State Cancer Profiles

Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Oklahoma by County

Oral Cavity & Pharynx (Late Stage^), 2018-2022

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

Sorted by CI*Rank

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.

Percent of Cases with Late Stage - This is the number of late stages cases compared to the number of cases for all stages.

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

Oklahoma²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.1 to 8.9 and 401 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

US (SEER+NPCR)¹

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : N/A
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.7 to 7.8 and 32,341 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : N/A

Garvin County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 14.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 9.5 to 22.6 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 1 (1, 28)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pittsburg County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 12.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.9 to 17.9 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 2 (1, 28)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Ottawa County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 12.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.5 to 18.5 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 3 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Muskogee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 11.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.6 to 15.7 and 10 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 4 (1, 28)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Caddo County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 11.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.4 to 18.0 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 5 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Rogers County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 10.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 8.5 to 13.9 and 14 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 6 (1, 27)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

McClain County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 10.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.5 to 15.1 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 7 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Seminole County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 10.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.6 to 16.9 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 8 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Osage County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 9.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.8 to 14.2 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 9 (1, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Creek County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 9.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.0 to 13.1 and 9 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 10 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Canadian County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 9.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.3 to 11.6 and 16 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 11 (3, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Mayes County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 9.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.6 to 14.3 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 12 (1, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pottawatomie County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 9.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.4 to 12.4 and 8 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 13 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Wagoner County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.5 to 12.1 and 9 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 14 (2, 33)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Washington County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.8 to 12.9 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 15 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Payne County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.9 to 12.3 and 7 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 16 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Tulsa County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.6 to 9.6 and 64 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 17 (8, 29)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Bryan County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.4 to 12.9 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 18 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Stephens County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.4 to 12.9 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 19 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cleveland County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.9 to 9.8 and 27 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 20 (8, 32)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Comanche County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 6.1 to 10.9 and 10 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 21 (4, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Le Flore County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.2 to 12.4 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 22 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Okmulgee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.7 to 13.2 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 23 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Delaware County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.0 to 12.5 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 24 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Oklahoma County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 8.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 7.2 to 8.9 and 69 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 25 (12, 31)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Pontotoc County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.7 to 12.7 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 26 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Kay County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.9 to 11.9 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 27 (3, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Logan County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.9 to 11.8 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 28 (3, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Sequoyah County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.4 to 12.3 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 29 (2, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Grady County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 5.0 to 10.9 and 6 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 30 (5, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Garfield County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 7.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.5 to 10.5 and 5 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 31 (5, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Cherokee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 6.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 4.1 to 10.9 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 32 (4, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Lincoln County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate : The incidence rate is 6.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.7 to 11.3 and 3 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 33 (4, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Carter County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate : The incidence rate is 6.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 3.5 to 9.9 and 4 average annual cases over 2018-2022.
• CI*Rank ⋔ : 34 (7, 34)
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage :

Adair County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Alfalfa County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Atoka County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Beaver County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Beckham County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Blaine County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Choctaw County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Cimarron County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Coal County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Cotton County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Craig County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Custer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Dewey County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Ellis County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Grant County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Greer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Harmon County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Harper County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Haskell County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Hughes County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Jackson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Jefferson County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Johnston County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Kingfisher County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Kiowa County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Latimer County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Love County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Major County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Marshall County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

McCurtain County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

McIntosh County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Murray County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Noble County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Nowata County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Okfuskee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Pawnee County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Urban
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Pushmataha County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Roger Mills County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Texas County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Tillman County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Washita County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Woods County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Woodward County²

• 2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ : Rural
• Rate :
• CI*Rank ⋔ : *
• Percent of Cases with Late Stage : *

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 12:22 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.



† 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.

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.