Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report for Washington by County
All Cancer Sites, 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <65
Sorted by Ruralurban
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
Washington
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 40.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.4 to 40.7 and 3,273 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- 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 -1.9.
United States
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 45.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.9 to 45.1 and 161,722 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.9.
Asotin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 45.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 33.4 to 59.9 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (1, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -4.0 to -1.3.
Benton County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 40.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.7 to 44.8 and 85 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (12, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.2.
Chelan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 36.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.0 to 43.7 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (13, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -10.5 to -0.7.
Clark County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 38.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.5 to 41.3 and 211 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (18, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.8.
Cowlitz County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 54.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 48.5 to 60.9 and 69 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.6.
Douglas County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 38.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.0 to 47.5 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (7, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.1.
Franklin County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 38.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.5 to 44.9 and 31 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (11, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.2.
King County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 32.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.9 to 34.0 and 766 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (30, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -2.3.
Kitsap County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 39.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 36.0 to 42.7 and 121 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (16, 34)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -1.6.
Pierce County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 43.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.9 to 45.8 and 419 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (10, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.7.
Skagit County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 42.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.3 to 47.6 and 61 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (7, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to -0.9.
Skamania County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 27.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 16.4 to 44.9 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 36 (10, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -3.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.2 to -1.7.
Snohomish County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 39.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.1 to 41.8 and 367 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (18, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.8.
Spokane County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 45.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 42.6 to 47.7 and 260 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (8, 23)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -1.3.
Stevens County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 48.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 40.4 to 58.3 and 30 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (1, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -1.0.
Thurston County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 42.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 38.8 to 45.5 and 133 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (11, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.4.
Walla Walla County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 47.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.4 to 56.0 and 29 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.3.
Whatcom County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 40.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.0 to 44.8 and 94 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (12, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -1.3.
Yakima County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 50.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 46.1 to 54.6 and 118 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (2, 17)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -0.7.
Adams County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 27.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 17.1 to 40.8 and 5 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 37 (13, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -0.9.
Clallam County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 46.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.8 to 53.7 and 45 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (2, 30)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.4 to -1.2.
Ferry County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 59.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.3 to 92.3 and 6 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to 1.0.
Grant County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 47.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 41.3 to 54.6 and 43 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (2, 29)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.5.
Grays Harbor County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 51.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.6 to 58.6 and 50 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 22)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.2.
Island County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 41.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 35.2 to 48.1 and 39 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (7, 34)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.1.
Jefferson County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 41.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 31.6 to 53.7 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (2, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.0 to -1.0.
Kittitas County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 33.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 26.8 to 42.5 and 18 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (14, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -2.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.6 to -1.4.
Klickitat County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 40.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.4 to 53.8 and 12 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (2, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to -0.3.
Lewis County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 51.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 45.2 to 59.0 and 52 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 20)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to -0.6.
Lincoln County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 52.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 34.0 to 77.8 and 6 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 0.3.
Mason County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 51.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 44.2 to 59.8 and 43 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.6.
Okanogan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 53.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 43.9 to 64.5 and 26 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 24)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 1.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 11.7.
Pacific County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 51.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 39.8 to 67.4 and 17 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 33)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to 0.3.
Pend Oreille County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 40.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 27.1 to 58.7 and 8 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (1, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.6 to 0.2.
San Juan County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 32.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 21.1 to 48.2 and 7 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 35 (6, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is -1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to 1.0.
Wahkiakum County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 54.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 30.8 to 96.7 and 4 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 37)
- 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).
Whitman County
- 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
- Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? : Yes
- Rate : The death rate is 41.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 32.1 to 53.1 and 14 average annual deaths over 2018-2022.
- CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (2, 37)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable because the trend is 19.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.0 to 31.5.
- 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).
- 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 11/02/2024 8:00 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.
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.