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Data Table for Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer

Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, 2016-2020

Georgia Counties versus United States

Leukemia

All Races, Both Sexes

Sorted by name
Counties
sort alphabetically by name descending 		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 falling trend - 23,447 6.0 (6.0, 6.1) - -2.1 (-2.3, -1.8)
Georgia - falling falling trend - 621 5.8 (5.5, 6.0) - -1.2 (-1.4, -1.0)
Appling County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Atkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bacon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Baker County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Baldwin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Banks County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Barrow County
**
 		** similar 6 7.6 (5.0, 11.0) 1.3
**
Bartow County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 6.6 (4.6, 9.3) 1.1 -0.1 (-2.0, 1.8)
Ben Hill County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Berrien County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bibb County 8 falling falling trend similar 9 5.1 (3.7, 6.9) 0.8 -2.2 (-3.0, -1.4)
Bleckley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Brantley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Brooks County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bryan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Bulloch County
**
 		** similar 4 5.9 (3.6, 9.2) 1.0
**
Burke County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Butts County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Calhoun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Camden County
**
 		** similar 5 9.8 (6.2, 14.7) 1.6
**
Candler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Carroll County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 8.4 (6.1, 11.1) 1.4 -0.6 (-2.3, 1.2)
Catoosa County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 7.3 (5.0, 10.5) 1.2 -1.0 (-2.7, 0.7)
Charlton County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chatham County 6 stable stable trend similar 18 5.9 (4.7, 7.2) 1.0 -0.7 (-1.8, 0.3)
Chattahoochee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Chattooga County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cherokee County 6 stable stable trend similar 14 5.6 (4.3, 7.1) 0.9 -1.0 (-2.3, 0.3)
Clarke County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 5.7 (3.9, 8.1) 0.9 -0.8 (-2.7, 1.1)
Clay County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Clayton County 6 stable stable trend similar 10 4.9 (3.6, 6.6) 0.8 -0.8 (-2.4, 0.8)
Clinch County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Cobb County 9 falling falling trend lower 35 5.0 (4.3, 5.8) 0.8 -2.0 (-2.7, -1.3)
Coffee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Colquitt County 6 stable stable trend similar 4 7.5 (4.4, 11.9) 1.2 -0.1 (-1.7, 1.6)
Columbia County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 5.0 (3.5, 6.9) 0.8 -2.9 (-5.0, -0.7)
Cook County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Coweta County 6 stable stable trend similar 9 6.3 (4.5, 8.4) 1.0 -0.9 (-2.5, 0.8)
Crawford County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Crisp County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dade County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dawson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
DeKalb County 6 stable stable trend similar 39 5.4 (4.6, 6.2) 0.9 0.5 (-1.4, 2.4)
Decatur County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dodge County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dooly County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Dougherty County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 6.8 (4.7, 9.6) 1.1 -0.3 (-1.9, 1.4)
Douglas County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 6.0 (4.1, 8.4) 1.0 -1.4 (-3.1, 0.3)
Early County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Echols County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Effingham County
**
 		** similar 4 6.4 (3.8, 10.1) 1.1
**
Elbert County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Emanuel County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Evans County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fannin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fayette County 8 falling falling trend similar 7 4.6 (3.2, 6.6) 0.8 -2.5 (-4.9, -0.1)
Floyd County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 5.8 (4.0, 8.1) 1.0 -0.1 (-1.6, 1.5)
Forsyth County
**
 		** similar 10 5.2 (3.8, 6.8) 0.9
**
Franklin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Fulton County 9 falling falling trend lower 50 5.2 (4.6, 5.9) 0.9 -1.8 (-2.2, -1.3)
Gilmer County
**
 		** similar 4 7.4 (4.4, 12.0) 1.2
**
Glascock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Glynn County 4 stable stable trend higher 11 9.1 (6.7, 12.1) 1.5 -27.1 (-47.3, 0.7)
Gordon County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 7.5 (4.7, 11.3) 1.2 -1.1 (-3.6, 1.5)
Grady County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Greene County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Gwinnett County 8 falling falling trend similar 38 5.4 (4.6, 6.3) 0.9 -1.1 (-2.0, -0.2)
Habersham County 6 stable stable trend similar 3 5.5 (3.2, 9.0) 0.9 -0.3 (-2.7, 2.1)
Hall County 6 stable stable trend similar 12 5.5 (4.2, 7.1) 0.9 -1.1 (-2.5, 0.3)
Hancock County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Haralson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Harris County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Hart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Heard County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Henry County 8 falling falling trend similar 11 5.4 (4.0, 7.1) 0.9 -2.3 (-4.2, -0.4)
Houston County 8 falling falling trend similar 8 5.8 (4.2, 7.8) 1.0 -2.1 (-3.3, -0.9)
Irwin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jackson County 8 falling falling trend similar 4 5.7 (3.5, 8.8) 0.9 -3.0 (-4.5, -1.5)
Jasper County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jeff Davis County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jefferson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jenkins County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Johnson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Jones County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lamar County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lanier County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Laurens County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 7.9 (5.0, 12.1) 1.3 -0.5 (-2.4, 1.4)
Lee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Liberty County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lincoln County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Long County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Lowndes County 6 stable stable trend similar 7 6.3 (4.3, 8.8) 1.0 -1.2 (-2.7, 0.3)
Lumpkin County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Macon County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Madison County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Marion County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McDuffie County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
McIntosh County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Meriwether County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Miller County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Mitchell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Monroe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Montgomery County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Morgan County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Murray County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Muscogee County 6 stable stable trend similar 15 7.6 (6.0, 9.5) 1.3 -0.6 (-1.9, 0.7)
Newton County
**
 		** similar 6 5.7 (3.9, 8.2) 1.0
**
Oconee County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Oglethorpe County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Paulding County
**
 		** lower 6 4.3 (2.8, 6.2) 0.7
**
Peach County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pickens County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pierce County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pike County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Polk County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Pulaski County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Putnam County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Quitman County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Rabun County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Randolph County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Richmond County 8 falling falling trend similar 14 6.8 (5.3, 8.6) 1.1 -1.7 (-2.8, -0.6)
Rockdale County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 5.4 (3.4, 8.0) 0.9 -1.5 (-3.3, 0.4)
Schley County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Screven County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Seminole County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Spalding County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 7.5 (5.0, 10.7) 1.2 0.1 (-1.5, 1.8)
Stephens County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Stewart County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Sumter County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Talbot County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Taliaferro County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Tattnall County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Taylor County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Telfair County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Terrell County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Thomas County
**
 		** similar 5 8.1 (5.1, 12.4) 1.3
**
Tift County
**
 		** similar 4 7.0 (4.1, 11.3) 1.2
**
Toombs County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Towns County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Treutlen County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Troup County 6 stable stable trend similar 5 6.1 (3.8, 9.2) 1.0 -0.8 (-2.9, 1.3)
Turner County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Twiggs County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Union County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Upson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Walker County 8 falling falling trend similar 5 5.3 (3.4, 7.9) 0.9 -1.6 (-2.9, -0.3)
Walton County
**
 		** similar 8 7.4 (5.3, 10.2) 1.2
**
Ware County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Warren County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Washington County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wayne County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Webster County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wheeler County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
White County
**
 		** similar 3 7.6 (4.2, 12.9) 1.3
**
Whitfield County 6 stable stable trend similar 6 5.6 (3.8, 8.0) 0.9 -0.6 (-2.3, 1.2)
Wilcox County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wilkes County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Wilkinson County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Worth County
**
 		**
*
3 or fewer
*
*
**
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/11/2024 4:02 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:
Appling County, Atkinson County, Bacon County, Baker County, Baldwin County, Banks County, Ben Hill County, Berrien County, Bleckley County, Brantley County, Brooks County, Bryan County, Burke County, Butts County, Calhoun County, Candler County, Charlton County, Chattahoochee County, Chattooga County, Clay County, Clinch County, Coffee County, Cook County, Crawford County, Crisp County, Dade County, Dawson County, Decatur County, Dodge County, Dooly County, Early County, Echols County, Elbert County, Emanuel County, Evans County, Fannin County, Franklin County, Glascock County, Grady County, Greene County, Hancock County, Haralson County, Harris County, Hart County, Heard County, Irwin County, Jasper County, Jeff Davis County, Jefferson County, Jenkins County, Johnson County, Jones County, Lamar County, Lanier County, Lee County, Liberty County, Lincoln County, Long County, Lumpkin County, Macon County, Madison County, Marion County, McDuffie County, McIntosh County, Meriwether County, Miller County, Mitchell County, Monroe County, Montgomery County, Morgan County, Murray County, Oconee County, Oglethorpe County, Peach County, Pickens County, Pierce County, Pike County, Polk County, Pulaski County, Putnam County, Quitman County, Rabun County, Randolph County, Schley County, Screven County, Seminole County, Stephens County, Stewart County, Sumter County, Talbot County, Taliaferro County, Tattnall County, Taylor County, Telfair County, Terrell County, Toombs County, Towns County, Treutlen County, Turner County, Twiggs County, Union County, Upson County, Ware County, Warren County, Washington County, Wayne County, Webster County, Wheeler County, Wilcox County, Wilkes County, Wilkinson County, Worth County

Trend for the following could not be reliably determined due to small number of deaths per year:
Barrow County, Bulloch County, Camden County, Effingham County, Forsyth County, Gilmer County, Newton County, Paulding County, Thomas County, Tift County, Walton County, White 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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