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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report for Alabama by County

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

Black Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Name

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


Autauga County


Baldwin County


Barbour County


Bibb County


Bullock County


Butler County


Calhoun County


Chambers County


Chilton County


Choctaw County


Clarke County


Coffee County


Colbert County


Conecuh County


Coosa County


Covington County


Crenshaw County


Dale County


Dallas County


DeKalb County


Elmore County


Escambia County


Etowah County


Fayette County


Franklin County


Geneva County


Greene County


Hale County


Henry County


Houston County


Jackson County


Jefferson County


Lauderdale County


Lawrence County


Lee County


Limestone County


Lowndes County


Macon County


Madison County


Marengo County


Marion County


Marshall County


Mobile County


Monroe County


Montgomery County


Morgan County


Perry County


Pickens County


Pike County


Randolph County


Russell County


Shelby County


St. Clair County


Sumter County


Talladega County


Tallapoosa County


Tuscaloosa County


Walker County


Washington County


Wilcox County


Blount County Cherokee County Clay County Cleburne County Cullman County Lamar County Winston County


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 06/10/2026 11:23 pm.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.

When displaying county information, the CI*Rank for the state is not shown because it's not comparable. To see the state CI*Rank please view the statistics at the US By State level.

Φ Rural–urban county classifications are based on the 2023 USDA Rural–Urban Continuum Codes (except for Connecticut Counties which use 2013 codes). State-level cancer rates for rural areas are calculated using cancer cases registered exclusively in rural counties, while state-level cancer rates for urban areas are calculated using cases registered exclusively in urban counties.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category.

If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.