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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Georgia Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name

Counties
sort alphabetically by name ascending 		Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest
sort by priority index descending 		Recent Trend2
 County Death
Rate
Compared
to
US Rate
 Average Annual Count
sort by count descending 		Age-Adjusted Death Rate

deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by rate descending 		Rate
Ratio3
County
to
US
sort by rate descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - falling - 52,648 12.9 (12.8, 12.9) - -0.8 (-1.5, -0.4)
Georgia - stable - 1,635 13.7 (13.4, 14.0) - -1.3 (-1.7, 0.0)
Worth County 6 stable similar 4 13.7 (8.4, 21.6) 1.1 -0.1 (-3.5, 3.5)
Wilkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wilkes County 6 stable similar 3 21.4 (12.2, 36.3) 1.7 -0.1 (-3.3, 3.3)
Wilcox County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Whitfield County 6 stable similar 16 13.7 (10.8, 17.2) 1.1 -1.0 (-3.3, 1.6)
White County 6 stable similar 6 15.7 (10.2, 23.3) 1.2 -1.6 (-4.6, 1.6)
Wheeler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Webster County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County 6 stable similar 6 17.4 (11.8, 24.9) 1.4 -1.2 (-3.5, 1.3)
Washington County 4 stable higher 6 25.4 (17.0, 36.6) 2.0 0.7 (-1.9, 3.5)
Warren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ware County 6 stable similar 7 14.3 (9.8, 20.4) 1.1 -0.3 (-2.5, 2.0)
Walton County 4 stable higher 20 16.8 (13.6, 20.5) 1.3 -0.1 (-1.8, 1.9)
Walker County 6 stable similar 11 12.3 (9.2, 16.1) 1.0 -2.5 (-5.2, 0.1)
Upson County 4 stable higher 10 26.2 (19.2, 35.2) 2.0 0.8 (-1.9, 3.6)
Union County 6 stable similar 5 9.4 (5.8, 15.2) 0.7 -3.3 (-7.2, 0.8)
Twiggs County
**
 		** similar 3 23.7 (13.2, 41.3) 1.8
**
Turner County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Troup County 8 falling similar 12 15.0 (11.4, 19.4) 1.2 -2.7 (-4.2, -1.2)
Treutlen County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Towns County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Toombs County 6 stable similar 4 13.4 (8.4, 20.6) 1.0 -2.1 (-4.4, 0.1)
Tift County 6 stable similar 7 14.3 (9.9, 20.1) 1.1 -2.0 (-4.7, 0.5)
Thomas County 6 stable similar 9 15.0 (10.8, 20.4) 1.2 -1.3 (-4.1, 1.4)
Terrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Telfair County
**
 		** higher 4 23.7 (14.4, 37.6) 1.8
**
Taylor County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Tattnall County 6 stable similar 4 13.3 (8.0, 20.9) 1.0 -2.3 (-6.0, 1.5)
Taliaferro County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Talbot County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sumter County
**
 		** higher 10 28.6 (21.0, 38.2) 2.2
**
Stewart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Stephens County 4 stable higher 9 24.4 (17.5, 33.3) 1.9 0.3 (-2.7, 3.5)
Spalding County 4 stable higher 17 20.4 (16.2, 25.4) 1.6 0.5 (-1.3, 2.7)
Seminole County
**
 		** similar 3 20.8 (12.1, 35.3) 1.6
**
Screven County 8 falling similar 4 17.7 (10.7, 28.6) 1.4 -3.4 (-6.2, -1.0)
Schley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rockdale County 6 stable similar 16 14.1 (11.0, 17.8) 1.1 -1.6 (-3.9, 0.9)
Richmond County 4 stable higher 40 18.7 (16.1, 21.6) 1.5 2.5 (-0.6, 12.9)
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rabun County 6 stable similar 5 14.1 (8.8, 22.6) 1.1 -1.6 (-4.7, 1.6)
Quitman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Putnam County 6 stable similar 7 17.6 (11.8, 25.8) 1.4 -0.9 (-3.0, 1.5)
Pulaski County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Polk County 6 stable similar 7 13.3 (9.1, 18.8) 1.0 -1.1 (-3.4, 1.3)
Pike County 4 stable higher 5 22.9 (14.8, 34.0) 1.8 -0.5 (-4.2, 3.6)
Pierce County
**
 		** similar 3 15.8 (9.1, 25.7) 1.2
**
Pickens County 6 stable similar 7 14.2 (9.7, 20.4) 1.1 -1.8 (-4.8, 1.7)
Peach County 8 falling similar 6 17.3 (11.6, 25.1) 1.3 -18.6 (-33.2, -2.7)
Paulding County 8 falling similar 18 11.3 (9.0, 14.0) 0.9 -3.0 (-4.6, -1.2)
Oglethorpe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Oconee County
**
 		** similar 5 10.2 (6.7, 15.1) 0.8
**
Newton County 6 stable similar 19 15.8 (12.7, 19.5) 1.2 0.0 (-1.8, 2.1)
Muscogee County 8 falling similar 34 15.1 (12.9, 17.6) 1.2 -1.8 (-2.7, -0.9)
Murray County 6 stable similar 7 15.5 (10.7, 21.8) 1.2 -1.2 (-3.7, 1.7)
Morgan County
**
 		** similar 4 13.6 (8.0, 22.0) 1.1
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County 6 stable similar 4 11.5 (7.0, 18.0) 0.9 3.4 (-2.2, 23.3)
Mitchell County 4 stable higher 6 22.1 (14.8, 31.9) 1.7 0.1 (-2.2, 2.4)
Miller County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Meriwether County 6 stable similar 5 16.3 (10.5, 24.5) 1.3 -21.3 (-37.6, 0.8)
McIntosh County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McDuffie County 6 stable similar 4 13.9 (8.5, 21.8) 1.1 -2.2 (-6.3, 1.6)
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Madison County 6 stable similar 6 16.2 (10.9, 23.3) 1.3 -1.4 (-5.2, 2.7)
Macon County 4 stable higher 4 25.1 (14.6, 40.6) 1.9 0.6 (-3.5, 4.9)
Lumpkin County 6 stable similar 5 12.7 (8.1, 19.0) 1.0 -1.7 (-6.0, 3.8)
Lowndes County 6 stable similar 14 11.9 (9.2, 15.2) 0.9 -2.1 (-4.2, 0.1)
Long County
**
 		** similar 3 24.8 (13.3, 41.2) 1.9
**
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Liberty County 6 stable similar 9 17.2 (12.3, 23.3) 1.3 24.4 (-3.2, 48.2)
Lee County
**
 		** similar 4 12.9 (7.9, 19.9) 1.0
**
Laurens County 6 stable similar 9 14.1 (10.1, 19.1) 1.1 -0.5 (-3.2, 2.3)
Lanier County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lamar County
**
 		** similar 4 15.8 (9.3, 25.4) 1.2
**
Jones County 6 stable similar 4 11.7 (7.2, 18.2) 0.9 -1.5 (-4.2, 1.5)
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jenkins County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jefferson County
**
 		** higher 5 25.4 (16.6, 37.7) 2.0
**
Jeff Davis County 4 stable higher 4 23.5 (14.5, 36.2) 1.8 0.6 (-2.7, 4.4)
Jasper County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County 8 falling similar 11 12.6 (9.5, 16.5) 1.0 -4.6 (-13.4, -1.8)
Irwin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Houston County 8 falling similar 25 14.4 (11.9, 17.2) 1.1 -2.0 (-3.5, -0.4)
Henry County 4 stable higher 36 15.6 (13.3, 18.2) 1.2 9.2 (-2.4, 17.7)
Heard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hart County
**
 		** similar 8 18.7 (13.1, 26.1) 1.5
**
Harris County 6 stable similar 8 17.5 (12.3, 24.3) 1.4 6.6 (-3.5, 32.5)
Haralson County 4 stable higher 8 22.3 (15.7, 30.9) 1.7 -0.5 (-2.7, 1.9)
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hall County 9 falling lower 24 9.9 (8.2, 11.9) 0.8 -2.5 (-3.9, -0.9)
Habersham County 6 stable similar 9 14.9 (10.7, 20.4) 1.2 -1.2 (-3.5, 1.2)
Gwinnett County 9 falling lower 98 11.5 (10.5, 12.7) 0.9 -1.6 (-2.2, -0.8)
Greene County 6 stable similar 5 14.9 (9.0, 24.0) 1.2 -2.4 (-5.3, 0.5)
Grady County
**
 		** similar 5 14.2 (8.9, 21.8) 1.1
**
Gordon County 6 stable similar 9 13.4 (9.6, 18.1) 1.0 -1.7 (-4.0, 0.9)
Glynn County 8 falling similar 17 13.0 (10.2, 16.3) 1.0 -2.8 (-5.5, -0.2)
Glascock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gilmer County 6 stable similar 6 12.3 (8.2, 18.0) 1.0 -2.8 (-5.9, 0.7)
Fulton County 8 falling similar 136 13.0 (12.1, 14.1) 1.0 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.4)
Franklin County
**
 		** higher 6 20.9 (14.1, 30.0) 1.6
**
Forsyth County 9 falling lower 26 10.3 (8.5, 12.3) 0.8 -3.3 (-5.0, -1.2)
Floyd County 8 falling similar 17 14.2 (11.3, 17.7) 1.1 -1.8 (-3.6, -0.1)
Fayette County 8 falling similar 18 11.3 (9.0, 14.0) 0.9 -2.6 (-4.2, -0.8)
Fannin County 6 stable similar 8 14.8 (10.0, 21.7) 1.1 -1.9 (-5.2, 1.5)
Evans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Emanuel County 4 stable higher 6 21.4 (14.1, 31.2) 1.7 -1.3 (-4.5, 1.8)
Elbert County 6 stable similar 4 15.3 (8.8, 24.9) 1.2 -2.0 (-6.0, 1.6)
Effingham County 4 stable higher 14 21.0 (16.2, 26.8) 1.6 -1.3 (-3.5, 1.5)
Echols County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Early County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Douglas County 6 stable similar 19 13.1 (10.5, 16.1) 1.0 -1.3 (-2.9, 0.6)
Dougherty County 8 falling similar 13 12.7 (9.7, 16.3) 1.0 -2.4 (-3.8, -1.0)
Dooly County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dodge County
**
 		** similar 5 18.5 (12.0, 27.8) 1.4
**
Decatur County
**
 		** higher 8 22.7 (15.9, 31.5) 1.8
**
DeKalb County 8 falling similar 97 12.3 (11.2, 13.5) 1.0 -1.9 (-2.7, -1.1)
Dawson County
**
 		** similar 6 15.3 (9.9, 22.8) 1.2
**
Dade County
**
 		** similar 4 19.6 (12.0, 30.7) 1.5
**
Crisp County 6 stable similar 4 16.3 (9.9, 25.4) 1.3 -0.8 (-3.8, 2.3)
Crawford County
**
 		** similar 4 23.1 (13.8, 37.2) 1.8
**
Coweta County 6 stable similar 23 14.0 (11.5, 17.0) 1.1 -1.7 (-3.4, 0.2)
Cook County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Columbia County 9 falling lower 19 10.2 (8.2, 12.6) 0.8 -2.6 (-4.7, -0.2)
Colquitt County 8 falling similar 8 13.8 (9.7, 19.1) 1.1 -2.3 (-4.7, 0.0)
Coffee County 6 stable similar 7 15.8 (11.0, 21.9) 1.2 -1.5 (-4.3, 1.4)
Cobb County 8 falling similar 94 12.0 (10.9, 13.2) 0.9 -1.2 (-2.1, -0.3)
Clinch County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clayton County 6 stable similar 34 13.8 (11.6, 16.2) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.6, 0.5)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clarke County 8 falling similar 13 11.9 (9.2, 15.2) 0.9 -2.5 (-4.7, -0.4)
Cherokee County 8 falling similar 37 12.0 (10.2, 13.9) 0.9 -8.9 (-20.3, -2.2)
Chattooga County 8 falling similar 5 14.9 (9.7, 22.3) 1.2 -2.0 (-3.9, -0.2)
Chattahoochee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chatham County 8 falling similar 41 11.7 (10.1, 13.5) 0.9 -2.6 (-3.5, -1.7)
Charlton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Catoosa County 6 stable similar 11 12.8 (9.6, 16.8) 1.0 -1.6 (-4.0, 1.0)
Carroll County 4 stable higher 22 17.9 (14.6, 21.6) 1.4 -0.6 (-2.2, 1.2)
Candler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Camden County 6 stable similar 6 10.8 (7.1, 15.8) 0.8 -1.7 (-4.8, 1.9)
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Butts County
**
 		** similar 4 13.9 (8.5, 21.6) 1.1
**
Burke County 6 stable similar 6 19.8 (12.9, 29.1) 1.5 -1.5 (-5.4, 2.7)
Bulloch County 6 stable similar 12 15.0 (11.3, 19.6) 1.2 -1.0 (-2.4, 0.6)
Bryan County 6 stable similar 6 16.5 (11.1, 23.5) 1.3 -2.3 (-5.7, 1.6)
Brooks County 6 stable similar 4 14.4 (8.6, 23.4) 1.1 -1.0 (-4.4, 2.8)
Brantley County
**
 		** higher 5 22.6 (14.4, 34.0) 1.8
**
Bleckley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bibb County 8 falling similar 25 13.9 (11.5, 16.6) 1.1 -2.2 (-3.7, -0.9)
Berrien County
**
 		** similar 3 13.0 (7.5, 21.5) 1.0
**
Ben Hill County
**
 		** similar 3 14.5 (8.3, 23.9) 1.1
**
Bartow County 8 falling similar 17 14.0 (11.1, 17.5) 1.1 -1.8 (-3.4, -0.1)
Barrow County 6 stable similar 14 16.1 (12.4, 20.5) 1.3 0.5 (-2.0, 3.9)
Banks County
**
 		** similar 4 18.0 (11.1, 27.9) 1.4
**
Baldwin County 6 stable similar 8 14.1 (9.8, 19.7) 1.1 1.0 (-1.7, 4.2)
Baker County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bacon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Atkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Appling County 6 stable similar 5 18.3 (11.3, 28.2) 1.4 -2.6 (-6.3, 1.0)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/17/2026 6:34 pm.

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

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
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. 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+). The Healthy People 2030 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).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Atkinson County, Bacon County, Baker County, Bleckley County, Calhoun County, Candler County, Charlton County, Chattahoochee County, Clay County, Clinch County, Cook County, Dooly County, Early County, Echols County, Evans County, Glascock County, Hancock County, Heard County, Irwin County, Jasper County, Jenkins County, Johnson County, Lanier County, Lincoln County, Marion County, McIntosh County, Miller County, Montgomery County, Oglethorpe County, Pulaski County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Schley County, Stewart County, Talbot County, Taliaferro County, Taylor County, Terrell County, Towns County, Treutlen County, Turner County, Warren County, Webster County, Wheeler County, Wilcox County, Wilkinson County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Banks County, Ben Hill County, Berrien County, Brantley County, Butts County, Crawford County, Dade County, Dawson County, Decatur County, Dodge County, Franklin County, Grady County, Hart County, Jefferson County, Lamar County, Lee County, Long County, Morgan County, Oconee County, Pierce County, Seminole County, Sumter County, Telfair County, Twiggs County

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 do not include Puerto Rico.

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