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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Mississippi by County

All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022

Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

Objective - The objective of 122.7 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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

Mississippi

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 199.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 195.5 to 203.4 and 2,175 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.3.

United States (6)

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 168.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.1 to 169.2 and 70,631 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -2.0.

Yazoo County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 253.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 214.6 to 296.7 and 33 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (2, 48)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.9.

Yalobusha County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 207.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 155.0 to 273.3 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (2, 76)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.0.

Winston County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 180.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 143.1 to 224.9 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 61 (12, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -7.1 to 17.9.

Wilkinson County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 217.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.0 to 276.8 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (2, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.2.

Webster County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 198.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 116.8 to 316.7 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 43 (2, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 2.7.

Wayne County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 195.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.2 to 244.9 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 46 (7, 76)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to -0.3.

Washington County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 233.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 210.4 to 258.3 and 83 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (5, 45)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.2.

Warren County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 206.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 179.0 to 237.0 and 45 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (10, 69)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.7.

Walthall County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 174.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 132.3 to 226.8 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 67 (10, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 0.0.

Union County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 172.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 119.4 to 240.4 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 69 (5, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to 0.6.

Tunica County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 258.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 201.7 to 325.4 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (1, 68)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.6.

Tippah County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 292.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 212.4 to 391.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 67)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 1.5.

Tate County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 170.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 129.6 to 220.3 and 13 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 71 (11, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 0.6.

Tallahatchie County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 225.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 178.8 to 281.1 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (2, 73)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.4.

Sunflower County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 244.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 211.1 to 280.4 and 44 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 49)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.1.

Stone County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
Rate : The death rate is 117.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 68.6 to 187.1 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 77 (29, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -1.8.

Smith County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 207.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 141.8 to 292.3 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (2, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -4.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -25.2 to -1.5.

Simpson County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 171.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 135.9 to 213.6 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 70 (15, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.2.

Sharkey County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 270.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 194.0 to 368.2 and 9 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 72)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -0.7.

Scott County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 210.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 171.0 to 255.2 and 22 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (4, 73)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.5.

Rankin County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 194.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 169.1 to 222.6 and 49 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 47 (14, 70)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 11.3.

Quitman County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 298.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 230.3 to 380.7 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 53)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.6.

Prentiss County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 189.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 129.1 to 268.7 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 53 (2, 79)
Recent Trend : * 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).

Pontotoc County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 202.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 147.7 to 269.7 and 10 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 38 (3, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 0.0.

Pike County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 193.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 166.6 to 222.3 and 42 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 49 (15, 72)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.1.

Perry County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 229.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.4 to 331.1 and 6 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (1, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.8.

Pearl River County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 214.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 166.5 to 271.9 and 15 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (3, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.1.

Panola County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 183.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 152.0 to 218.5 and 28 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 58 (15, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.2.

Oktibbeha County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 187.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 158.0 to 220.5 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 55 (14, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.0.

Noxubee County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 200.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.4 to 252.1 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 40 (5, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 1.0.

Newton County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 176.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 133.8 to 228.8 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 63 (9, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.1.

Neshoba County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 180.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 136.1 to 235.7 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 60 (8, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -0.4.

Montgomery County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 211.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 159.9 to 274.7 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (2, 76)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.4.

Monroe County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 193.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 158.8 to 233.7 and 24 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 48 (10, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.3.

Marshall County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 202.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 173.3 to 235.1 and 38 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (10, 70)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.6.

Marion County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 192.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 151.5 to 240.2 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 50 (8, 76)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -0.4.

Madison County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 237.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 213.2 to 263.5 and 81 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (4, 43)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -6.8 to -4.7.

Lowndes County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 201.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 176.4 to 228.9 and 52 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 39 (12, 68)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.3.

Lincoln County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 261.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 216.1 to 312.9 and 27 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 52)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.2.

Leflore County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 242.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 211.8 to 277.0 and 48 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (3, 45)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.5.

Lee County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 210.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 180.1 to 243.2 and 42 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (8, 68)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to 0.0.

Leake County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 204.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 163.1 to 252.3 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (5, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 0.4.

Lawrence County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 189.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 133.3 to 261.3 and 8 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 54 (3, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 1.0.

Lauderdale County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 152.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 133.7 to 173.1 and 51 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 73 (53, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.0 to -2.9.

Lamar County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
Rate : The death rate is 101.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 72.3 to 139.0 and 10 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 79 (67, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 17.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.8 to 37.5.

Lafayette County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 203.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 162.8 to 249.7 and 21 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (5, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 0.0.

Kemper County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 124.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 88.6 to 170.3 and 8 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 76 (46, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 0.9.

Jones County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 170.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 143.5 to 200.1 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 72 (28, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.8.

Jefferson Davis County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 199.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 158.7 to 248.9 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 42 (5, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.2.

Jefferson County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 216.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 169.9 to 272.2 and 16 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (2, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.5.

Jasper County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 190.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.9 to 233.1 and 21 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 52 (8, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to 0.0.

Jackson County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 195.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 172.2 to 221.3 and 60 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 45 (16, 70)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.9.

Issaquena County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 534.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 292.2 to 908.5 and 3 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 68)
Recent Trend : * 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).

Humphreys County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 266.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 211.9 to 331.5 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 58)
Recent Trend : The trend is rising because the trend is 20.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 2.2 to 34.9.

Holmes County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 262.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 225.7 to 302.9 and 39 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 39)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.7.

Hinds County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 184.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 174.5 to 193.9 and 305 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 57 (38, 68)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.0.

Harrison County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 184.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 165.7 to 203.7 and 83 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 56 (27, 71)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.4.

Hancock County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 202.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 137.0 to 286.1 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (2, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.4 to 0.3.

Grenada County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 224.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 183.4 to 271.6 and 23 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (3, 70)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -14.8 to 0.0.

Greene County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 141.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 85.4 to 220.4 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 75 (9, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -0.5.

Franklin County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 175.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 111.9 to 262.1 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 66 (3, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -0.6.

Forrest County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 208.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 181.9 to 237.9 and 48 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (10, 67)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -0.7.

DeSoto County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 176.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.4 to 200.5 and 62 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 64 (28, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.7.

Covington County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 226.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 175.6 to 287.0 and 15 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (2, 73)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 9.1.

Copiah County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 199.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.1 to 235.9 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 41 (10, 72)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.9.

Coahoma County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 263.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 228.4 to 302.4 and 45 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (2, 37)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 0.8.

Clay County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 195.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 159.8 to 237.7 and 22 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 44 (8, 75)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.7.

Clarke County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 180.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 135.9 to 235.4 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 62 (8, 78)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.2.

Claiborne County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 224.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 178.9 to 278.6 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (2, 72)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to 0.5.

Choctaw County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 141.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 88.6 to 217.4 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 74 (15, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.8 to 0.8.

Chickasaw County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 190.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 147.7 to 242.6 and 15 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 51 (6, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.7.

Carroll County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 175.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 123.7 to 243.8 and 8 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 65 (4, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to 0.7.

Calhoun County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 226.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 163.8 to 305.4 and 9 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (1, 76)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 1.9.

Bolivar County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 266.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 234.2 to 302.8 and 55 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 27)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.2.

Benton County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
Rate : The death rate is 113.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 63.4 to 186.9 and 3 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 78 (25, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -14.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -39.6 to -4.0.

Attala County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 212.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.6 to 263.1 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (3, 74)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to 1.2.

Amite County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 181.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 140.1 to 233.4 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 59 (10, 77)
Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to 0.6.

Alcorn County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 173.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 119.1 to 244.4 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 68 (4, 79)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.2 to -0.8.

Adams County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
Rate : The death rate is 220.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 191.5 to 253.7 and 45 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (5, 63)
Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.1.

George County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : ***
Rate : * 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).
CI*Rank ⋔ : *
Recent Trend : * 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).

Itawamba County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : ***
Rate : * 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).
CI*Rank ⋔ : *
Recent Trend : * 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).

Tishomingo County

2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : ***
Rate : * 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).
CI*Rank ⋔ : *
Recent Trend : * 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).

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/13/2025 9:14 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.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

⁶ Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2022) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.

Φ Rural-Urban Continuum Codes provided by the USDA.

* 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.

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.

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