7, -0.4) |
| Kossuth County | Rural | No | 450.0 (382.0, 526.8) | 83 (15, 99) | 34 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Warren County | Urban | No | 443.2 (401.1, 488.5) | 84 (45, 98) | 83 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.4, -0.3) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 440.0 (360.4, 532.0) | 85 (16, 99) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.9, 0.1) |
| Shelby County | Rural | No | 439.6 (365.2, 525.0) | 86 (17, 99) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.2, 0.4) |
| Buena Vista County | Rural | No | 436.2 (370.1, 510.8) | 87 (24, 99) | 33 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 429.8 (372.8, 493.2) | 88 (39, 99) | 42 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.2) |
| Taylor County | Rural | No | 429.2 (327.1, 554.2) | 89 (6, 99) | 12 |
falling
|
-4.7 (-9.1, -2.5) |
| Crawford County | Rural | No | 428.2 (357.9, 508.4) | 90 (24, 99) | 27 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.5) |
| Jones County | Urban | No | 428.1 (369.5, 493.5) | 91 (33, 99) | 39 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Story County | Urban | No | 426.7 (391.8, 463.9) | 92 (61, 98) | 114 |
falling
|
-4.0 (-9.7, -1.5) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 421.7 (357.0, 494.9) | 93 (36, 99) | 32 |
falling
|
-5.6 (-17.1, -1.5) |
| Fayette County | Rural | No | 418.0 (361.0, 481.7) | 94 (45, 99) | 40 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.8, -0.6) |
| Dallas County | Urban | No | 399.2 (365.7, 434.8) | 95 (74, 99) | 108 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.7, -1.9) |
| Adams County | Rural | No | 391.3 (275.2, 542.0) | 96 (7, 99) | 7 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.2, -0.1) |
| Johnson County | Urban | No | 388.2 (361.1, 416.7) | 97 (82, 99) | 159 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-3.4, -2.3) |
| Winneshiek County | Rural | No | 374.1 (320.9, 434.0) | 98 (67, 99) | 36 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -0.7) |
| Sioux County | Rural | No | 364.4 (318.4, 415.2) | 99 (80, 99) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:57 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 (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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/11/2025 11:57 pm.
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.
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.
Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.
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.
When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.