Incidence Rates Table
Incidence Rate Report for Tennessee by County
Colon & Rectum (Late Stage^), 2018-2022
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
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2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
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Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate † cases 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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Percent of Cases with Late Stage
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| Tennessee 2 | N/A | 24.3 (23.8, 24.7) | N/A | 2,013 | 62.6 |
| US (SEER+NPCR) 1 | N/A | 22.0 (21.9, 22.1) | N/A | 86,932 | 59.9 |
| Unicoi County 2 | Urban | 14.8 (9.3, 23.4) | 90 (45, 90) | 4 | 51.2 |
| Carter County 2 | Urban | 16.3 (12.6, 20.9) | 89 (58, 90) | 15 | 59.8 |
| Monroe County 2 | Rural | 18.1 (13.8, 23.5) | 88 (44, 90) | 13 | 58.6 |
| Stewart County 2 | Urban | 18.2 (10.9, 29.5) | 87 (15, 90) | 4 | 57.1 |
| Washington County 2 | Urban | 18.3 (15.4, 21.7) | 86 (55, 90) | 30 | 54.6 |
| Union County 2 | Urban | 18.6 (11.2, 29.0) | 85 (13, 90) | 4 | 62.9 |
| Williamson County 2 | Urban | 19.0 (16.7, 21.6) | 84 (60, 90) | 52 | 63.0 |
| Bradley County 2 | Urban | 19.1 (15.9, 22.8) | 83 (49, 90) | 26 | 54.8 |
| Blount County 2 | Urban | 20.0 (17.1, 23.3) | 82 (48, 89) | 38 | 60.1 |
| Hamblen County 2 | Urban | 20.4 (16.2, 25.5) | 81 (31, 90) | 17 | 62.9 |
| Davidson County 2 | Urban | 21.0 (19.4, 22.6) | 80 (55, 85) | 149 | 62.1 |
| Wilson County 2 | Urban | 21.2 (18.1, 24.6) | 79 (40, 88) | 36 | 62.6 |
| Bedford County 2 | Rural | 21.4 (16.1, 27.8) | 78 (21, 90) | 12 | 54.7 |
| Sullivan County 2 | Urban | 21.4 (18.7, 24.5) | 77 (43, 88) | 49 | 57.2 |
| Jefferson County 2 | Urban | 21.4 (16.8, 27.1) | 76 (22, 90) | 16 | 62.1 |
| Putnam County 2 | Rural | 21.5 (17.4, 26.4) | 75 (29, 89) | 20 | 56.3 |
| Sumner County 2 | Urban | 22.1 (19.4, 25.1) | 74 (39, 86) | 52 | 58.4 |
| Obion County 2 | Rural | 22.1 (16.3, 29.7) | 73 (14, 90) | 10 | 60.5 |
| Knox County 2 | Urban | 22.4 (20.6, 24.3) | 72 (45, 81) | 122 | 62.7 |
| Roane County 2 | Urban | 22.5 (17.9, 28.1) | 71 (21, 89) | 18 | 54.8 |
| Rutherford County 2 | Urban | 22.6 (20.2, 25.2) | 70 (39, 84) | 70 | 61.6 |
| Benton County 2 | Rural | 22.8 (14.9, 34.2) | 69 (5, 90) | 6 | 53.7 |
| Henry County 2 | Rural | 22.9 (16.9, 30.5) | 68 (13, 90) | 11 | 63.6 |
| Hardin County 2 | Rural | 22.9 (16.1, 31.9) | 67 (7, 90) | 9 | 52.4 |
| Rhea County 2 | Rural | 22.9 (16.6, 31.0) | 66 (11, 90) | 10 | 58.5 |
| Claiborne County 2 | Rural | 23.0 (17.2, 30.4) | 65 (13, 90) | 11 | 66.7 |
| Campbell County 2 | Urban | 23.3 (17.9, 30.0) | 64 (14, 89) | 13 | 65.0 |
| Johnson County 2 | Rural | 23.4 (15.6, 34.2) | 63 (5, 90) | 6 | 68.1 |
| Giles County 2 | Rural | 23.5 (17.0, 31.8) | 62 (9, 90) | 10 | 60.0 |
| Anderson County 2 | Urban | 23.6 (19.5, 28.3) | 61 (20, 87) | 25 | 65.6 |
| Hamilton County 2 | Urban | 23.9 (21.9, 26.1) | 60 (33, 75) | 110 | 63.4 |
| Maury County 2 | Urban | 24.2 (20.3, 28.6) | 59 (20, 86) | 29 | 67.7 |
| Grainger County 2 | Urban | 25.2 (17.8, 34.9) | 58 (4, 90) | 9 | 62.3 |
| Chester County 2 | Urban | 25.3 (16.2, 37.9) | 57 (2, 90) | 5 | 53.2 |
| Bledsoe County 2 | Rural | 25.4 (16.5, 38.3) | 56 (2, 90) | 5 | 64.3 |
| McMinn County 2 | Rural | 25.5 (20.3, 31.7) | 55 (10, 87) | 19 | 60.0 |
| Gibson County 2 | Urban | 25.5 (20.3, 31.9) | 54 (9, 86) | 17 | 64.1 |
| Jackson County 2 | Rural | 25.5 (15.9, 39.9) | 53 (1, 90) | 5 | 57.1 |
| Greene County 2 | Rural | 25.6 (21.1, 30.7) | 52 (14, 84) | 26 | 62.3 |
| White County 2 | Rural | 25.7 (18.6, 34.9) | 51 (4, 89) | 10 | 55.2 |
| Lincoln County 2 | Rural | 25.8 (19.3, 33.9) | 50 (6, 88) | 12 | 59.4 |
| Morgan County 2 | Urban | 25.8 (18.0, 36.3) | 49 (3, 90) | 7 | 69.8 |
| Shelby County 2 | Urban | 25.9 (24.5, 27.4) | 48 (29, 61) | 257 | 63.3 |
| Hickman County 2 | Urban | 26.3 (18.7, 36.2) | 47 (4, 89) | 8 | 65.6 |
| Sequatchie County 2 | Urban | 26.3 (17.4, 38.6) | 46 (2, 90) | 6 | 61.2 |
| Montgomery County 2 | Urban | 26.5 (23.1, 30.1) | 45 (16, 75) | 49 | 62.3 |
| Madison County 2 | Urban | 26.5 (22.4, 31.2) | 44 (12, 79) | 31 | 63.1 |
| Fayette County 2 | Urban | 26.7 (20.7, 34.0) | 43 (5, 86) | 16 | 58.5 |
| Lawrence County 2 | Rural | 26.8 (21.0, 33.9) | 42 (7, 85) | 15 | 74.0 |
| Loudon County 2 | Urban | 26.9 (21.4, 33.6) | 41 (7, 86) | 20 | 69.4 |
| Meigs County 2 | Rural | 27.0 (17.0, 41.4) | 40 (1, 90) | 5 | 64.1 |
| Cumberland County 2 | Rural | 27.1 (21.8, 33.3) | 39 (8, 84) | 25 | 64.5 |
| Smith County 2 | Urban | 27.3 (18.3, 39.2) | 38 (2, 90) | 6 | 66.7 |
| Robertson County 2 | Urban | 27.3 (22.4, 32.9) | 37 (8, 80) | 23 | 64.8 |
| Coffee County 2 | Rural | 27.4 (22.1, 33.6) | 36 (7, 84) | 19 | 62.6 |
| DeKalb County 2 | Rural | 27.5 (18.9, 38.9) | 35 (2, 90) | 7 | 63.2 |
| Polk County 2 | Urban | 27.5 (19.0, 39.0) | 34 (2, 90) | 7 | 49.3 |
| Lewis County 2 | Rural | 27.9 (16.7, 44.0) | 33 (1, 90) | 4 | 60.0 |
| McNairy County 2 | Rural | 28.0 (20.8, 37.1) | 32 (2, 87) | 11 | 66.7 |
| Wayne County 2 | Rural | 28.0 (19.2, 40.1) | 31 (1, 90) | 7 | 61.8 |
| Hardeman County 2 | Rural | 28.1 (20.4, 37.8) | 30 (3, 88) | 9 | 63.5 |
| Dyer County 2 | Rural | 28.4 (21.8, 36.6) | 29 (3, 85) | 13 | 71.4 |
| Hawkins County 2 | Urban | 28.5 (23.3, 34.5) | 28 (5, 78) | 24 | 66.7 |
| Tipton County 2 | Urban | 28.9 (23.5, 35.2) | 27 (5, 76) | 22 | 66.7 |
| Overton County 2 | Rural | 29.1 (20.7, 40.0) | 26 (1, 88) | 9 | 57.1 |
| Macon County 2 | Urban | 29.2 (21.1, 39.6) | 25 (1, 87) | 9 | 49.5 |
| Clay County 2 | Rural | 29.6 (17.1, 49.6) | 24 (1, 90) | 4 | 56.3 |
| Warren County 2 | Rural | 29.7 (23.3, 37.4) | 23 (3, 82) | 15 | 68.1 |
| Weakley County 2 | Rural | 30.2 (22.8, 39.4) | 22 (2, 85) | 12 | 68.5 |
| Sevier County 2 | Rural | 30.8 (26.5, 35.6) | 21 (5, 55) | 41 | 72.8 |
| Cocke County 2 | Rural | 30.8 (24.0, 39.1) | 20 (2, 81) | 16 | 68.4 |
| Henderson County 2 | Rural | 31.2 (23.5, 40.8) | 19 (1, 83) | 12 | 65.6 |
| Scott County 2 | Rural | 31.2 (22.2, 42.9) | 18 (1, 86) | 8 | 67.2 |
| Grundy County 2 | Rural | 32.2 (21.4, 47.0) | 17 (1, 89) | 6 | 54.5 |
| Fentress County 2 | Rural | 32.6 (23.2, 45.0) | 16 (1, 86) | 9 | 61.6 |
| Cheatham County 2 | Urban | 32.6 (25.2, 41.6) | 15 (1, 75) | 14 | 59.0 |
| Carroll County 2 | Rural | 32.6 (24.7, 42.5) | 14 (1, 81) | 13 | 68.1 |
| Lauderdale County 2 | Rural | 32.8 (24.1, 43.7) | 13 (1, 82) | 10 | 73.5 |
| Franklin County 2 | Rural | 32.9 (26.2, 40.9) | 12 (1, 69) | 19 | 67.1 |
| Houston County 2 | Rural | 33.2 (20.7, 52.2) | 11 (1, 90) | 4 | 66.7 |
| Humphreys County 2 | Rural | 34.1 (24.3, 46.7) | 10 (1, 84) | 9 | 63.8 |
| Marshall County 2 | Rural | 35.5 (27.6, 45.0) | 9 (1, 64) | 15 | 75.5 |
| Dickson County 2 | Urban | 35.6 (29.3, 42.9) | 8 (1, 49) | 23 | 68.0 |
| Trousdale County 2 | Urban | 35.7 (21.4, 56.0) | 7 (1, 90) | 4 | 55.6 |
| Crockett County 2 | Urban | 35.9 (24.0, 51.8) | 6 (1, 87) | 6 | 75.6 |
| Decatur County 2 | Rural | 37.9 (25.8, 54.5) | 5 (1, 82) | 7 | 85.4 |
| Haywood County 2 | Rural | 37.9 (26.8, 52.1) | 4 (1, 82) | 9 | 65.2 |
| Perry County 2 | Rural | 38.7 (23.6, 60.5) | 3 (1, 90) | 4 | 78.6 |
| Marion County 2 | Urban | 39.6 (31.2, 49.9) | 2 (1, 45) | 16 | 67.8 |
| Cannon County 2 | Urban | 41.5 (29.5, 57.1) | 1 (1, 72) | 8 | 66.1 |
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/27/2026 11:51 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.
† Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (SEER areas use 20 age groups and NPCR areas use 19 age groups). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used for SEER and NPCR incidence rates.
Rates are computed using cancers classified as malignant based on ICD-O-3. For more information see malignant.html.
^ Late Stage is defined as cases determined to be regional or distant. Due to changes in stage coding, Combined Summary Stage with Expanded Regional Codes (2004+) is used for data from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) databases and Merged Summary Stage is used for data from National Program of Cancer Registries databases. Due to the increased complexity with staging, other staging variables maybe used if necessary.
⋔ 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. The rates used in CI*Rank are all age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population using 19 age groups for SEER and NPCR areas. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
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.
Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.
1 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute. Based on the 2024 submission.
2 Source: National Program of Cancer Registries SEER*Stat Database - United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (based on the 2024 submission).
* 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.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.