Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for South Carolina by County
All Cancer Sites, 2016-2020
White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Name
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - 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
South Carolina
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 156.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.7 to 157.9 and 7,679 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.3.
United States (6)
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 154.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.1 to 154.6 and 464,265 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.7.
Abbeville County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 169.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 147.9 to 193.9 and 47 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (4, 43)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 0.3.
Aiken County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 158.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 150.3 to 167.2 and 298 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 30 (17, 40)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -5.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -9.9 to -0.9.
Allendale County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 253.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 183.3 to 354.6 and 10 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.0.
Anderson County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 162.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 155.0 to 170.3 and 372 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 25 (15, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.2.
Bamberg County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 172.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 135.9 to 219.0 and 17 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (1, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.1.
Barnwell County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 195.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 166.3 to 229.0 and 34 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.3.
Beaufort County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 117.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 111.5 to 124.2 and 337 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 46 (44, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -1.6.
Berkeley County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 162.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 153.1 to 171.2 and 268 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 27 (15, 38)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -1.4.
Calhoun County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 146.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 119.5 to 180.5 and 21 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 40 (6, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to 4.7.
Charleston County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 138.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 132.6 to 144.0 and 487 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 43 (37, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.8.
Cherokee County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 186.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 170.3 to 202.9 and 109 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (2, 27)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.5.
Chester County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 194.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 172.0 to 218.8 and 58 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (1, 28)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 0.2.
Chesterfield County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 185.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 166.9 to 205.1 and 80 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (2, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.1.
Clarendon County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 152.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 132.3 to 176.4 and 47 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 36 (10, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.1.
Colleton County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 201.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 180.2 to 225.3 and 69 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 0.5.
Darlington County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 175.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 160.0 to 191.6 and 103 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (4, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.6.
Dillon County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 179.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.6 to 208.6 and 39 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (2, 41)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.2.
Dorchester County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 161.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 151.0 to 171.4 and 206 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 28 (14, 40)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to -1.0.
Edgefield County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 132.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 112.2 to 155.5 and 34 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 45 (24, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.4.
Fairfield County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 162.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 133.1 to 198.0 and 27 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 26 (2, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.8 to 0.0.
Florence County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 159.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 149.2 to 171.3 and 173 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 29 (14, 41)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.
Georgetown County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 147.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 135.4 to 161.4 and 128 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 39 (21, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.4.
Greenville County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 144.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 139.8 to 149.5 and 711 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 41 (34, 44)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.4.
Greenwood County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 170.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 156.3 to 185.0 and 121 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (7, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.8.
Hampton County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 218.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 182.4 to 259.8 and 28 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 25)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 1.5.
Horry County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 165.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 160.4 to 171.6 and 793 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (14, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.7.
Jasper County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 139.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 117.1 to 167.0 and 31 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 42 (14, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.3 to -1.4.
Kershaw County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 171.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.3 to 186.4 and 116 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (6, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to -0.5.
Lancaster County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 135.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 125.9 to 146.1 and 154 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 44 (35, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.9.
Laurens County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 190.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 175.9 to 206.2 and 133 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (2, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.5.
Lee County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 192.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 155.2 to 238.4 and 20 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (1, 43)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to 1.7.
Lexington County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 156.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 150.3 to 163.2 and 483 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (21, 40)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.0.
Marion County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 176.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 151.1 to 205.2 and 39 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (2, 42)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to 0.0.
Marlboro County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 199.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 169.7 to 234.0 and 35 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (1, 34)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.6.
McCormick County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 156.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 121.7 to 207.3 and 22 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 34 (2, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.2 to -0.9.
Newberry County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 157.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 140.0 to 177.9 and 62 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 32 (10, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.3.
Oconee County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 157.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 147.2 to 169.4 and 179 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 31 (15, 41)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -0.7.
Orangeburg County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 174.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 157.7 to 192.8 and 92 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (4, 38)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.9 to -0.1.
Pickens County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 164.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 154.8 to 174.2 and 235 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (12, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.4.
Richland County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 150.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 143.5 to 158.4 and 331 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 37 (26, 43)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -0.9.
Saluda County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 150.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 128.5 to 176.7 and 35 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 38 (8, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.6.
Spartanburg County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 168.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 161.8 to 175.3 and 510 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (13, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.7.
Sumter County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 180.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 166.1 to 195.6 and 123 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (4, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to -0.1.
Union County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 190.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 168.1 to 215.1 and 56 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (1, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to 0.0.
Williamsburg County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 180.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 152.3 to 214.2 and 32 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (1, 42)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 1.1.
York County
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : No
- Rate : The death rate is 155.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 148.3 to 162.8 and 375 average annual deaths over 2016-2020.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 35 (21, 41)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -1.6.
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 11:05 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
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 - 2020) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.
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.