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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 descending 		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)
Appling County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 17.1 (10.4, 26.8) 1.3 -2.4 (-4.4, -0.4)
Atkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bacon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Baker County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Baldwin County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 15.6 (11.2, 21.3) 1.2 -0.3 (-1.7, 1.2)
Banks County
**
 		** similar 3 15.1 (8.6, 24.8) 1.1
**
Barrow County 6 stable stable trend similar 13 15.5 (11.9, 19.9) 1.2 -0.3 (-1.9, 1.3)
Bartow County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 13.2 (10.3, 16.6) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.1, -1.0)
Ben Hill County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Berrien County
**
 		** similar 5 19.2 (12.2, 29.1) 1.5
**
Bibb County 8 falling falling trend similar 27 15.2 (12.7, 18.1) 1.2 -2.1 (-2.9, -1.3)
Bleckley County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 21.5 (12.5, 35.1) 1.6 0.3 (-1.9, 2.5)
Brantley County
**
 		** similar 4 15.3 (8.8, 24.8) 1.2
**
Brooks County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 25.4 (16.1, 38.3) 1.9 0.1 (-1.8, 2.0)
Bryan County
**
 		** similar 6 18.0 (12.0, 25.8) 1.4
**
Bulloch County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 16.0 (12.0, 20.9) 1.2 -0.4 (-1.6, 0.9)
Burke County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.2 (12.2, 28.7) 1.5 -0.7 (-2.7, 1.4)
Butts County
**
 		** similar 6 20.8 (13.8, 30.1) 1.6
**
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Camden County
**
 		** similar 6 12.0 (8.0, 17.3) 0.9
**
Candler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Carroll County 5 falling falling trend higher 22 18.0 (14.7, 21.8) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.2, -0.1)
Catoosa County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 11.0 (8.0, 14.7) 0.8 -2.5 (-3.9, -1.0)
Charlton 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)
Chattahoochee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chattooga County
**
 		** similar 5 16.9 (11.0, 25.1) 1.3
**
Cherokee County 8 falling falling trend similar 38 14.4 (12.4, 16.7) 1.1 -1.7 (-3.0, -0.5)
Clarke County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 12.2 (9.4, 15.6) 0.9 -2.1 (-3.2, -1.0)
Clay 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)
Clinch County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cobb County 8 falling falling trend similar 95 12.7 (11.5, 13.9) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.2, -1.1)
Coffee County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.9 (8.7, 18.6) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.8, 0.6)
Colquitt County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 12.3 (8.4, 17.4) 0.9 -1.9 (-3.2, -0.5)
Columbia County 9 falling falling trend lower 15 9.3 (7.3, 11.8) 0.7 -3.1 (-4.3, -1.9)
Cook County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Coweta County 8 falling falling trend similar 20 12.9 (10.4, 15.8) 1.0 -2.4 (-4.2, -0.6)
Crawford County
**
 		** higher 4 26.2 (15.5, 42.0) 2.0
**
Crisp County
**
 		** similar 4 12.5 (7.3, 20.4) 1.0
**
Dade County
**
 		** similar 3 14.8 (8.3, 25.0) 1.1
**
Dawson County
**
 		** similar 6 16.5 (10.8, 24.5) 1.3
**
DeKalb County 8 falling falling trend similar 90 11.9 (10.8, 13.1) 0.9 -1.7 (-2.1, -1.2)
Decatur County
**
 		** higher 7 21.1 (14.7, 29.5) 1.6
**
Dodge County
**
 		** similar 6 19.4 (12.9, 28.3) 1.5
**
Dooly County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dougherty County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 12.7 (9.8, 16.2) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Douglas County 6 stable stable trend similar 19 13.9 (11.1, 17.1) 1.1 0.1 (-1.1, 1.3)
Early County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Echols County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Effingham County 4 stable stable trend higher 12 20.0 (15.0, 26.0) 1.5 0.7 (-0.9, 2.3)
Elbert County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 15.1 (8.9, 24.4) 1.2 -1.5 (-3.4, 0.3)
Emanuel County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 19.3 (12.6, 28.4) 1.5 -1.5 (-3.3, 0.2)
Evans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fannin County 4 stable stable trend higher 10 22.1 (15.8, 30.6) 1.7 -1.2 (-2.9, 0.6)
Fayette County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 12.9 (10.3, 16.0) 1.0 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Floyd County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.7 (9.9, 16.0) 1.0 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.5)
Forsyth County 9 falling falling trend lower 25 10.9 (9.0, 13.1) 0.8 -2.0 (-3.3, -0.7)
Franklin County
**
 		** higher 7 22.6 (15.8, 31.6) 1.7
**
Fulton County 8 falling falling trend similar 140 14.1 (13.0, 15.2) 1.1 -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7)
Gilmer County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 15.0 (10.4, 21.3) 1.1 -1.7 (-3.7, 0.3)
Glascock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Glynn County 8 falling falling trend similar 15 12.2 (9.5, 15.6) 0.9 -1.8 (-2.9, -0.7)
Gordon County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 16.4 (12.2, 21.5) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.3)
Grady County
**
 		** higher 7 20.8 (14.2, 29.4) 1.6
**
Greene County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 20.1 (12.1, 31.6) 1.5 -0.6 (-2.7, 1.5)
Gwinnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 94 12.0 (10.9, 13.2) 0.9 -2.1 (-2.5, -1.7)
Habersham County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 13.0 (9.2, 18.0) 1.0 -1.5 (-3.0, 0.1)
Hall County 8 falling falling trend similar 28 12.3 (10.3, 14.6) 0.9 -1.4 (-2.4, -0.4)
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Haralson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 19.8 (13.7, 27.8) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.6, 1.5)
Harris County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 15.4 (10.5, 21.9) 1.2 -3.0 (-4.7, -1.2)
Hart County
**
 		** similar 7 16.6 (11.5, 23.8) 1.3
**
Heard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Henry County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 14.1 (11.8, 16.6) 1.1 -3.3 (-4.7, -1.9)
Houston County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 13.5 (11.0, 16.5) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.0, -0.8)
Irwin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 16.0 (12.2, 20.6) 1.2 -0.8 (-2.0, 0.5)
Jasper County
**
 		** similar 3 17.5 (9.7, 29.5) 1.3
**
Jeff Davis County
**
 		** similar 4 19.5 (11.7, 31.1) 1.5
**
Jefferson County
**
 		** higher 6 28.4 (19.0, 41.2) 2.2
**
Jenkins County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jones County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 13.4 (8.5, 20.3) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.7, 0.6)
Lamar County
**
 		** similar 4 16.9 (10.0, 26.9) 1.3
**
Lanier County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Laurens County 4 stable stable trend higher 12 18.9 (14.2, 24.6) 1.4 1.1 (-0.4, 2.7)
Lee County
**
 		** similar 5 16.8 (10.5, 25.4) 1.3
**
Liberty County
**
 		** similar 7 15.3 (10.5, 21.4) 1.2
**
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Long County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lowndes County 9 falling falling trend lower 11 9.9 (7.5, 12.9) 0.8 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Lumpkin County
**
 		** similar 5 11.4 (7.2, 17.5) 0.9
**
Macon 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)
Marion 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)
McIntosh 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)
Miller County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mitchell County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 17.1 (10.7, 26.1) 1.3 -1.0 (-2.2, 0.3)
Monroe County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 9.5 (5.4, 15.7) 0.7 -2.9 (-5.1, -0.6)
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Morgan County
**
 		** similar 4 15.6 (9.5, 24.6) 1.2
**
Murray County
**
 		** similar 7 17.4 (12.1, 24.3) 1.3
**
Muscogee County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 15.2 (12.9, 17.8) 1.2 -1.6 (-2.3, -0.9)
Newton County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 15.0 (11.9, 18.7) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.0)
Oconee County
**
 		** lower 3 7.6 (4.4, 12.4) 0.6
**
Oglethorpe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Paulding County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 11.6 (9.2, 14.4) 0.9 -2.0 (-3.4, -0.6)
Peach County 4 stable stable trend higher 7 20.2 (13.9, 28.6) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.3, 1.1)
Pickens County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.1 (8.7, 19.4) 1.0 -2.6 (-4.7, -0.5)
Pierce County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pike County
**
 		** similar 3 15.5 (8.9, 25.3) 1.2
**
Polk County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 15.3 (10.8, 21.2) 1.2 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1)
Pulaski 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)
Quitman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rabun County
**
 		** similar 6 16.3 (10.9, 24.8) 1.2
**
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Richmond County 5 falling falling trend higher 33 15.8 (13.4, 18.5) 1.2 -1.5 (-2.2, -0.8)
Rockdale County 6 stable stable trend similar 16 16.0 (12.6, 20.0) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.0)
Schley 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)
Seminole County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Spalding County 4 stable stable trend higher 17 19.7 (15.6, 24.6) 1.5 -0.3 (-1.5, 0.8)
Stephens County 4 stable stable trend higher 10 31.2 (22.9, 41.6) 2.4 1.5 (-0.1, 3.2)
Stewart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sumter County
**
 		** similar 7 19.3 (13.2, 27.4) 1.5
**
Talbot County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Taliaferro 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)
Taylor County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Telfair County
**
 		** higher 5 22.8 (14.6, 34.5) 1.7
**
Terrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Thomas County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 14.3 (10.2, 19.6) 1.1 -1.1 (-2.5, 0.2)
Tift County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.9 (8.5, 18.6) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.6, 0.4)
Toombs County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 15.0 (9.9, 22.2) 1.1 -1.0 (-2.6, 0.6)
Towns County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Treutlen 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)
Turner County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Twiggs County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 12.7 (8.3, 19.4) 1.0 -2.0 (-3.9, -0.1)
Upson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.6 (12.1, 25.0) 1.3 -0.3 (-1.8, 1.2)
Walker County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 14.3 (11.0, 18.4) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.9, 0.0)
Walton County 6 stable stable trend similar 17 15.6 (12.5, 19.4) 1.2 -1.1 (-2.3, 0.1)
Ware County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 16.5 (11.5, 23.0) 1.3 -0.5 (-1.9, 1.0)
Warren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Washington County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.3 (12.2, 29.3) 1.5 31.7 (-10.4, 93.5)
Wayne County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 20.4 (14.3, 28.3) 1.6 0.5 (-1.2, 2.3)
Webster County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wheeler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
White County
**
 		** similar 6 14.8 (9.5, 22.2) 1.1
**
Whitfield County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 12.6 (9.8, 16.0) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.7, -0.4)
Wilcox County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wilkes County
**
 		** similar 4 23.7 (14.3, 38.5) 1.8
**
Wilkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Worth County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 11.2 (6.3, 18.8) 0.9 -3.0 (-5.4, -0.6)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/19/2024 2:46 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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