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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Tennessee Counties versus United States

All Cancer Sites

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by priority index
Counties
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent Trend2
County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
Average Annual Count
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Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
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Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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United States - falling falling trend - 599,666 149.4 (149.3, 149.6) - -2.0 (-2.2, -1.8)
Tennessee - falling falling trend - 14,342 170.4 (169.1, 171.6) - -2.3 (-3.1, -1.6)
Benton County 4 stable stable trend higher 60 228.9 (202.5, 258.3) 1.5 0.2 (-0.4, 0.8)
Cannon County 4 stable stable trend higher 38 199.3 (171.3, 230.8) 1.3 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)
Carroll County 4 stable stable trend higher 92 220.5 (200.4, 242.3) 1.5 -0.2 (-0.6, 0.1)
Chester County 4 stable stable trend higher 44 194.1 (168.8, 222.6) 1.3 0.0 (-0.8, 0.8)
Crockett County 4 stable stable trend higher 42 215.5 (186.6, 247.8) 1.4 0.3 (-0.4, 1.0)
DeKalb County 4 stable stable trend higher 53 188.7 (166.1, 213.8) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Decatur County 4 stable stable trend higher 35 181.1 (154.4, 211.9) 1.2 -0.6 (-1.3, 0.2)
Dyer County 4 stable stable trend higher 97 197.0 (179.5, 215.8) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.0, 0.0)
Grainger County 4 stable stable trend higher 66 188.8 (168.3, 211.5) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.1, 0.2)
Grundy County 4 stable stable trend higher 44 221.9 (192.6, 254.8) 1.5 0.4 (-0.4, 1.3)
Hardeman County 4 stable stable trend higher 69 206.8 (185.1, 230.4) 1.4 -0.3 (-0.9, 0.2)
Hardin County 4 stable stable trend higher 73 170.5 (152.8, 190.0) 1.1 -0.5 (-1.2, 0.2)
Hawkins County 4 stable stable trend higher 162 190.8 (177.5, 205.0) 1.3 -0.1 (-0.5, 0.2)
Henderson County 4 stable stable trend higher 76 199.2 (179.2, 221.1) 1.3 -0.4 (-0.9, 0.0)
Hickman County 4 stable stable trend higher 65 196.3 (175.0, 219.6) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.2, 0.1)
Houston County 4 stable stable trend higher 29 232.8 (195.2, 276.4) 1.6 0.5 (-0.2, 1.2)
Humphreys County 4 stable stable trend higher 51 183.9 (161.6, 208.8) 1.2 -0.6 (-1.2, 0.0)
Johnson County 4 stable stable trend higher 60 208.4 (184.9, 234.7) 1.4 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)
Macon County 4 stable stable trend higher 60 203.7 (180.9, 228.8) 1.4 -0.4 (-0.8, 0.0)
McNairy County 4 stable stable trend higher 78 203.0 (182.9, 225.1) 1.4 -0.3 (-0.8, 0.2)
Meigs County 4 stable stable trend higher 38 215.8 (185.0, 250.8) 1.4 0.5 (-0.5, 1.4)
Overton County 4 stable stable trend higher 78 241.8 (217.7, 268.1) 1.6 -0.1 (-0.6, 0.5)
Perry County 4 stable stable trend higher 26 211.7 (175.7, 253.8) 1.4 -0.3 (-1.4, 0.8)
Smith County 4 stable stable trend higher 47 186.9 (163.1, 213.4) 1.3 3.3 (-2.3, 9.2)
Stewart County 4 stable stable trend higher 41 208.6 (180.4, 240.4) 1.4 -0.1 (-1.0, 0.8)
Unicoi County 4 stable stable trend higher 57 191.6 (169.1, 216.8) 1.3 -0.2 (-0.7, 0.3)
Van Buren County 4 stable stable trend higher 18 193.4 (154.3, 241.1) 1.3 -0.3 (-1.5, 0.9)
Warren County 4 stable stable trend higher 105 193.7 (177.2, 211.4) 1.3 -0.3 (-0.8, 0.2)
Wayne County 4 stable stable trend higher 44 179.7 (156.4, 206.1) 1.2 -0.3 (-0.9, 0.4)
Bedford County 5 falling falling trend higher 112 196.6 (180.3, 214.1) 1.3 -0.6 (-1.0, -0.1)
Bradley County 5 falling falling trend higher 231 167.8 (158.2, 178.0) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.3, -0.7)
Campbell County 5 falling falling trend higher 118 196.2 (180.3, 213.3) 1.3 -0.7 (-1.0, -0.3)
Cheatham County 5 falling falling trend higher 93 195.9 (177.6, 215.5) 1.3 -0.8 (-1.5, -0.2)
Claiborne County 5 falling falling trend higher 85 187.1 (169.1, 206.6) 1.3 -0.7 (-1.2, -0.2)
Cocke County 5 falling falling trend higher 99 180.5 (164.5, 198.0) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.5)
Coffee County 5 falling falling trend higher 135 187.4 (173.3, 202.4) 1.3 -0.8 (-1.2, -0.4)
Dickson County 5 falling falling trend higher 134 204.6 (189.1, 221.0) 1.4 -0.5 (-0.8, -0.1)
Fentress County 5 falling falling trend higher 58 205.8 (181.6, 232.7) 1.4 -0.7 (-1.3, -0.1)
Franklin County 5 falling falling trend higher 100 165.4 (150.7, 181.2) 1.1 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.5)
Gibson County 5 falling falling trend higher 134 200.8 (185.6, 216.9) 1.3 -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
Giles County 5 falling falling trend higher 74 169.1 (151.9, 187.9) 1.1 -0.9 (-1.5, -0.4)
Greene County 5 falling falling trend higher 204 190.7 (178.8, 203.2) 1.3 -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Hamblen County 5 falling falling trend higher 151 171.0 (158.8, 184.0) 1.1 -1.1 (-1.6, -0.6)
Haywood County 5 falling falling trend higher 45 181.1 (157.4, 207.7) 1.2 -1.0 (-1.7, -0.3)
Henry County 5 falling falling trend higher 101 187.0 (170.5, 204.9) 1.3 -0.7 (-1.1, -0.3)
Jefferson County 5 falling falling trend higher 136 171.2 (158.2, 185.0) 1.1 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)
Lauderdale County 5 falling falling trend higher 68 214.5 (191.9, 239.2) 1.4 -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Lawrence County 5 falling falling trend higher 114 193.0 (177.3, 210.0) 1.3 -0.9 (-1.3, -0.4)
Lewis County 5 falling falling trend higher 35 190.7 (162.4, 223.1) 1.3 -0.7 (-1.3, -0.2)
Lincoln County 5 falling falling trend higher 85 169.8 (153.6, 187.3) 1.1 -1.2 (-1.7, -0.7)
Madison County 5 falling falling trend higher 215 169.2 (159.0, 180.0) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.3, -0.7)
Marion County 5 falling falling trend higher 74 175.5 (157.6, 195.1) 1.2 -2.5 (-3.8, -1.1)
Marshall County 5 falling falling trend higher 78 183.9 (165.7, 203.8) 1.2 -0.7 (-1.2, -0.2)
Maury County 5 falling falling trend higher 201 172.6 (161.8, 184.0) 1.2 -1.2 (-1.5, -0.8)
McMinn County 5 falling falling trend higher 143 182.5 (169.1, 196.8) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.5)
Monroe County 5 falling falling trend higher 138 202.9 (187.4, 219.4) 1.4 -0.5 (-1.0, -0.1)
Montgomery County 5 falling falling trend higher 292 185.2 (175.5, 195.3) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.3, -0.6)
Morgan County 5 falling falling trend higher 53 186.0 (163.8, 210.6) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.5, -0.2)
Obion County 5 falling falling trend higher 81 176.4 (159.3, 195.1) 1.2 -3.5 (-6.0, -1.0)
Polk County 5 falling falling trend higher 53 205.5 (180.9, 232.9) 1.4 -0.9 (-1.6, -0.1)
Putnam County 5 falling falling trend higher 172 177.5 (165.7, 190.0) 1.2 -0.5 (-1.0, -0.1)
Rhea County 5 falling falling trend higher 90 198.8 (180.5, 218.6) 1.3 -0.6 (-1.0, -0.2)
Roane County 5 falling falling trend higher 152 168.9 (156.7, 181.9) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.3, -0.7)
Robertson County 5 falling falling trend higher 149 180.5 (167.4, 194.4) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.3, -0.5)
Scott County 5 falling falling trend higher 63 219.4 (195.5, 245.6) 1.5 -0.6 (-1.1, -0.1)
Sevier County 5 falling falling trend higher 252 183.3 (173.0, 194.2) 1.2 -0.4 (-0.7, -0.2)
Shelby County 5 falling falling trend higher 1,695 169.3 (165.6, 173.0) 1.1 -2.9 (-3.6, -2.1)
Sullivan County 5 falling falling trend higher 432 174.8 (167.3, 182.6) 1.2 -0.8 (-1.1, -0.6)
Tipton County 5 falling falling trend higher 137 196.6 (181.8, 212.3) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.0, -0.1)
Union County 5 falling falling trend higher 50 185.0 (162.1, 210.5) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.3)
Washington County 5 falling falling trend higher 298 169.6 (160.9, 178.7) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.2, -0.7)
Weakley County 5 falling falling trend higher 81 178.4 (161.1, 197.3) 1.2 -0.5 (-0.9, -0.1)
White County 5 falling falling trend higher 74 183.0 (164.5, 203.2) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.4, -0.4)
Hancock County 6 stable stable trend similar 19 182.3 (145.7, 226.6) 1.2 -0.2 (-1.2, 0.7)
Lake County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 185.4 (147.3, 231.4) 1.2 -0.9 (-1.8, 0.0)
Pickett County 6 stable stable trend similar 15 159.9 (123.3, 206.6) 1.1 -0.6 (-1.6, 0.5)
Trousdale County 6 stable stable trend similar 20 181.6 (146.7, 222.5) 1.2 -0.8 (-1.8, 0.2)
Anderson County 8 falling falling trend similar 182 161.1 (150.5, 172.3) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.4, -0.6)
Bledsoe County 8 falling falling trend similar 30 144.2 (121.7, 170.2) 1.0 -1.4 (-2.2, -0.7)
Blount County 8 falling falling trend similar 307 158.1 (150.1, 166.4) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.1, -1.0)
Carter County 8 falling falling trend similar 142 159.0 (147.2, 171.6) 1.1 -1.2 (-1.7, -0.8)
Clay County 8 falling falling trend similar 23 168.4 (138.5, 204.5) 1.1 -1.0 (-2.0, -0.1)
Cumberland County 8 falling falling trend similar 185 155.2 (144.4, 166.8) 1.0 -1.0 (-1.4, -0.6)
Davidson County 8 falling falling trend similar 1,085 159.3 (155.0, 163.7) 1.1 -2.6 (-3.0, -2.1)
Fayette County 8 falling falling trend similar 92 147.4 (133.7, 162.4) 1.0 -1.5 (-2.2, -0.9)
Hamilton County 8 falling falling trend similar 718 148.5 (143.5, 153.5) 1.0 -4.3 (-5.9, -2.6)
Jackson County 8 falling falling trend similar 34 164.7 (140.0, 193.6) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.8, -0.1)
Knox County 8 falling falling trend similar 887 157.8 (153.1, 162.6) 1.1 -3.1 (-4.6, -1.6)
Loudon County 8 falling falling trend similar 141 149.1 (137.6, 161.4) 1.0 -1.5 (-1.9, -1.0)
Moore County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 132.8 (101.3, 172.5) 0.9 -1.7 (-3.0, -0.5)
Rutherford County 8 falling falling trend similar 452 163.1 (156.2, 170.2) 1.1 -1.4 (-1.6, -1.1)
Sequatchie County 8 falling falling trend similar 32 144.5 (121.9, 170.4) 1.0 -6.8 (-11.8, -1.5)
Sumner County 8 falling falling trend similar 371 163.8 (156.3, 171.6) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
Wilson County 8 falling falling trend similar 252 153.0 (144.5, 161.9) 1.0 -2.0 (-2.5, -1.5)
Williamson County 9 falling falling trend lower 296 122.1 (115.8, 128.7) 0.8 -2.0 (-2.3, -1.7)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 11:49 am.

Trend2
     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.
Rate Comparison
     Above     when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10
     Similar     when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.
     Below     when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90

1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate.
2 Recent trend in death rates is usually an Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Version 4.8.0.0. Due to data availability issues, the time period and/or calculation method used in the calculation of the trends may differ for selected geographic areas.
3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate. Previous versions of this table used one-year rates for states and five-year rates for counties. As of June 2018, only five-year rates are used.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).


Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.

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