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Death Rate Report for Texas by County, death years through 2005

Melanoma of the Skin
Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-08
Reduce the rate of melanoma cancer deaths.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate
County
sort ascending
Met
Healthy People
Objective
of
2.5?
1
Annual
Death
Rate

over rate period
deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
sorted descending, sort ascending
Average Deaths per Year
over rate period
sort descending
Rate Period Recent Trend 2 Recent
Annual
Percent
Change
2
in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
sort descending
Recent Trend Period2
Texas (State) No 2.6 (2.5, 2.7) 484 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.1 (-0.5, 0.3) 1981 - 2005
United States No 2.7 (2.6, 2.7) 7,834 2001 - 2005 stable  1.5 (-0.4, 3.4) 2002 - 2005
Angelina County No 5.8 (3.7, 8.6) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Kaufman County No 5.5 (3.3, 8.5) 4 2001 - 2005 **
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Comal County No 5.0 (3.2, 7.4) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Ellis County No 4.3 (2.7, 6.5) 4 2001 - 2005 **
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Taylor County No 4.2 (2.7, 6.1) 5 2001 - 2005 stable  0.4 (-2.4, 3.1) 1981 - 2005
Johnson County No 4.0 (2.6, 6.0) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Wichita County No 4.0 (2.6, 5.9) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Grayson County No 3.8 (2.4, 5.6) 5 2001 - 2005 stable  1.0 (-1.6, 3.7) 1981 - 2005
Ector County No 3.7 (2.2, 5.7) 4 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.4 (-3.7, 3.0) 1981 - 2005
Randall County No 3.6 (2.1, 5.6) 4 2001 - 2005 **
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Potter County No 3.6 (2.2, 5.5) 4 2001 - 2005 stable  1.6 (-1.5, 4.8) 1981 - 2005
Parker County No 3.5 (2.0, 5.7) 3 2001 - 2005 **
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Henderson County No 3.3 (1.9, 5.5) 3 2001 - 2005 **
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Denton County No 3.3 (2.4, 4.4) 11 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.2 (-2.1, 1.6) 1981 - 2005
Collin County No 3.0 (2.2, 4.0) 10 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.4 (-2.2, 1.4) 1981 - 2005
Brazos County No 3.0 (1.7, 4.9) 3 2001 - 2005 **
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Midland County No 2.9 (1.7, 4.7) 3 2001 - 2005 stable  1.5 (-1.7, 4.7) 1981 - 2005
Tarrant County No 2.8 (2.4, 3.2) 34 2001 - 2005 stable  0.1 (-1.1, 1.3) 1981 - 2005
Montgomery County No 2.8 (2.0, 3.8) 9 2001 - 2005 stable  -1.3 (-3.3, 0.7) 1981 - 2005
Bell County No 2.8 (1.9, 4.1) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Travis County No 2.7 (2.1, 3.4) 16 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.8 (-2.3, 0.7) 1981 - 2005
Lubbock County No 2.7 (1.8, 3.8) 6 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.6 (-3.1, 1.9) 1981 - 2005
McLennan County No 2.7 (1.8, 3.8) 6 2001 - 2005 stable  -1.8 (-4.1, 0.5) 1981 - 2005
Nueces County No 2.7 (1.9, 3.7) 8 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.1 (-2.4, 2.3) 1981 - 2005
Williamson County No 2.7 (1.8, 3.8) 6 2001 - 2005 stable  -2.2 (-5.3, 1.0) 1981 - 2005
Galveston County No 2.7 (1.8, 3.7) 7 2001 - 2005 stable  0.3 (-2.1, 2.8) 1981 - 2005
Smith County Yes 2.5 (1.6, 3.7) 5 2001 - 2005 **
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Dallas County Yes 2.4 (2.1, 2.8) 41 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.5 (-1.7, 0.7) 1981 - 2005
Brazoria County Yes 2.4 (1.5, 3.5) 5 2001 - 2005 stable  -1.8 (-3.8, 0.2) 1981 - 2005
Jefferson County Yes 2.2 (1.4, 3.1) 6 2001 - 2005 stable  0.1 (-2.6, 2.9) 1981 - 2005
Harris County Yes 2.2 (2.0, 2.5) 58 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.7 (-1.7, 0.2) 1981 - 2005
Bexar County Yes 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) 23 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.6 (-1.9, 0.8) 1981 - 2005
Hidalgo County Yes 1.7 (1.2, 2.3) 8 2001 - 2005 stable  1.3 (-1.4, 4.1) 1981 - 2005
El Paso County Yes 1.7 (1.2, 2.2) 10 2001 - 2005 stable  -0.1 (-2.3, 2.2) 1981 - 2005
Cameron County Yes 1.1 (0.7, 1.8) 3 2001 - 2005 **
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Anderson County
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Andrews County
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Aransas County
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Archer County
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Armstrong County
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Atascosa County
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Austin County
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Bailey County
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Bandera County
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Bastrop County
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Baylor County
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Bee County
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Blanco County
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Borden County
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Bosque County
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Bowie County
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Brewster County
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Briscoe County
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Brooks County
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Brown County
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Burleson County
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Burnet County
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Caldwell County
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Calhoun County
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Callahan County
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Camp County
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Carson County
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Cass County
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Castro County
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Chambers County
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Cherokee County
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Childress County
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Clay County
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Cochran County
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Coke County
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Coleman County
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Collingsworth County
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Colorado County
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Comanche County
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Concho County
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Cooke County
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Coryell County
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Cottle County
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Crane County
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Crockett County
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Crosby County
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Culberson County
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Dallam County
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Dawson County
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Deaf Smith County
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Delta County
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DeWitt County
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Dickens County
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Dimmit County
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Donley County
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Duval County
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Eastland County
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Edwards County
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Erath County
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Falls County
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Fannin County
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Fayette County
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Fisher County
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Floyd County
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Foard County
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Fort Bend County
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Franklin County
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Freestone County
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Frio County
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Gaines County
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Garza County
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Gillespie County
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Glasscock County
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Goliad County
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Gonzales County
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Gray County
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Gregg County
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Grimes County
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Guadalupe County
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Hale County
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Hall County
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Hamilton County
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Hansford County
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Hardeman County
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Hardin County
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Harrison County
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Hartley County
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Haskell County
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Hays County
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Hemphill County
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Hill County
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Hockley County
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Hood County
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Hopkins County
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Houston County
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Howard County
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Hudspeth County
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Hunt County
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Hutchinson County
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Irion County
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Jack County
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Jackson County
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Jasper County
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Jeff Davis County
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Jim Hogg County
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Jim Wells County
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Jones County
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Karnes County
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Kendall County
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Kenedy County
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Kent County
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Kerr County
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Kimble County
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King County
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Kinney County
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Kleberg County
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Knox County
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Lamar County
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Lamb County
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Lampasas County
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La Salle County
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Lavaca County
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Lee County
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Leon County
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Liberty County
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Limestone County
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Lipscomb County
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Live Oak County
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Llano County
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Loving County
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Lynn County
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Madison County
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Marion County
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Martin County
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Mason County
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Matagorda County
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Maverick County
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McCulloch County
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McMullen County
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Medina County
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Menard County
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Milam County
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Mills County
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Mitchell County
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Montague County
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Moore County
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Morris County
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Motley County
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Nacogdoches County
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Navarro County
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Newton County
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Nolan County
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Ochiltree County
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Oldham County
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Orange County
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Palo Pinto County
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Panola County
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Parmer County
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Pecos County
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Polk County
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Presidio County
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Rains County
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Reagan County
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Real County
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Red River County
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Reeves County
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Refugio County
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Roberts County
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Robertson County
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Rockwall County
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Runnels County
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Rusk County
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Sabine County
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San Augustine County
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San Jacinto County
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San Patricio County
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San Saba County
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Schleicher County
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Scurry County
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Shackelford County
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Shelby County
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Sherman County
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Somervell County
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Starr County
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Stephens County
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Sterling County
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Stonewall County
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Sutton County
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Swisher County
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Terrell County
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Terry County
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Throckmorton County
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Titus County
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Tom Green County
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Trinity County
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Tyler County
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Upshur County
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Upton County
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Uvalde County
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Val Verde County
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Van Zandt County
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Victoria County
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Walker County
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Waller County
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Ward County
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Washington County
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Webb County
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Wharton County
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Wheeler County
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Wilbarger County
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Willacy County
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Wilson County
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Winkler County
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Wise County
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Wood County
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Yoakum County
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Young County
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Zapata County
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Zavala County
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Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 7:54 pm.
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).
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is below 0.

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
1 Healthy People 2010 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 Recent trend in death rates were calculated using the Joinpoint Regression Program and are expressed as the annual percent change over the recent trend period. Recent trend period is the period since last change in trend as determined by Joinpoint.

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 2010 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.

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