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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2019-2023

Tennessee Counties versus United States

Leukemia

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 descending 		Recent 5-Year Trend2 in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort by trend descending
United States - falling - 23,489 5.8 (5.8, 5.9) - -1.8 (-2.0, -1.7)
Tennessee - falling - 519 6.3 (6.1, 6.6) - -1.2 (-1.5, -0.8)
Monroe County 8 falling similar 4 5.2 (3.1, 8.5) 0.9 -2.8 (-5.4, -0.3)
Knox County 8 falling similar 31 5.6 (4.7, 6.5) 1.0 -1.6 (-2.7, -0.6)
Madison County 6 stable similar 7 5.6 (3.8, 7.9) 1.0 -1.6 (-3.9, 0.8)
Hamilton County 6 stable similar 27 5.7 (4.7, 6.7) 1.0 -0.8 (-2.4, 0.8)
Cumberland County 6 stable similar 8 5.8 (4.0, 8.3) 1.0 -0.6 (-2.9, 2.0)
Davidson County 8 falling similar 38 5.8 (5.0, 6.7) 1.0 -1.9 (-3.2, -0.6)
Rutherford County 6 stable similar 15 5.8 (4.5, 7.3) 1.0 1.1 (-0.9, 3.8)
Jefferson County 6 stable similar 5 5.9 (3.8, 9.0) 1.0 -1.9 (-4.9, 1.3)
Montgomery County 6 stable similar 10 5.9 (4.3, 7.8) 1.0 -1.5 (-4.6, 1.8)
Hawkins County 6 stable similar 5 5.9 (3.7, 9.2) 1.0 -1.3 (-4.6, 1.9)
Washington County 6 stable similar 10 6.1 (4.6, 8.1) 1.0 -2.0 (-4.1, 0.2)
Sumner County 8 falling similar 14 6.2 (4.8, 7.8) 1.1 -2.3 (-3.9, -0.5)
Shelby County 8 falling similar 59 6.2 (5.5, 7.0) 1.1 -1.7 (-2.8, -0.6)
Wilson County 6 stable similar 10 6.4 (4.8, 8.4) 1.1 -1.3 (-3.4, 1.3)
Sevier County 6 stable similar 9 6.4 (4.6, 8.8) 1.1 -1.3 (-3.5, 1.2)
Roane County 6 stable similar 5 6.4 (3.9, 10.1) 1.1 -2.1 (-5.3, 0.8)
Bradley County 6 stable similar 9 6.5 (4.7, 8.8) 1.1 -0.8 (-2.8, 1.3)
Williamson County 6 stable similar 16 6.5 (5.1, 8.1) 1.1 -0.9 (-3.1, 1.9)
Maury County 6 stable similar 8 6.5 (4.6, 9.0) 1.1 -0.4 (-3.1, 2.8)
Loudon County 6 stable similar 7 6.6 (4.5, 9.6) 1.1 -1.8 (-4.4, 1.1)
Carter County 6 stable similar 6 6.7 (4.5, 9.9) 1.1 -1.4 (-4.5, 1.9)
Greene County 6 stable similar 7 6.8 (4.7, 9.6) 1.2 0.1 (-3.4, 4.0)
Blount County 6 stable similar 14 7.1 (5.5, 9.2) 1.2 0.0 (-1.6, 1.8)
Sullivan County 6 stable similar 17 7.3 (5.7, 9.1) 1.2 1.3 (-0.7, 12.2)
Hamblen County 6 stable similar 6 7.5 (5.0, 10.8) 1.3 -0.3 (-2.8, 2.2)
Anderson County 6 stable similar 8 7.6 (5.3, 10.5) 1.3 0.2 (-2.6, 3.3)
Coffee County 6 stable similar 5 7.8 (5.1, 11.5) 1.3 -1.2 (-4.3, 1.8)
McMinn County 6 stable similar 6 8.1 (5.3, 11.9) 1.4 0.1 (-2.5, 2.9)
Tipton County 6 stable similar 5 8.3 (5.3, 12.3) 1.4 -1.4 (-4.5, 1.7)
Putnam County 6 stable similar 8 8.5 (5.9, 11.7) 1.4 -0.2 (-2.6, 2.3)
Carroll County 6 stable similar 4 8.6 (5.1, 14.0) 1.5 0.3 (-3.1, 4.0)
Obion County 6 stable similar 4 9.2 (5.7, 14.4) 1.6 -0.5 (-4.2, 3.2)
Gibson County 4 stable higher 6 9.8 (6.7, 14.1) 1.7 0.0 (-3.4, 3.5)
Bedford County
**
 		** similar 3 6.2 (3.6, 10.1) 1.1
**
Cocke County
**
 		** similar 4 7.3 (4.3, 11.9) 1.2
**
Dickson County
**
 		** similar 4 7.1 (4.3, 11.0) 1.2
**
Dyer County
**
 		** similar 3 7.6 (4.3, 12.4) 1.3
**
Fayette County
**
 		** similar 5 8.4 (5.2, 13.0) 1.4
**
Giles County
**
 		** similar 3 7.0 (4.0, 11.9) 1.2
**
Hardeman County
**
 		** similar 3 9.7 (5.5, 16.1) 1.7
**
Henry County
**
 		** similar 4 6.9 (4.1, 11.3) 1.2
**
Lincoln County
**
 		** similar 4 7.5 (4.4, 12.2) 1.3
**
Overton County
**
 		** similar 3 10.1 (5.6, 17.0) 1.7
**
Robertson County
**
 		** similar 6 7.9 (5.2, 11.5) 1.3
**
Warren County
**
 		** similar 3 6.3 (3.6, 10.4) 1.1
**
Benton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bledsoe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Campbell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cannon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cheatham County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chester County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Claiborne County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Crockett County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
DeKalb County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Decatur County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fentress County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Franklin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Grainger County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Grundy County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hardin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Haywood County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Henderson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hickman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Houston County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Humphreys County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lake County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lauderdale County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lawrence County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lewis County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Macon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marshall County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McNairy County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Meigs County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Moore County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Morgan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Perry County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pickett County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Polk County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rhea County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Scott County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sequatchie County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Smith County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Stewart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Trousdale County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Unicoi County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Van Buren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Weakley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
White County
**
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*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/12/2026 1:34 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. 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, Campbell County, Cannon County, Cheatham County, Chester County, Claiborne County, Clay County, Crockett County, DeKalb County, Decatur County, Fentress County, Franklin County, Grainger County, Grundy County, Hancock County, Hardin County, Haywood County, Henderson County, Hickman County, Houston County, Humphreys County, Jackson County, Johnson County, Lake County, Lauderdale County, Lawrence County, Lewis County, Macon County, Marion County, Marshall County, McNairy County, Meigs County, Moore County, Morgan County, Perry County, Pickett County, Polk County, Rhea County, Scott County, Sequatchie County, Smith County, Stewart County, Trousdale County, Unicoi County, Union County, Van Buren County, Wayne County, Weakley County, White County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Bedford County, Cocke County, Dickson County, Dyer County, Fayette County, Giles County, Hardeman County, Henry County, Lincoln County, Overton County, Robertson County, Warren 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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