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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

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 falling trend - 52,152 13.1 (13.1, 13.2) - -1.9 (-2.1, -1.8)
Georgia - falling falling trend - 1,593 14.1 (13.7, 14.4) - -3.1 (-4.5, -1.6)
Worth County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 11.2 (6.3, 18.8) 0.9 -3.0 (-5.4, -0.6)
Wilkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Wilkes County
**
 		** similar 4 23.7 (14.3, 38.5) 1.8
**
Wilcox County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Whitfield County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 12.6 (9.8, 16.0) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.7, -0.4)
White County
**
 		** similar 6 14.8 (9.5, 22.2) 1.1
**
Wheeler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Webster County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 20.4 (14.3, 28.3) 1.6 0.5 (-1.2, 2.3)
Washington County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.3 (12.2, 29.3) 1.5 31.7 (-10.4, 93.5)
Warren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ware County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 16.5 (11.5, 23.0) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.9, 1.0)
Walton County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 15.6 (12.5, 19.4) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.1)
Walker County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 14.3 (11.0, 18.4) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.9, 0.0)
Upson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.6 (12.1, 25.0) 1.3 -0.3 (-1.8, 1.2)
Union County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 12.7 (8.3, 19.4) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.9, -0.1)
Twiggs County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Turner County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Troup County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 16.0 (12.2, 20.7) 1.2 -0.6 (-1.9, 0.6)
Treutlen County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Towns County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Toombs County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 15.0 (9.9, 22.2) 1.1 -1.0 (-2.6, 0.6)
Tift County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.9 (8.5, 18.6) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4)
Thomas County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 14.3 (10.2, 19.6) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.5, 0.2)
Terrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Telfair County
**
 		** higher 5 22.8 (14.6, 34.5) 1.7
**
Taylor County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Tattnall County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 12.9 (7.6, 20.7) 1.0 -0.1 (-2.5, 2.3)
Taliaferro County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Talbot County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sumter County
**
 		** similar 7 19.3 (13.2, 27.4) 1.5
**
Stewart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Stephens County 4 stable stable trend higher 10 31.2 (22.9, 41.6) 2.4 1.5 (-0.1, 3.2)
Spalding County 4 stable stable trend higher 17 19.7 (15.6, 24.6) 1.5 -0.3 (-1.5, 0.8)
Seminole County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Screven County 6 stable stable trend similar 3 16.4 (9.4, 27.3) 1.3 -1.2 (-3.0, 0.5)
Schley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rockdale County 6 stable stable trend similar 16 16.0 (12.6, 20.0) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.0)
Richmond County 5 falling falling trend higher 33 15.8 (13.4, 18.5) 1.2 -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rabun County
**
 		** similar 6 16.3 (10.9, 24.8) 1.2
**
Quitman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Putnam County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 14.3 (8.9, 22.3) 1.1 -2.5 (-3.9, -1.1)
Pulaski County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Polk County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 15.3 (10.8, 21.2) 1.2 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1)
Pike County
**
 		** similar 3 15.5 (8.9, 25.3) 1.2
**
Pierce County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pickens County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.1 (8.7, 19.4) 1.0 -2.6 (-4.7, -0.5)
Peach County 4 stable stable trend higher 7 20.2 (13.9, 28.6) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.3, 1.1)
Paulding County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 11.6 (9.2, 14.4) 0.9 -2.0 (-3.4, -0.6)
Oglethorpe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Oconee County
**
 		** lower 3 7.6 (4.4, 12.4) 0.6
**
Newton County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 15.0 (11.9, 18.7) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.0)
Muscogee County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 15.2 (12.9, 17.8) 1.2 -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Murray County
**
 		** similar 7 17.4 (12.1, 24.3) 1.3
**
Morgan County
**
 		** similar 4 15.6 (9.5, 24.6) 1.2
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 9.5 (5.4, 15.7) 0.7 -2.9 (-5.1, -0.6)
Mitchell County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 17.1 (10.7, 26.1) 1.3 -1.0 (-2.2, 0.3)
Miller County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Meriwether County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 18.9 (12.5, 27.9) 1.4 0.1 (-1.2, 1.5)
McIntosh County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McDuffie County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 15.1 (9.2, 23.6) 1.1 0.5 (-1.7, 2.8)
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Madison County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 18.3 (12.5, 26.1) 1.4 -0.9 (-2.9, 1.0)
Macon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lumpkin County
**
 		** similar 5 11.4 (7.2, 17.5) 0.9
**
Lowndes County 9 falling falling trend lower 11 9.9 (7.5, 12.9) 0.8 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Long County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Liberty County
**
 		** similar 7 15.3 (10.5, 21.4) 1.2
**
Lee County
**
 		** similar 5 16.8 (10.5, 25.4) 1.3
**
Laurens County 4 stable stable trend higher 12 18.9 (14.2, 24.6) 1.4 1.1 (-0.4, 2.7)
Lanier County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lamar County
**
 		** similar 4 16.9 (10.0, 26.9) 1.3
**
Jones County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 13.4 (8.5, 20.3) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.7, 0.6)
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jenkins County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jefferson County
**
 		** higher 6 28.4 (19.0, 41.2) 2.2
**
Jeff Davis County
**
 		** similar 4 19.5 (11.7, 31.1) 1.5
**
Jasper County
**
 		** similar 3 17.5 (9.7, 29.5) 1.3
**
Jackson County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 16.0 (12.2, 20.6) 1.2 -0.8 (-2.0, 0.5)
Irwin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Houston County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 13.5 (11.0, 16.5) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Henry County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 14.1 (11.8, 16.6) 1.1 -3.3 (-4.7, -1.9)
Heard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hart County
**
 		** similar 7 16.6 (11.5, 23.8) 1.3
**
Harris County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 15.4 (10.5, 21.9) 1.2 -3.0 (-4.7, -1.2)
Haralson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 19.8 (13.7, 27.8) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.6, 1.5)
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hall County 8 falling falling trend similar 28 12.3 (10.3, 14.6) 0.9 -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4)
Habersham County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 13.0 (9.2, 18.0) 1.0 -1.5 (-3.0, 0.1)
Gwinnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 94 12.0 (10.9, 13.2) 0.9 -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7)
Greene County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 20.1 (12.1, 31.6) 1.5 -0.6 (-2.7, 1.5)
Grady County
**
 		** higher 7 20.8 (14.2, 29.4) 1.6
**
Gordon County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 16.4 (12.2, 21.5) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.3)
Glynn County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.2 (9.5, 15.6) 0.9 -1.8 (-2.9, -0.7)
Glascock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gilmer County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 15.0 (10.4, 21.3) 1.1 -1.7 (-3.7, 0.3)
Fulton County 8 falling falling trend similar 140 14.1 (13.0, 15.2) 1.1 -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7)
Franklin County
**
 		** higher 7 22.6 (15.8, 31.6) 1.7
**
Forsyth County 9 falling falling trend lower 25 10.9 (9.0, 13.1) 0.8 -2.0 (-3.3, -0.7)
Floyd County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.7 (9.9, 16.0) 1.0 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.5)
Fayette County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 12.9 (10.3, 16.0) 1.0 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Fannin County 4 stable stable trend higher 10 22.1 (15.8, 30.6) 1.7 -1.2 (-2.9, 0.6)
Evans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Emanuel County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 19.3 (12.6, 28.4) 1.5 -1.5 (-3.3, 0.2)
Elbert County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 15.1 (8.9, 24.4) 1.2 -1.5 (-3.4, 0.3)
Effingham County 4 stable stable trend higher 12 20.0 (15.0, 26.0) 1.5 0.7 (-0.9, 2.3)
Echols County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Early County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Douglas County 6 stable stable trend similar 19 13.9 (11.1, 17.1) 1.1 0.1 (-1.1, 1.3)
Dougherty County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 12.7 (9.8, 16.2) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Dooly County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dodge County
**
 		** similar 6 19.4 (12.9, 28.3) 1.5
**
Decatur County
**
 		** higher 7 21.1 (14.7, 29.5) 1.6
**
DeKalb County 8 falling falling trend similar 90 11.9 (10.8, 13.1) 0.9 -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)
Dawson County
**
 		** similar 6 16.5 (10.8, 24.5) 1.3
**
Dade County
**
 		** similar 3 14.8 (8.3, 25.0) 1.1
**
Crisp County
**
 		** similar 4 12.5 (7.3, 20.4) 1.0
**
Crawford County
**
 		** higher 4 26.2 (15.5, 42.0) 2.0
**
Coweta County 8 falling falling trend similar 20 12.9 (10.4, 15.8) 1.0 -2.4 (-4.2, -0.6)
Cook County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Columbia County 9 falling falling trend lower 15 9.3 (7.3, 11.8) 0.7 -3.1 (-4.3, -1.9)
Colquitt County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 12.3 (8.4, 17.4) 0.9 -1.9 (-3.2, -0.5)
Coffee County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.9 (8.7, 18.6) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.8, 0.6)
Cobb County 8 falling falling trend similar 95 12.7 (11.5, 13.9) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.2, -1.1)
Clinch County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clayton County 8 falling falling trend similar 33 14.2 (11.9, 16.8) 1.1 -1.0 (-1.8, -0.2)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clarke County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 12.2 (9.4, 15.6) 0.9 -2.1 (-3.2, -1.0)
Cherokee County 8 falling falling trend similar 38 14.4 (12.4, 16.7) 1.1 -1.7 (-3.0, -0.5)
Chattooga County
**
 		** similar 5 16.9 (11.0, 25.1) 1.3
**
Chattahoochee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chatham County 8 falling falling trend similar 50 15.0 (13.1, 17.0) 1.1 -1.5 (-1.9, -1.0)
Charlton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Catoosa County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 11.0 (8.0, 14.7) 0.8 -2.5 (-3.9, -1.0)
Carroll County 5 falling falling trend higher 22 18.0 (14.7, 21.8) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Candler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Camden County
**
 		** similar 6 12.0 (8.0, 17.3) 0.9
**
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Butts County
**
 		** similar 6 20.8 (13.8, 30.1) 1.6
**
Burke County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.2 (12.2, 28.7) 1.5 -0.7 (-2.7, 1.4)
Bulloch County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 16.0 (12.0, 20.9) 1.2 -0.4 (-1.6, 0.9)
Bryan County
**
 		** similar 6 18.0 (12.0, 25.8) 1.4
**
Brooks County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 25.4 (16.1, 38.3) 1.9 0.1 (-1.8, 2.0)
Brantley County
**
 		** similar 4 15.3 (8.8, 24.8) 1.2
**
Bleckley County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 21.5 (12.5, 35.1) 1.6 0.3 (-1.9, 2.5)
Bibb County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 15.2 (12.7, 18.1) 1.2 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.3)
Berrien County
**
 		** similar 5 19.2 (12.2, 29.1) 1.5
**
Ben Hill County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bartow County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 13.2 (10.3, 16.6) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.1, -1.0)
Barrow County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 15.5 (11.9, 19.9) 1.2 -0.3 (-1.9, 1.3)
Banks County
**
 		** similar 3 15.1 (8.6, 24.8) 1.1
**
Baldwin County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 15.6 (11.2, 21.3) 1.2 -0.3 (-1.7, 1.2)
Baker County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bacon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Atkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Appling County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 17.1 (10.4, 26.8) 1.3 -2.4 (-4.4, -0.4)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/26/2024 2:03 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

* 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 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).

Data for the following has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trend estimates:
Atkinson County, Bacon County, Baker County, Ben Hill 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, Jenkins County, Johnson County, Lanier County, Lincoln County, Long County, Macon County, Marion County, McIntosh County, Miller County, Montgomery County, Oglethorpe County, Pierce County, Pulaski County, Quitman County, Randolph County, Schley County, Seminole County, Stewart County, Talbot County, Taliaferro County, Taylor County, Terrell County, Towns County, Treutlen County, Turner County, Twiggs 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, Berrien County, Brantley County, Bryan County, Butts County, Camden County, Chattooga County, Crawford County, Crisp County, Dade County, Dawson County, Decatur County, Dodge County, Franklin County, Grady County, Hart County, Jasper County, Jeff Davis County, Jefferson County, Lamar County, Lee County, Liberty County, Lumpkin County, Morgan County, Murray County, Oconee County, Pike County, Rabun County, Sumter County, Telfair County, White County, Wilkes 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 does not include Puerto Rico.

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