Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report for Tennessee by County
Colon & Rectum, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
County
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? |
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 | 14.7 (14.4, 15.1) | N/A | 1,243 |
falling 
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-1.7 (-1.8, -1.5) |
| United States | N/A | No | 12.9 (12.8, 12.9) | N/A | 52,325 |
falling
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-1.2 (-1.7, -0.8) |
| Williamson County | Urban | No | 10.2 (8.5, 12.1) | 83 (63, 83) | 27 |
falling
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-2.5 (-3.3, -1.6) |
| Cocke County | Rural | No | 10.8 (7.3, 15.6) | 82 (35, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-2.7 (-4.0, -1.4) |
| Knox County | Urban | No | 11.5 (10.2, 12.8) | 81 (58, 83) | 64 |
falling
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-2.1 (-2.8, -1.5) |
| Wilson County | Urban | No | 11.6 (9.4, 14.1) | 80 (44, 83) | 20 |
falling
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-2.4 (-3.5, -1.1) |
| Sullivan County | Urban | No | 11.6 (9.6, 13.8) | 79 (48, 83) | 27 |
falling
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-3.2 (-11.7, -2.4) |
| Loudon County | Urban | No | 11.6 (8.3, 15.9) | 78 (28, 83) | 10 |
stable 
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20.6 (-1.8, 36.1) |
| Lawrence County | Rural | No | 11.9 (8.3, 16.7) | 77 (26, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-2.2 (-3.5, -0.9) |
| Cumberland County | Rural | No | 12.1 (9.3, 15.8) | 76 (32, 83) | 15 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.9, -0.4) |
| Robertson County | Urban | No | 12.1 (9.0, 16.1) | 75 (30, 83) | 10 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.3, -0.9) |
| Hardin County | Rural | No | 12.1 (8.1, 18.0) | 74 (20, 83) | 6 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.0, 0.3) |
| Carter County | Urban | No | 12.2 (9.2, 16.1) | 73 (30, 83) | 12 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.1, -0.7) |
| Blount County | Urban | No | 12.5 (10.3, 15.0) | 72 (39, 83) | 24 |
falling
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-1.3 (-2.1, -0.3) |
| Bradley County | Urban | No | 12.5 (10.0, 15.6) | 71 (34, 83) | 18 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.8, -0.6) |
| Washington County | Urban | No | 12.8 (10.5, 15.4) | 70 (35, 83) | 23 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.4, -1.1) |
| Giles County | Rural | No | 12.9 (8.6, 18.9) | 69 (15, 83) | 6 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.6, 0.9) |
| Hamilton County | Urban | No | 13.0 (11.5, 14.5) | 68 (43, 80) | 63 |
falling
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-2.2 (-2.9, -1.6) |
| Sumner County | Urban | No | 13.2 (11.1, 15.5) | 67 (37, 82) | 31 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.1, -0.9) |
| Jefferson County | Urban | No | 13.2 (9.8, 17.6) | 66 (22, 83) | 11 |
falling
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-2.0 (-3.0, -1.0) |
| Morgan County | Urban | No | 13.3 (7.8, 21.6) | 65 (7, 83) | 4 |
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| Madison County | Urban | No | 13.4 (10.6, 16.8) | 64 (27, 83) | 16 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.0, -0.9) |
| Campbell County | Urban | No | 13.6 (9.4, 19.1) | 63 (14, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-3.7 (-14.4, -1.9) |
| Davidson County | Urban | No | 13.7 (12.4, 15.0) | 62 (41, 75) | 95 |
falling
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-1.9 (-2.3, -1.5) |
| Claiborne County | Rural | No | 14.2 (9.5, 20.6) | 61 (10, 83) | 6 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.4, -0.5) |
| Johnson County | Rural | No | 14.3 (8.3, 23.7) | 60 (4, 83) | 4 |
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| Rutherford County | Urban | No | 14.4 (12.4, 16.5) | 59 (29, 76) | 42 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.3, -0.6) |
| Fayette County | Urban | No | 14.5 (10.6, 19.5) | 58 (14, 83) | 10 |
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| Gibson County | Urban | No | 14.5 (10.7, 19.3) | 57 (15, 83) | 10 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.9, -0.6) |
| Roane County | Urban | No | 14.5 (10.9, 19.1) | 56 (17, 83) | 12 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.6, -0.2) |
| Sequatchie County | Urban | No | 14.6 (8.2, 24.7) | 55 (3, 83) | 3 |
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| Monroe County | Rural | No | 14.8 (10.9, 19.8) | 54 (13, 83) | 11 |
stable
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-1.5 (-3.1, 0.3) |
| Anderson County | Urban | No | 14.8 (11.6, 18.7) | 53 (17, 82) | 16 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.3, -0.7) |
| Franklin County | Rural | No | 15.2 (10.9, 20.7) | 52 (9, 83) | 9 |
stable
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-1.4 (-3.2, 0.3) |
| Hickman County | Urban | No | 15.2 (9.7, 22.9) | 51 (5, 83) | 5 |
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| Smith County | Urban | No | 15.3 (9.2, 24.2) | 50 (4, 83) | 4 |
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| Bedford County | Rural | No | 15.4 (11.0, 21.0) | 49 (9, 83) | 8 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.4, 0.8) |
| Dyer County | Rural | No | 15.4 (10.8, 21.4) | 48 (8, 83) | 8 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.4, 0.6) |
| Hamblen County | Urban | No | 15.4 (11.9, 19.8) | 47 (14, 82) | 13 |
falling
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-3.3 (-15.0, -1.9) |
| Obion County | Rural | No | 15.5 (10.8, 21.9) | 46 (7, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-1.9 (-3.4, -0.6) |
| Humphreys County | Rural | No | 15.7 (9.6, 24.7) | 45 (3, 83) | 4 |
falling
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-2.1 (-3.9, -0.5) |
| Greene County | Rural | No | 15.7 (12.4, 19.7) | 44 (14, 80) | 17 |
falling
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-1.5 (-2.4, -0.7) |
| Maury County | Urban | No | 15.7 (12.6, 19.4) | 43 (15, 78) | 19 |
falling
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-1.6 (-2.7, -0.5) |
| Henry County | Rural | No | 15.8 (11.2, 21.9) | 42 (7, 83) | 8 |
falling
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-2.7 (-18.8, -1.3) |
| Coffee County | Rural | No | 16.0 (12.1, 20.9) | 41 (8, 81) | 12 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.7, 0.2) |
| Shelby County | Urban | No | 16.4 (15.3, 17.6) | 40 (25, 54) | 164 |
falling
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-2.0 (-2.4, -1.6) |
| Lincoln County | Rural | No | 16.7 (12.0, 22.9) | 39 (6, 83) | 9 |
falling
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-3.4 (-17.8, -0.5) |
| White County | Rural | No | 16.9 (11.5, 24.3) | 38 (4, 83) | 7 |
falling
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-2.6 (-3.8, -1.5) |
| Hawkins County | Urban | No | 17.1 (13.3, 21.9) | 37 (8, 79) | 14 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.1, 0.6) |
| Putnam County | Rural | No | 17.2 (13.6, 21.5) | 36 (8, 75) | 16 |
stable
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-0.6 (-1.6, 0.5) |
| Stewart County | Urban | No | 17.4 (10.2, 28.6) | 35 (1, 83) | 4 |
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| Marion County | Urban | No | 17.5 (11.9, 24.9) | 34 (3, 83) | 7 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.3, 0.6) |
| Montgomery County | Urban | No | 17.5 (14.7, 20.7) | 33 (10, 65) | 29 |
falling
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-1.4 (-2.3, -0.3) |
| Marshall County | Rural | No | 17.5 (12.2, 24.5) | 32 (4, 82) | 7 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.3, -0.3) |
| Sevier County | Rural | No | 17.9 (14.8, 21.6) | 31 (8, 64) | 24 |
stable
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-0.1 (-1.1, 1.2) |
| Grainger County | Urban | No | 18.1 (12.0, 26.7) | 30 (2, 83) | 6 |
stable
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-1.2 (-2.8, 0.6) |
| Scott County | Rural | No | 18.2 (11.8, 27.1) | 29 (2, 83) | 5 |
stable
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-1.7 (-3.9, 0.7) |
| Wayne County | Rural | No | 18.4 (11.3, 29.0) | 28 (1, 83) | 4 |
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| DeKalb County | Rural | No | 18.5 (11.7, 28.2) | 27 (1, 83) | 5 |
stable
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-0.2 (-1.7, 1.5) |
| Rhea County | Rural | No | 18.9 (13.2, 26.3) | 26 (2, 80) | 8 |
stable
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-1.1 (-2.4, 0.2) |
| Carroll County | Rural | No | 19.0 (13.4, 26.5) | 25 (2, 80) | 8 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.8, 0.9) |
| Dickson County | Urban | No | 19.1 (14.5, 24.9) | 24 (3, 72) | 12 |
falling
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-1.7 (-2.9, -0.4) |
| Macon County | Urban | No | 19.2 (12.7, 28.0) | 23 (1, 83) | 6 |
falling
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-1.8 (-3.5, -0.1) |
| Unicoi County | Urban | No | 19.3 (12.6, 29.0) | 22 (2, 83) | 5 |
stable
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0.0 (-2.0, 2.2) |
| Tipton County | Urban | No | 19.4 (15.0, 24.9) | 21 (4, 71) | 13 |
stable
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-0.8 (-2.0, 0.4) |
| Weakley County | Rural | No | 19.9 (14.4, 27.1) | 20 (2, 76) | 9 |
stable
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-1.3 (-2.6, 0.0) |
| Grundy County | Rural | No | 20.1 (11.5, 32.9) | 19 (1, 83) | 4 |
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| Jackson County | Rural | No | 20.2 (12.4, 32.6) | 18 (1, 83) | 4 |
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| Hardeman County | Rural | No | 20.3 (13.9, 28.8) | 17 (1, 79) | 7 |
stable
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-1.6 (-3.4, 0.1) |
| Polk County | Urban | No | 20.8 (13.4, 31.4) | 16 (1, 82) | 5 |
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| McMinn County | Rural | No | 20.9 (16.4, 26.4) | 15 (2, 58) | 16 |
stable
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0.0 (-1.5, 1.6) |
| Cheatham County | Urban | No | 21.1 (15.2, 28.6) | 14 (1, 76) | 9 |
stable
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-1.0 (-2.7, 1.0) |
| McNairy County | Rural | No | 21.1 (14.9, 29.4) | 13 (1, 77) | 8 |
stable
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-0.3 (-1.5, 1.1) |
| Warren County | Rural | No | 21.6 (16.1, 28.4) | 12 (1, 65) | 11 |
rising 
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18.7 (0.8, 32.4) |
| Benton County | Rural | No | 21.9 (13.6, 33.7) | 11 (1, 82) | 5 |
stable
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0.5 (-1.4, 2.6) |
| Fentress County | Rural | No | 23.4 (15.5, 34.2) | 10 (1, 78) | 6 |
stable
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-0.9 (-2.7, 1.2) |
| Henderson County | Rural | No | 23.6 (17.0, 32.2) | 9 (1, 66) | 9 |
stable
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0.3 (-1.1, 2.1) |
| Overton County | Rural | No | 24.4 (16.7, 34.5) | 8 (1, 67) | 7 |
stable
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-1.4 (-2.8, 0.0) |
| Crockett County | Urban | No | 24.4 (15.1, 37.7) | 7 (1, 81) | 4 |
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| Lauderdale County | Rural | No | 24.7 (17.1, 34.6) | 6 (1, 67) | 7 |
stable
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-0.6 (-2.2, 1.1) |
| Chester County | Urban | No | 25.6 (16.6, 38.0) | 5 (1, 78) | 5 |
stable
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-0.3 (-2.0, 1.6) |
| Haywood County | Rural | No | 25.7 (16.7, 38.2) | 4 (1, 75) | 6 |
stable
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0.0 (-1.8, 2.0) |
| Cannon County | Urban | No | 26.0 (16.4, 39.4) | 3 (1, 80) | 5 |
stable
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0.9 (-0.7, 3.2) |
| Clay County | Rural | No | 27.2 (15.0, 47.0) | 2 (1, 82) | 3 |
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| Houston County | Rural | No | 30.2 (17.9, 49.0) | 1 (1, 82) | 4 |
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| Bledsoe County | Rural | *** |
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| Decatur County | Rural | *** |
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| Hancock County | Rural | *** |
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| Lake County | Rural | *** |
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| Lewis County | Rural | *** |
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| Meigs County | Rural | *** |
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| Moore County | Rural | *** |
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| Perry County | Rural | *** |
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| Pickett County | Rural | *** |
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| Trousdale County | Urban | *** |
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| Union County | Urban | *** |
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| Van Buren County | Rural | *** |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 5:57 am.
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.
⋔ 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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 07/04/2025 5:57 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.
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.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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.