Return to Home Mortality > Table > Data Table

Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Arkansas Counties versus United States

Breast

All Races, Female

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 - 42,257 19.2 (19.1, 19.3) - -1.5 (-1.7, -1.3)
Arkansas - falling - 405 20.1 (19.2, 21.0) - -1.1 (-1.5, -0.7)
Yell County
**
 		** similar 3 25.0 (13.8, 42.1) 1.3
**
Woodruff County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
White County 6 stable similar 8 16.0 (11.4, 21.9) 0.8 -1.2 (-3.1, 0.6)
Washington County 9 falling lower 20 15.8 (12.8, 19.3) 0.8 -2.9 (-4.7, -1.0)
Van Buren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County 6 stable similar 7 25.2 (17.0, 36.2) 1.3 0.9 (-1.7, 11.3)
Stone County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
St. Francis County 4 stable higher 5 40.5 (25.0, 62.1) 2.1 0.3 (-2.9, 3.2)
Sharp County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sevier County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sebastian County 6 stable similar 19 22.4 (17.9, 27.7) 1.2 -1.5 (-3.3, 0.3)
Searcy County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Scott County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Saline County 6 stable similar 17 19.0 (15.1, 23.8) 1.0 -0.2 (-1.8, 1.6)
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pulaski County 8 falling similar 49 19.3 (16.9, 21.9) 1.0 -1.5 (-2.5, -0.5)
Prairie County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pope County 9 falling lower 6 13.0 (8.6, 19.1) 0.7 -3.0 (-5.8, -0.4)
Polk County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Poinsett County
**
 		** similar 4 22.3 (12.9, 36.4) 1.2
**
Pike County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Phillips County 4 stable higher 5 40.7 (25.4, 62.5) 2.1 2.6 (-1.3, 6.8)
Perry County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Ouachita County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Newton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Nevada County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mississippi County 6 stable similar 6 27.1 (18.2, 39.0) 1.4 -0.2 (-3.2, 2.7)
Miller County 6 stable similar 8 25.9 (18.1, 36.2) 1.4 1.7 (-1.2, 5.0)
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Madison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lonoke County 6 stable similar 8 17.1 (12.0, 23.7) 0.9 -0.8 (-3.7, 2.4)
Logan County 6 stable similar 4 22.5 (13.5, 36.4) 1.2 -1.8 (-5.4, 1.8)
Little River County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lawrence County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lafayette County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnson County
**
 		** similar 5 29.8 (18.5, 45.8) 1.6
**
Jefferson County 4 stable higher 12 27.7 (20.9, 36.2) 1.4 -0.3 (-2.8, 2.1)
Jackson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Izard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Independence County 6 stable similar 6 22.7 (14.9, 33.3) 1.2 -0.5 (-4.0, 3.1)
Howard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hot Spring County 6 stable similar 7 29.5 (20.1, 42.4) 1.5 1.3 (-1.3, 4.3)
Hempstead County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Greene County 8 falling similar 4 14.8 (9.1, 22.8) 0.8 -4.2 (-14.1, -1.2)
Grant County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Garland County 6 stable similar 15 17.8 (13.8, 22.9) 0.9 -1.6 (-3.3, 0.1)
Fulton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Franklin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Faulkner County 6 stable similar 13 19.5 (15.0, 24.8) 1.0 14.5 (-0.9, 33.6)
Drew County 6 stable similar 4 32.0 (19.2, 51.1) 1.7 -0.5 (-3.7, 2.7)
Desha County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dallas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cross County
**
 		** similar 3 27.9 (15.9, 46.3) 1.5
**
Crittenden County 4 stable higher 9 32.8 (23.7, 44.3) 1.7 0.4 (-2.5, 3.3)
Crawford County 6 stable similar 7 17.3 (12.0, 24.3) 0.9 -0.6 (-3.3, 2.3)
Craighead County 8 falling similar 12 19.7 (14.9, 25.4) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.7, -0.1)
Conway County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Columbia County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cleveland County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cleburne County 6 stable similar 6 23.3 (14.9, 36.0) 1.2 0.2 (-3.2, 3.6)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clark County 6 stable similar 3 25.1 (14.3, 41.6) 1.3 -0.6 (-4.5, 3.2)
Chicot County
**
 		** higher 4 53.1 (29.4, 89.4) 2.8
**
Carroll County 6 stable similar 5 21.3 (13.0, 33.5) 1.1 0.4 (-3.7, 5.0)
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bradley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Boone County 6 stable similar 5 16.5 (10.2, 25.6) 0.9 -1.2 (-5.1, 2.5)
Benton County 6 stable similar 33 20.0 (17.0, 23.4) 1.0 -0.3 (-1.6, 1.2)
Baxter County 6 stable similar 9 20.2 (13.8, 29.3) 1.1 -0.1 (-3.6, 3.3)
Ashley County
**
 		** similar 4 24.4 (13.9, 40.6) 1.3
**
Arkansas County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/16/2026 6:17 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. 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:
Arkansas County, Bradley County, Calhoun County, Clay County, Cleveland County, Columbia County, Conway County, Dallas County, Desha County, Franklin County, Fulton County, Grant County, Hempstead County, Howard County, Izard County, Jackson County, Lafayette County, Lawrence County, Lee County, Lincoln County, Little River County, Madison County, Marion County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Nevada County, Newton County, Ouachita County, Perry County, Pike County, Polk County, Prairie County, Randolph County, Scott County, Searcy County, Sevier County, Sharp County, Stone County, Van Buren County, Woodruff County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Ashley County, Chicot County, Cross County, Johnson County, Poinsett County, Yell 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.

Return to Top