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Incidence Rate Report for West Virginia by County

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

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

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County
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		2023 Rural-Urban Continuum Codes Φ
sort by rural urban descending 		Age-Adjusted Incidence Rate †
cases per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate ascending 		CI*Rank ⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by CI rank descending 		Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Percent of Cases with Late Stage
sort by percent late descending
West Virginia 2 N/A 10.1 (9.5, 10.7) N/A 258 69.6
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 N/A 7.7 (7.7, 7.8) N/A 32,341 64.3
McDowell County 2 Rural 15.3 (9.2, 24.3) 1 (1, 25) 4 91.3
Preston County 2 Urban 14.4 (9.8, 20.7) 2 (1, 24) 7 75.0
Mineral County 2 Rural 14.2 (9.1, 21.4) 3 (1, 25) 6 80.0
Logan County 2 Rural 13.7 (9.2, 19.9) 4 (1, 25) 7 76.7
Jackson County 2 Rural 12.5 (8.0, 19.0) 5 (1, 26) 5 78.8
Fayette County 2 Urban 11.5 (7.8, 16.5) 6 (1, 26) 7 66.0
Kanawha County 2 Urban 11.4 (9.5, 13.6) 7 (3, 22) 28 67.1
Cabell County 2 Urban 11.3 (8.7, 14.5) 8 (2, 24) 14 74.2
Mercer County 2 Rural 11.1 (7.9, 15.2) 9 (1, 26) 9 86.5
Greenbrier County 2 Rural 11.0 (7.2, 16.4) 10 (1, 27) 6 71.4
Wood County 2 Urban 10.9 (8.4, 14.1) 11 (2, 25) 13 72.5
Nicholas County 2 Rural 10.7 (6.5, 17.2) 12 (1, 27) 4 65.6
Upshur County 2 Rural 10.6 (6.1, 17.5) 13 (1, 27) 4 64.3
Raleigh County 2 Urban 10.6 (7.9, 14.0) 14 (2, 26) 11 66.3
Wyoming County 2 Rural 10.5 (6.1, 17.5) 15 (1, 27) 4 85.7
Berkeley County 2 Urban 10.3 (8.1, 13.0) 16 (3, 25) 16 73.4
Marion County 2 Rural 9.9 (7.0, 13.9) 17 (2, 27) 8 66.7
Harrison County 2 Rural 9.6 (6.8, 13.2) 18 (3, 27) 8 64.6
Jefferson County 2 Urban 9.6 (6.7, 13.3) 19 (3, 27) 8 67.2
Mason County 2 Rural 9.5 (5.2, 16.1) 20 (1, 27) 3 66.7
Mingo County 2 Rural 9.4 (5.4, 15.7) 21 (1, 27) 4 75.0
Marshall County 2 Urban 9.3 (5.7, 14.7) 22 (2, 27) 5 57.5
Wayne County 2 Urban 9.2 (5.9, 13.8) 23 (3, 27) 5 75.0
Monongalia County 2 Urban 8.8 (6.5, 11.7) 24 (6, 27) 10 63.4
Ohio County 2 Urban 7.8 (4.9, 12.0) 25 (6, 27) 5 59.5
Putnam County 2 Urban 7.2 (4.9, 10.5) 26 (10, 27) 6 58.5
Hancock County 2 Urban 6.9 (3.9, 11.8) 27 (8, 27) 3 60.7
Barbour County 2 Rural
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3 or fewer
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Boone County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Braxton County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
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Brooke County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Calhoun County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
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Clay County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Doddridge County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Gilmer County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Grant County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Hampshire County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Hardy County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Lewis County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Lincoln County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Monroe County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Morgan County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Pendleton County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Pleasants County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Pocahontas County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Randolph County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Ritchie County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Roane County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Summers County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Taylor County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Tucker County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Tyler County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Webster County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Wetzel County 2 Rural
*
*
3 or fewer
*
Wirt County 2 Urban
*
*
3 or fewer
*

Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/14/2026 3:26 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.


† 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.

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