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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 trend
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 ascending
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)
Fentress County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 20.1 (12.9, 30.3) 1.5 6.7 (-3.1, 17.6)
Cannon County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 21.7 (13.1, 34.3) 1.7 0.9 (-1.1, 2.9)
Benton County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 16.1 (9.7, 25.9) 1.2 0.2 (-1.7, 2.1)
Sevier County 4 stable stable trend higher 25 18.6 (15.4, 22.3) 1.4 0.1 (-1.1, 1.2)
Loudon County 9 falling falling trend lower 8 9.3 (6.4, 13.2) 0.7 -3.9 (-5.1, -2.8)
Cocke County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 9.9 (6.3, 14.9) 0.8 -3.1 (-4.5, -1.6)
Williamson County 9 falling falling trend lower 24 9.3 (7.7, 11.2) 0.7 -3.0 (-3.9, -2.1)
White County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 16.8 (11.4, 24.1) 1.3 -2.8 (-3.9, -1.7)
Jefferson County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 11.2 (8.1, 15.3) 0.9 -2.7 (-3.7, -1.7)
Wilson County 8 falling falling trend similar 21 12.7 (10.4, 15.5) 1.0 -2.6 (-3.7, -1.5)
Hamilton County 8 falling falling trend similar 59 12.5 (11.1, 14.0) 0.9 -2.6 (-3.2, -1.9)
Humphreys County 8 falling falling trend similar 3 13.0 (7.5, 21.4) 1.0 -2.5 (-4.2, -0.8)
Marshall County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.6 (9.0, 19.8) 1.0 -2.4 (-3.9, -1.0)
Lawrence County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 13.8 (9.8, 19.1) 1.1 -2.4 (-3.7, -1.2)
Cumberland County 9 falling falling trend lower 12 9.7 (7.1, 13.2) 0.7 -2.3 (-3.5, -1.1)
Sullivan County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 12.5 (10.5, 14.7) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.8, -1.7)
Knox County 8 falling falling trend similar 66 12.0 (10.7, 13.4) 0.9 -2.2 (-2.7, -1.7)
Robertson County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 13.3 (10.0, 17.5) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.2, -0.9)
Madison County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 12.9 (10.2, 16.2) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.0, -1.2)
Sumner County 8 falling falling trend similar 31 13.8 (11.7, 16.2) 1.1 -2.0 (-3.2, -0.8)
Warren County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 15.8 (11.1, 21.7) 1.2 -2.0 (-3.1, -0.9)
Shelby County 5 falling falling trend higher 163 16.3 (15.1, 17.4) 1.2 -2.0 (-2.4, -1.7)
Obion County 8 falling falling trend similar 6 13.8 (9.3, 20.0) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.4, -0.3)
Carter County 8 falling falling trend similar 12 13.2 (9.9, 17.3) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.1, -0.6)
Hamblen County 8 falling falling trend similar 13 14.9 (11.5, 19.1) 1.1 -1.9 (-2.9, -0.9)
Claiborne County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 17.2 (12.1, 24.0) 1.3 -1.8 (-3.2, -0.5)
Dickson County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 17.0 (12.6, 22.4) 1.3 -1.8 (-3.1, -0.6)
Davidson County 5 falling falling trend higher 101 15.3 (14.0, 16.8) 1.2 -1.8 (-2.2, -1.4)
Cheatham County 6 stable stable trend similar 8 17.5 (12.3, 24.3) 1.3 -1.7 (-3.5, 0.1)
Maury County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 15.3 (12.1, 19.1) 1.2 -1.7 (-2.7, -0.6)
Greene County 8 falling falling trend similar 16 15.5 (12.2, 19.5) 1.2 -1.7 (-2.5, -0.8)
Grainger County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 11.8 (7.2, 18.8) 0.9 -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Hardeman County 4 stable stable trend higher 8 22.7 (16.0, 31.6) 1.7 -1.6 (-3.4, 0.3)
Dyer County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 13.6 (9.3, 19.3) 1.0 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.2)
Franklin County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 11.8 (8.0, 17.0) 0.9 -1.6 (-3.0, -0.1)
Bradley County 8 falling falling trend similar 17 12.4 (9.8, 15.4) 0.9 -1.6 (-2.9, -0.4)
Gibson County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 13.8 (10.1, 18.6) 1.1 -1.6 (-2.8, -0.5)
Anderson County 8 falling falling trend similar 18 15.8 (12.6, 19.7) 1.2 -1.6 (-2.3, -0.8)
Washington County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 13.5 (11.2, 16.3) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.2, -0.9)
Overton County 5 falling falling trend higher 8 25.8 (17.9, 36.1) 2.0 -1.5 (-3.0, -0.1)
Tipton County 5 falling falling trend higher 12 18.0 (13.7, 23.3) 1.4 -1.5 (-2.6, -0.4)
Rutherford County 8 falling falling trend similar 42 15.0 (13.0, 17.3) 1.1 -1.5 (-2.3, -0.7)
Macon County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 19.0 (12.4, 28.0) 1.4 -1.4 (-3.2, 0.3)
Weakley County 5 falling falling trend higher 9 20.3 (14.8, 27.3) 1.5 -1.4 (-2.6, -0.3)
Henry County 5 falling falling trend higher 10 19.3 (14.0, 26.2) 1.5 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Roane County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 15.6 (12.1, 20.1) 1.2 -1.4 (-2.5, -0.2)
Scott County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 18.5 (12.0, 27.5) 1.4 -1.3 (-3.4, 0.8)
Rhea County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.4 (12.1, 24.4) 1.3 -1.3 (-2.5, 0.0)
Hardin County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 12.0 (7.7, 18.2) 0.9 -1.2 (-3.2, 0.8)
Monroe County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 15.8 (11.8, 20.9) 1.2 -1.2 (-3.0, 0.6)
Marion County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.9 (12.3, 25.3) 1.4 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.4)
Coffee County 6 stable stable trend similar 11 15.8 (11.9, 20.7) 1.2 -1.2 (-2.5, 0.1)
Campbell County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 12.8 (8.8, 18.1) 1.0 -1.1 (-2.4, 0.3)
Montgomery County 5 falling falling trend higher 31 20.8 (17.6, 24.4) 1.6 -1.1 (-2.1, -0.1)
Blount County 8 falling falling trend similar 24 12.3 (10.2, 14.9) 0.9 -1.1 (-2.0, -0.3)
McNairy County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 17.0 (11.6, 24.5) 1.3 -1.0 (-2.3, 0.2)
Hawkins County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 17.0 (13.0, 21.8) 1.3 -0.9 (-2.2, 0.5)
Bedford County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 17.5 (12.9, 23.3) 1.3 -0.8 (-2.2, 0.7)
Lauderdale County 4 stable stable trend higher 7 22.7 (15.8, 31.7) 1.7 -0.8 (-2.2, 0.7)
Carroll County 4 stable stable trend higher 9 22.4 (16.2, 30.4) 1.7 -0.7 (-2.5, 1.1)
Henderson County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 19.7 (13.4, 27.9) 1.5 -0.7 (-2.1, 0.8)
Putnam County 6 stable stable trend similar 15 15.8 (12.4, 19.9) 1.2 -0.7 (-1.7, 0.3)
Haywood County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 19.2 (11.7, 30.0) 1.5 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4)
Unicoi County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 15.5 (9.7, 24.3) 1.2 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4)
Giles County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 12.6 (8.3, 18.7) 1.0 -0.4 (-2.1, 1.3)
DeKalb County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 18.7 (11.8, 28.4) 1.4 -0.4 (-1.9, 1.1)
Chester County 4 stable stable trend higher 5 25.7 (16.6, 38.1) 2.0 -0.3 (-2.0, 1.4)
McMinn County 4 stable stable trend higher 15 19.4 (15.2, 24.6) 1.5 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.3)
Lincoln County 4 stable stable trend higher 9 18.9 (13.6, 25.8) 1.4 -0.1 (-1.4, 1.2)
Crockett County
**
 		** 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
*
*
**
Clay County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
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Decatur County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
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
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sequatchie County
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
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 05/05/2024 11:33 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 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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