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Interpretation of Incidence Rates Data

Incidence Rate Report for Tennessee by County

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

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

Sorted by Count

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


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Tennessee2


US (SEER+NPCR)1


Henry County2


White County2


Benton County2


Carroll County2


Grainger County2


Claiborne County2


Macon County2


Union County2


Warren County2


Wayne County2


Fayette County2


Hickman County2


Weakley County2


Hardin County2


McNairy County2


Giles County2


Henderson County2


Bradley County2


Marion County2


Marshall County2


Rhea County2


Cheatham County2


Coffee County2


Franklin County2


Lawrence County2


Cocke County2


Bedford County2


Hawkins County2


Campbell County2


Hamblen County2


McMinn County2


Monroe County2


Putnam County2


Dyer County2


Jefferson County2


Tipton County2


Carter County2


Loudon County2


Roane County2


Dickson County2


Robertson County2


Cumberland County2


Gibson County2


Madison County2


Greene County2


Maury County2


Anderson County2


Sevier County2


Montgomery County2


Washington County2


Blount County2


Wilson County2


Sullivan County2


Sumner County2


Williamson County2


Rutherford County2


Hamilton County2


Knox County2


Davidson County2


Shelby County2


Bledsoe County2 Cannon County2 Chester County2 Clay County2 Crockett County2 DeKalb County2 Decatur County2 Fentress County2 Grundy County2 Hancock County2 Hardeman County2 Haywood County2 Houston County2 Humphreys County2 Jackson County2 Johnson County2 Lake County2 Lauderdale County2 Lewis County2 Lincoln County2 Meigs County2 Moore County2 Morgan County2 Obion County2 Overton County2 Perry County2 Pickett County2 Polk County2 Scott County2 Sequatchie County2 Smith County2 Stewart County2 Trousdale County2 Unicoi County2 Van Buren County2


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 11:44 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.

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.