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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

Colon & Rectum

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by rateratio
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 ascending 		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)
Tennessee - falling falling trend - 1,219 14.8 (14.4, 15.1) - -2.1 (-2.4, -1.8)
Overton County 5 falling falling trend higher 8 25.8 (17.9, 36.1) 2.0 -1.5 (-3.0, -0.1)
Chester County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 25.7 (16.6, 38.1) 2.0 -0.3 (-2.0, 1.4)
Lauderdale County 4 stable stable trend higher 7 22.7 (15.8, 31.7) 1.7 -0.8 (-2.2, 0.7)
Hardeman County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 22.7 (16.0, 31.6) 1.7 -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Carroll County 4 stable stable trend higher 9 22.4 (16.2, 30.4) 1.7 -0.7 (-2.5, 1.1)
Cannon County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 21.7 (13.1, 34.3) 1.7 0.9 (-1.1, 2.9)
Montgomery County 5 falling falling trend higher 31 20.8 (17.6, 24.4) 1.6 -1.1 (-2.1, -0.1)
Weakley County 5 falling falling trend higher 9 20.3 (14.8, 27.3) 1.5 -1.4 (-2.6, -0.3)
Fentress County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 20.1 (12.9, 30.3) 1.5 6.7 (-3.1, 17.6)
Henderson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 19.7 (13.4, 27.9) 1.5 -0.7 (-2.1, 0.8)
McMinn County 4 stable stable trend higher 15 19.4 (15.2, 24.6) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.3)
Henry County 5 falling falling trend higher 10 19.3 (14.0, 26.2) 1.5 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Haywood County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 19.2 (11.7, 30.0) 1.5 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4)
Macon County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.0 (12.4, 28.0) 1.4 -1.4 (-3.2, 0.3)
Lincoln County 4 stable stable trend higher 9 18.9 (13.6, 25.8) 1.4 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.2)
DeKalb County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 18.7 (11.8, 28.4) 1.4 -0.4 (-1.9, 1.1)
Sevier County 4 stable stable trend higher 25 18.6 (15.4, 22.3) 1.4 0.1 (-1.1, 1.2)
Scott County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 18.5 (12.0, 27.5) 1.4 -1.3 (-3.4, 0.8)
Tipton County 5 falling falling trend higher 12 18.0 (13.7, 23.3) 1.4 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.4)
Marion County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.9 (12.3, 25.3) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.4)
Cheatham County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 17.5 (12.3, 24.3) 1.3 -1.7 (-3.5, 0.1)
Bedford County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 17.5 (12.9, 23.3) 1.3 -0.8 (-2.2, 0.7)
Rhea County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.4 (12.1, 24.4) 1.3 -1.3 (-2.5, 0.0)
Claiborne County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 17.2 (12.1, 24.0) 1.3 -1.8 (-3.2, -0.5)
McNairy County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.0 (11.6, 24.5) 1.3 -1.0 (-2.3, 0.2)
Dickson County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 17.0 (12.6, 22.4) 1.3 -1.8 (-3.1, -0.6)
Hawkins County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 17.0 (13.0, 21.8) 1.3 -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5)
White County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 16.8 (11.4, 24.1) 1.3 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Shelby County 5 falling falling trend higher 163 16.3 (15.1, 17.4) 1.2 -2.0 (-2.4, -1.7)
Benton County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 16.1 (9.7, 25.9) 1.2 0.2 (-1.7, 2.1)
Putnam County 6 stable stable trend similar 15 15.8 (12.4, 19.9) 1.2 -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
Monroe County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 15.8 (11.8, 20.9) 1.2 -1.2 (-3.0, 0.6)
Coffee County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 15.8 (11.9, 20.7) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1)
Anderson County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 15.8 (12.6, 19.7) 1.2 -1.6 (-2.3, -0.8)
Warren County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 15.8 (11.1, 21.7) 1.2 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Roane County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 15.6 (12.1, 20.1) 1.2 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Unicoi County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 15.5 (9.7, 24.3) 1.2 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4)
Greene County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 15.5 (12.2, 19.5) 1.2 -1.7 (-2.5, -0.8)
Davidson County 5 falling falling trend higher 101 15.3 (14.0, 16.8) 1.2 -1.8 (-2.2, -1.4)
Maury County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 15.3 (12.1, 19.1) 1.2 -1.7 (-2.7, -0.6)
Rutherford County 8 falling falling trend similar 42 15.0 (13.0, 17.3) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Hamblen County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 14.9 (11.5, 19.1) 1.1 -1.9 (-2.9, -0.9)
Gibson County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 13.8 (10.1, 18.6) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.8, -0.5)
Sumner County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 13.8 (11.7, 16.2) 1.1 -2.0 (-3.2, -0.8)
Lawrence County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 13.8 (9.8, 19.1) 1.1 -2.4 (-3.7, -1.2)
Obion County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.8 (9.3, 20.0) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.4, -0.3)
Marshall County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.6 (9.0, 19.8) 1.0 -2.4 (-3.9, -1.0)
Dyer County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 13.6 (9.3, 19.3) 1.0 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.2)
Washington County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 13.5 (11.2, 16.3) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.2, -0.9)
Robertson County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 13.3 (10.0, 17.5) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.2, -0.9)
Carter County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 13.2 (9.9, 17.3) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.1, -0.6)
Humphreys County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 13.0 (7.5, 21.4) 1.0 -2.5 (-4.2, -0.8)
Madison County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 12.9 (10.2, 16.2) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.0, -1.2)
Campbell County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 12.8 (8.8, 18.1) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.4, 0.3)
Wilson County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 12.7 (10.4, 15.5) 1.0 -2.6 (-3.7, -1.5)
Giles County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.6 (8.3, 18.7) 1.0 -0.4 (-2.1, 1.3)
Hamilton County 8 falling falling trend similar 59 12.5 (11.1, 14.0) 0.9 -2.6 (-3.2, -1.9)
Sullivan County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 12.5 (10.5, 14.7) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.8, -1.7)
Bradley County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 12.4 (9.8, 15.4) 0.9 -1.6 (-2.9, -0.4)
Blount County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 12.3 (10.2, 14.9) 0.9 -1.1 (-2.0, -0.3)
Knox County 8 falling falling trend similar 66 12.0 (10.7, 13.4) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.7, -1.7)
Hardin County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 12.0 (7.7, 18.2) 0.9 -1.2 (-3.2, 0.8)
Grainger County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 11.8 (7.2, 18.8) 0.9 -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Franklin County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 11.8 (8.0, 17.0) 0.9 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1)
Jefferson County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 11.2 (8.1, 15.3) 0.9 -2.7 (-3.7, -1.7)
Cocke County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 9.9 (6.3, 14.9) 0.8 -3.1 (-4.5, -1.6)
Cumberland County 9 falling falling trend lower 12 9.7 (7.1, 13.2) 0.7 -2.3 (-3.5, -1.1)
Loudon County 9 falling falling trend lower 8 9.3 (6.4, 13.2) 0.7 -3.9 (-5.1, -2.8)
Williamson County 9 falling falling trend lower 24 9.3 (7.7, 11.2) 0.7 -3.0 (-3.9, -2.1)
Crockett County
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 		** higher 5 26.5 (17.0, 39.9) 2.0
**
Fayette County
**
 		** similar 8 12.8 (9.1, 17.7) 1.0
**
Grundy County
**
 		** similar 3 19.4 (10.6, 33.0) 1.5
**
Hickman County
**
 		** similar 4 11.8 (7.1, 18.9) 0.9
**
Houston County
**
 		** higher 4 30.5 (18.2, 49.4) 2.3
**
Jackson County
**
 		** similar 3 15.6 (9.0, 26.8) 1.2
**
Johnson County
**
 		** similar 4 14.9 (9.1, 23.9) 1.1
**
Meigs County
**
 		** similar 4 21.7 (12.8, 35.2) 1.7
**
Morgan County
**
 		** similar 4 14.5 (8.9, 22.8) 1.1
**
Polk County
**
 		** similar 5 20.4 (12.8, 31.3) 1.6
**
Smith County
**
 		** similar 4 15.9 (9.4, 25.3) 1.2
**
Stewart County
**
 		** higher 5 22.8 (14.4, 35.2) 1.7
**
Wayne County
**
 		** similar 4 17.5 (10.7, 27.6) 1.3
**
Bledsoe County
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3 or fewer
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*
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Clay County
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*
3 or fewer
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*
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Decatur County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Hancock County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lake County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lewis County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Moore County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Perry County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pickett County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sequatchie County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Trousdale County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Van Buren County
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*
3 or fewer
*
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/06/2024 5:56 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:
Bledsoe County, Clay County, Decatur County, Hancock County, Lake County, Lewis County, Moore County, Perry County, Pickett County, Sequatchie County, Trousdale County, Union County, Van Buren County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Crockett County, Fayette County, Grundy County, Hickman County, Houston County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Meigs County, Morgan County, Polk County, Smith County, Stewart County, Wayne 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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