Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Tennessee 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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| Tennessee | N/A | No | 556.9 (552.7, 561.1) | N/A | 13,690 |
falling 
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-1.8 (-2.4, -1.4) |
| United States | N/A | No | 490.4 (489.9, 491.0) | N/A | 573,761 |
falling
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-1.7 (-1.9, -1.6) |
| Moore County | Rural | No | 393.7 (297.8, 510.7) | 95 (61, 95) | 12 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.7, -0.3) |
| Williamson County | Urban | No | 408.2 (387.4, 429.8) | 94 (91, 95) | 302 |
stable 
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2.3 (-2.1, 5.4) |
| Bledsoe County | Rural | No | 447.3 (375.1, 529.2) | 93 (64, 95) | 28 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.5, -0.5) |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | No | 458.2 (388.9, 536.4) | 92 (62, 95) | 32 |
stable
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10.3 (-6.7, 22.1) |
| Loudon County | Urban | No | 474.4 (439.1, 511.8) | 91 (76, 94) | 140 |
falling
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-1.4 (-1.8, -0.8) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 484.6 (440.6, 531.8) | 90 (69, 94) | 93 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Hamilton County | Urban | No | 491.0 (474.5, 507.9) | 89 (80, 93) | 690 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.3, -1.6) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 499.2 (485.1, 513.7) | 88 (79, 92) | 988 |
falling
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-2.9 (-3.4, -2.5) |
| Wilson County | Urban | No | 505.6 (477.4, 535.1) | 87 (70, 93) | 251 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.1, -1.5) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 508.3 (453.8, 567.5) | 86 (54, 94) | 66 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.6, 0.1) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 510.5 (464.3, 560.1) | 85 (58, 94) | 92 |
falling
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-1.1 (-1.5, -0.6) |
| Knox County | Urban | No | 511.5 (496.0, 527.4) | 84 (75, 91) | 840 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.9, -1.5) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 519.8 (486.5, 554.9) | 83 (62, 93) | 193 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Blount County | Urban | No | 523.4 (497.1, 550.7) | 82 (65, 91) | 305 |
falling
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-1.0 (-1.3, -0.7) |
| Perry County | Rural | No | 532.4 (431.3, 650.4) | 81 (7, 95) | 20 |
falling
|
-17.6 (-33.4, -0.7) |
| Roane County | Urban | No | 533.4 (493.9, 575.2) | 80 (53, 92) | 139 |
falling
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-2.7 (-7.5, -1.3) |
| Madison County | Urban | No | 534.3 (500.9, 569.4) | 79 (56, 91) | 196 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Sumner County | Urban | No | 535.3 (510.6, 561.0) | 78 (62, 88) | 362 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 537.0 (497.8, 578.4) | 77 (51, 92) | 142 |
falling
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-1.7 (-5.1, -1.2) |
| Maury County | Urban | No | 537.1 (502.8, 573.1) | 76 (56, 91) | 192 |
falling
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-1.2 (-1.7, -0.6) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 541.3 (529.0, 553.9) | 75 (66, 83) | 1,541 |
falling
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-2.9 (-4.0, -2.3) |
| Rutherford County | Urban | No | 545.1 (521.9, 569.1) | 74 (59, 85) | 446 |
falling
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-1.2 (-1.4, -1.0) |
| Pickett County | Rural | No | 547.4 (428.9, 688.9) | 73 (2, 95) | 15 |
stable
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-0.3 (-1.3, 0.9) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 551.5 (509.7, 595.9) | 72 (44, 90) | 132 |
falling
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-0.8 (-1.3, -0.2) |
| Giles County | Rural | No | 553.8 (497.5, 614.8) | 71 (30, 92) | 72 |
falling
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-1.1 (-1.6, -0.5) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 560.5 (531.7, 590.4) | 70 (44, 84) | 291 |
falling
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-1.0 (-2.0, -0.8) |
| Bradley County | Urban | No | 562.0 (529.2, 596.2) | 69 (44, 86) | 224 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.2, -0.5) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 567.4 (530.9, 605.8) | 68 (37, 84) | 184 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.3, -0.5) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 570.4 (516.7, 628.3) | 67 (24, 89) | 84 |
falling
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-1.0 (-1.6, -0.4) |
| Sullivan County | Urban | No | 578.1 (553.4, 603.7) | 66 (41, 78) | 417 |
falling
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-1.1 (-4.1, -0.7) |
| Sevier County | Rural | No | 579.8 (546.5, 614.7) | 65 (35, 81) | 237 |
falling
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-5.3 (-8.8, -0.7) |
| Marion County | Urban | No | 590.8 (530.1, 656.7) | 64 (10, 88) | 72 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.5, -0.2) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | No | 591.2 (559.4, 624.3) | 63 (29, 76) | 279 |
falling
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-1.0 (-1.4, -0.6) |
| Coffee County | Rural | No | 595.8 (550.3, 644.1) | 62 (20, 82) | 129 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Robertson County | Urban | No | 598.6 (554.3, 645.4) | 61 (19, 79) | 144 |
falling
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-0.8 (-1.2, -0.3) |
| White County | Rural | No | 603.0 (541.1, 670.1) | 60 (8, 87) | 71 |
falling
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-0.7 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Decatur County | Rural | No | 603.1 (513.6, 703.8) | 59 (3, 91) | 33 |
stable
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-0.4 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Morgan County | Urban | No | 603.4 (529.0, 685.2) | 58 (5, 90) | 49 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| Hamblen County | Urban | No | 604.1 (561.1, 649.5) | 57 (15, 77) | 149 |
falling
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-0.8 (-1.3, -0.3) |
| Monroe County | Rural | No | 605.4 (557.7, 656.1) | 56 (13, 81) | 124 |
falling
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-7.0 (-13.8, -0.6) |
| Weakley County | Rural | No | 609.3 (549.5, 674.0) | 55 (8, 84) | 77 |
stable
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-0.4 (-0.7, 0.0) |
| Grundy County | Rural | No | 610.5 (523.9, 707.5) | 54 (2, 90) | 36 |
stable
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-7.1 (-18.0, 0.2) |
| Hawkins County | Urban | No | 610.9 (568.1, 656.1) | 53 (14, 75) | 155 |
stable
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-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 611.5 (572.9, 652.0) | 52 (15, 72) | 192 |
falling
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-0.6 (-1.0, -0.2) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 612.5 (560.4, 668.2) | 51 (9, 79) | 103 |
falling
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-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Cannon County | Urban | No | 616.6 (526.8, 717.3) | 50 (2, 91) | 34 |
falling
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-10.7 (-18.6, -0.4) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 618.2 (538.9, 705.8) | 49 (3, 90) | 46 |
stable
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-0.8 (-1.6, 0.0) |
| Bedford County | Rural | No | 621.0 (566.7, 678.9) | 48 (8, 79) | 101 |
stable
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-0.5 (-0.9, 0.0) |
| Fentress County | Rural | No | 623.8 (549.1, 705.9) | 47 (3, 86) | 53 |
stable
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-0.7 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| McMinn County | Rural | No | 624.7 (579.2, 672.8) | 46 (9, 73) | 142 |
falling
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-0.7 (-6.7, -0.1) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | No | 626.6 (566.7, 691.1) | 45 (5, 78) | 83 |
falling
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-1.5 (-6.0, -0.7) |
| Obion County | Rural | No | 626.7 (567.0, 691.1) | 44 (6, 80) | 82 |
falling
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-1.0 (-4.1, -0.4) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 628.2 (565.2, 696.2) | 43 (4, 80) | 76 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Jackson County | Rural | No | 628.7 (537.7, 730.9) | 42 (1, 91) | 36 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.5, 0.3) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 629.0 (576.2, 685.5) | 41 (6, 76) | 106 |
falling
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-0.6 (-1.0, -0.1) |
| Meigs County | Rural | No | 629.5 (535.8, 735.0) | 40 (1, 91) | 34 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.3) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 630.1 (574.4, 689.6) | 39 (5, 76) | 97 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.0, -0.3) |
| Putnam County | Rural | No | 636.5 (594.2, 680.9) | 38 (8, 67) | 173 |
stable
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-0.3 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 637.7 (572.6, 708.2) | 37 (4, 79) | 71 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Grainger County | Urban | No | 638.8 (568.9, 714.8) | 36 (2, 82) | 65 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.3, 0.1) |
| Unicoi County | Urban | No | 644.6 (569.6, 726.7) | 35 (1, 81) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.4) |
| Dyer County | Rural | No | 647.5 (588.7, 710.6) | 34 (3, 72) | 91 |
stable
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-0.2 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 648.3 (591.8, 708.6) | 33 (4, 70) | 100 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.2) |
| Union County | Urban | No | 650.1 (571.0, 737.0) | 32 (1, 81) | 51 |
falling
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-0.6 (-1.2, -0.1) |
| Benton County | Rural | No | 650.9 (571.7, 738.1) | 31 (1, 81) | 50 |
falling
|
-10.3 (-20.4, -0.2) |
| Dickson County | Urban | No | 651.8 (600.6, 706.2) | 30 (4, 66) | 125 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.7, 0.0) |
| Macon County | Urban | No | 652.7 (577.1, 735.4) | 29 (1, 79) | 56 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 654.5 (578.8, 737.6) | 28 (1, 78) | 55 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.1, 0.7) |
| McNairy County | Rural | No | 656.1 (589.4, 728.3) | 27 (2, 76) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.4) |
| Smith County | Urban | No | 656.3 (573.9, 747.1) | 26 (1, 81) | 48 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-8.4, -0.4) |
| Cocke County | Rural | No | 657.8 (601.0, 718.6) | 25 (3, 66) | 104 |
falling
|
-0.6 (-1.1, -0.1) |
| Hancock County | Rural | No | 658.1 (532.0, 805.2) | 24 (1, 92) | 20 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.6, 1.0) |
| Tipton County | Urban | No | 659.8 (608.8, 713.8) | 23 (3, 66) | 131 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Stewart County | Urban | No | 661.0 (568.1, 764.7) | 22 (1, 83) | 37 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.2, 0.7) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 661.2 (583.0, 746.9) | 21 (1, 76) | 53 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.3, -0.1) |
| Scott County | Rural | No | 663.0 (584.6, 749.1) | 20 (1, 76) | 53 |
falling
|
-12.6 (-19.4, -6.1) |
| Crockett County | Urban | No | 663.4 (570.1, 767.6) | 19 (1, 84) | 37 |
stable
|
0.2 (-0.5, 0.9) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 666.6 (581.4, 760.8) | 18 (1, 79) | 45 |
stable
|
0.1 (-0.5, 0.7) |
| Hickman County | Urban | No | 666.6 (594.2, 745.5) | 17 (1, 73) | 64 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-1.2, 0.3) |
| Lewis County | Rural | No | 668.5 (573.2, 775.2) | 16 (1, 83) | 37 |
falling
|
-0.7 (-1.1, -0.3) |
| Cheatham County | Urban | No | 670.0 (607.0, 737.6) | 15 (1, 70) | 92 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.4, 0.0) |
| Rhea County | Rural | No | 670.3 (607.7, 737.6) | 14 (2, 69) | 87 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.8, 0.1) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 670.5 (589.9, 759.1) | 13 (1, 74) | 51 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.5, 0.0) |
| DeKalb County | Rural | No | 673.1 (593.6, 760.2) | 12 (1, 73) | 54 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.8, 0.6) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 684.0 (618.5, 754.6) | 11 (1, 63) | 81 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.3) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 685.2 (571.8, 814.6) | 10 (1, 87) | 26 |
stable
|
-0.6 (-1.4, 0.3) |
| Lake County | Rural | No | 685.3 (543.3, 852.8) | 9 (1, 92) | 16 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.6, 0.3) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 695.9 (606.1, 795.4) | 8 (1, 72) | 44 |
stable
|
0.4 (-0.3, 1.2) |
| Hardeman County | Rural | No | 697.4 (624.2, 776.8) | 7 (1, 63) | 68 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.9, 0.3) |
| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 717.9 (639.3, 803.4) | 6 (1, 60) | 63 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-0.9, 0.1) |
| Trousdale County | Urban | No | 723.0 (593.4, 872.2) | 5 (1, 83) | 23 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.2, 0.8) |
| Van Buren County | Rural | No | 724.7 (590.5, 880.6) | 4 (1, 88) | 21 |
stable
|
0.0 (-1.2, 1.5) |
| Gibson County | Urban | No | 730.5 (676.8, 787.3) | 3 (1, 32) | 140 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-0.5, 0.2) |
| Houston County | Rural | No | 748.5 (624.4, 890.1) | 2 (1, 72) | 26 |
stable
|
0.3 (-0.5, 1.2) |
| Overton County | Rural | No | 761.8 (683.8, 846.4) | 1 (1, 39) | 72 |
stable
|
-0.1 (-0.6, 0.5) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/14/2025 6:28 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 07/14/2025 6:28 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.