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Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table

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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Missouri Counties versus United States

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes
  Above US Rate Similar to US Rate Below US Rate
Rising
Trend		 Priority 1: rising and above

Nodaway County
Vernon County		 Priority 2: rising and similar

Priority 3: rising and below

Stable
Trend		 Priority 4: stable and above

Adair County
Butler County
Christian County
Dunklin County
Laclede County
Macon County
Pemiscot County
Texas County
Wayne County		 Priority 6: stable and similar

Andrew County
Audrain County
Barry County
Bates County
Benton County
Boone County
Buchanan County
Callaway County
Cass County
Cedar County
Clay County
Cooper County
Crawford County
Douglas County
Gasconade County
Henry County
Howell County
Jasper County
Johnson County
Lafayette County
Lawrence County
Montgomery County
New Madrid County
Newton County
Pettis County
Phelps County
Pike County
Polk County
Randolph County
Ray County
Ripley County
Saline County
St. Clair County
St. Louis County
Ste. Genevieve County
Stoddard County
Stone County
Taney County
Warren County
Webster County
Wright County		 Priority 7: stable and below

Falling
Trend		 Priority 5: falling and above

Priority 8: falling and similar

Camden County
Cape Girardeau County
Cole County
Dent County
Franklin County
Greene County
Jackson County
Jefferson County
Lincoln County
Marion County
Platte County
Scott County
St. Francois County
St. Louis City		 Priority 9: falling and below

St. Charles County
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/14/2026 12:37 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. 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:
Atchison County, Barton County, Bollinger County, Caldwell County, Carroll County, Carter County, Chariton County, Clark County, Dade County, Daviess County, DeKalb County, Gentry County, Grundy County, Harrison County, Holt County, Howard County, Iron County, Knox County, Lewis County, Linn County, Livingston County, Madison County, Maries County, Mercer County, Mississippi County, Moniteau County, Monroe County, Oregon County, Osage County, Ozark County, Putnam County, Reynolds County, Schuyler County, Scotland County, Shannon County, Shelby County, Sullivan County, Worth County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Clinton County, Dallas County, Hickory County, McDonald County, Miller County, Morgan County, Perry County, Pulaski County, Ralls County, Washington 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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