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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Mississippi by County

All Cancer Sites (All Stages^), 2018-2022

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages <50

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers
Incidence Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The incidence rate is based upon 100,000 people and is an annual rate (or average annual rate) based on the time period indicated. Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population.

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC/APC:

AAPC/APC (95% Confidence Interval) - the change in rate over time


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Mississippi2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Smith County2


Bolivar County2


Alcorn County2


Neshoba County2


Coahoma County2


Tishomingo County2


Scott County2


Sunflower County2


Panola County2


Washington County2


Winston County2


Franklin County2


Stone County2


Lincoln County2


Itawamba County2


Attala County2


Lafayette County2


Rankin County2


Union County2


Wilkinson County2


Yazoo County2


Chickasaw County2


Lee County2


Jones County2


Perry County2


Oktibbeha County2


Jackson County2


Clarke County2


Wayne County2


Quitman County2


Adams County2


Amite County2


Forrest County2


Hinds County2


Leake County2


Marion County2


Simpson County2


Harrison County2


Warren County2


Carroll County2


Copiah County2


Hancock County2


Holmes County2


George County2


Jasper County2


Lawrence County2


Madison County2


Pontotoc County2


Webster County2


Jefferson Davis County2


Lamar County2


Prentiss County2


Tate County2


Tunica County2


Grenada County2


Lauderdale County2


Leflore County2


DeSoto County2


Tallahatchie County2


Kemper County2


Marshall County2


Humphreys County2


Covington County2


Monroe County2


Lowndes County2


Yalobusha County2


Newton County2


Noxubee County2


Calhoun County2


Pearl River County2


Greene County2


Montgomery County2


Choctaw County2


Tippah County2


Walthall County2


Claiborne County2


Pike County2


Clay County2


Benton County2


Jefferson County2


Issaquena County2 Sharkey County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/19/2026 2:40 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.


† 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.

‡ Incidence data come from different sources. 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.

Rates and trends are computed using different standards for malignancy. For more information see malignant.html.

^ All Stages refers to any stage. 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.

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.