MS / county disease rankings
Counties with the highest premature death rates in Mississippi
Among 82 Mississippi counties with published values, the counties with the highest premature death rates are Coahoma County, MS (22,826.1, 2.32 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9), Holmes County, MS (22,286.3, 2.27 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9) and Sharkey County, MS (21,606.1, 2.2 times the U.S. county median of 9,824.9). Values are years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
Source: County Health Rankings, built from CDC National Vital Statistics System death records. These are county-level figures, compared with the U.S. county median. A high rate does not prove an environmental cause: age, smoking, income, access to care, screening and chance all move county rates, and small counties swing widely.
All Mississippi counties, highest first
Premature death, years of life lost before 75 per 100,000.
| Rank | County | State | Value | U.S. county median | Times reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coahoma County | MS | 22,826.1 | 9,824.9 | 2.32x |
| 2 | Holmes County | MS | 22,286.3 | 9,824.9 | 2.27x |
| 3 | Sharkey County | MS | 21,606.1 | 9,824.9 | 2.2x |
| 4 | Humphreys County | MS | 21,431.3 | 9,824.9 | 2.18x |
| 5 | Leflore County | MS | 21,369.2 | 9,824.9 | 2.18x |
| 6 | Tunica County | MS | 21,013.3 | 9,824.9 | 2.14x |
| 7 | Neshoba County | MS | 20,814.9 | 9,824.9 | 2.12x |
| 8 | Washington County | MS | 20,281.7 | 9,824.9 | 2.06x |
| 9 | Bolivar County | MS | 19,769.1 | 9,824.9 | 2.01x |
| 10 | Sunflower County | MS | 18,895.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.92x |
| 11 | Quitman County | MS | 18,894.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.92x |
| 12 | Claiborne County | MS | 18,808.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.91x |
| 13 | Wilkinson County | MS | 18,458.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.88x |
| 14 | Jefferson Davis County | MS | 17,891.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.82x |
| 15 | Montgomery County | MS | 17,471.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.78x |
| 16 | Marion County | MS | 17,139.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.74x |
| 17 | Marshall County | MS | 16,966.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.73x |
| 18 | Walthall County | MS | 16,709.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.7x |
| 19 | Jasper County | MS | 16,604.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.69x |
| 20 | Yalobusha County | MS | 16,349.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.66x |
| 21 | Grenada County | MS | 16,291.3 | 9,824.9 | 1.66x |
| 22 | Jefferson County | MS | 16,286.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.66x |
| 23 | Hinds County | MS | 16,086.3 | 9,824.9 | 1.64x |
| 24 | Webster County | MS | 16,006.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.63x |
| 25 | Copiah County | MS | 15,985.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.63x |
| 26 | Covington County | MS | 15,926.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.62x |
| 27 | Newton County | MS | 15,916.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.62x |
| 28 | Amite County | MS | 15,673.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.6x |
| 29 | Pike County | MS | 15,463.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.57x |
| 30 | Perry County | MS | 15,413.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.57x |
| 31 | Wayne County | MS | 15,308 | 9,824.9 | 1.56x |
| 32 | Simpson County | MS | 15,238.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.55x |
| 33 | Calhoun County | MS | 15,132.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.54x |
| 34 | Benton County | MS | 15,037.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.53x |
| 35 | Carroll County | MS | 15,019.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.53x |
| 36 | Scott County | MS | 14,974.3 | 9,824.9 | 1.52x |
| 37 | Pearl River County | MS | 14,930.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.52x |
| 38 | Warren County | MS | 14,893 | 9,824.9 | 1.52x |
| 39 | Yazoo County | MS | 14,590.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.49x |
| 40 | Tishomingo County | MS | 14,574.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.48x |
| 41 | Adams County | MS | 14,567.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.48x |
| 42 | Panola County | MS | 14,531.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.48x |
| 43 | Lauderdale County | MS | 14,388.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.46x |
| 44 | Chickasaw County | MS | 14,343.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.46x |
| 45 | Lawrence County | MS | 14,241.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.45x |
| 46 | Tate County | MS | 14,232.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.45x |
| 47 | Leake County | MS | 14,204 | 9,824.9 | 1.45x |
| 48 | Clarke County | MS | 14,176.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.44x |
| 49 | Noxubee County | MS | 13,965.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.42x |
| 50 | Jones County | MS | 13,749.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.4x |
| 51 | George County | MS | 13,727.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.4x |
| 52 | Winston County | MS | 13,716.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.4x |
| 53 | Tallahatchie County | MS | 13,696.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.39x |
| 54 | Forrest County | MS | 13,611.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.39x |
| 55 | Stone County | MS | 13,552.6 | 9,824.9 | 1.38x |
| 56 | Smith County | MS | 13,495 | 9,824.9 | 1.37x |
| 57 | Attala County | MS | 13,490.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.37x |
| 58 | Lowndes County | MS | 13,169.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.34x |
| 59 | Franklin County | MS | 13,143.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.34x |
| 60 | Monroe County | MS | 13,062.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.33x |
| 61 | Prentiss County | MS | 13,054.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.33x |
| 62 | Lincoln County | MS | 13,025.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.33x |
| 63 | Tippah County | MS | 13,004 | 9,824.9 | 1.32x |
| 64 | Alcorn County | MS | 12,635.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.29x |
| 65 | Clay County | MS | 12,573.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.28x |
| 66 | Lee County | MS | 12,356.5 | 9,824.9 | 1.26x |
| 67 | Harrison County | MS | 11,924.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.21x |
| 68 | Choctaw County | MS | 11,826.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.2x |
| 69 | Jackson County | MS | 11,606.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.18x |
| 70 | Hancock County | MS | 11,582.8 | 9,824.9 | 1.18x |
| 71 | Pontotoc County | MS | 11,380.9 | 9,824.9 | 1.16x |
| 72 | Union County | MS | 11,353 | 9,824.9 | 1.16x |
| 73 | DeSoto County | MS | 10,785.4 | 9,824.9 | 1.1x |
| 74 | Itawamba County | MS | 10,759.1 | 9,824.9 | 1.1x |
| 75 | Kemper County | MS | 10,438.2 | 9,824.9 | 1.06x |
| 76 | Oktibbeha County | MS | 9,966.7 | 9,824.9 | 1.01x |
| 77 | Greene County | MS | 9,853.6 | 9,824.9 | 1x |
| 78 | Lamar County | MS | 8,656.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.88x |
| 79 | Rankin County | MS | 8,368.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.85x |
| 80 | Lafayette County | MS | 8,272.7 | 9,824.9 | 0.84x |
| 81 | Madison County | MS | 8,220.1 | 9,824.9 | 0.84x |
| 82 | Issaquena County | MS | 7,591.6 | 9,824.9 | 0.77x |