Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer Table
| Above US Rate | Similar to US Rate | Below US Rate | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising Trend |
Priority 1: rising  and above |
Priority 2: rising and similar  |
Priority 3: rising and below  |
| Stable Trend |
Priority 4: stable  and above Bradley County Madison County Rutherford County Sullivan County |
Priority 6: stable and similar Anderson County Bedford County Blount County Campbell County Carroll County Carter County Cheatham County Claiborne County Cocke County Coffee County Cumberland County Dickson County Dyer County Fayette County Franklin County Gibson County Giles County Greene County Grundy County Hamblen County Hardin County Hawkins County Henry County Knox County Lauderdale County Lawrence County Lincoln County Loudon County Marion County Marshall County McMinn County Monroe County Montgomery County Obion County Overton County Robertson County Scott County Sevier County Sumner County Tipton County Unicoi County Washington County Weakley County White County Williamson County |
Priority 7: stable and below Roane County |
| Falling Trend |
Priority 5: falling and above Shelby County |
Priority 8: falling and similar Davidson County Grainger County Hamilton County Maury County Putnam County Warren County Wilson County |
Priority 9: falling and below |
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Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/13/2026 5:47 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 > 1.10Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence.Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.901 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: Benton County, Bledsoe County, Cannon County, Clay County, DeKalb County, Decatur County, Fentress County, Hancock County, Houston County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Lake County, Lewis County, Macon County, Meigs County, Moore County, Perry County, Pickett County, Sequatchie County, Smith County, Stewart County, Trousdale County, Van Buren County Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year: Chester County, Crockett County, Hardeman County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Hickman County, Humphreys County, Jefferson County, McNairy County, Morgan County, Polk County, Rhea County, Union 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 do not include Puerto Rico. |
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