Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2017

Updated on June 26, 2022.

According to the US Census Bureau estimates, in 2017, the death rate for Tennessee was 10.34, and the top three counties that had the highest death rate were:

  1. Benton County: 17.7
  2. Decatur County: 16.98
  3. Grundy County: 16.83

On the other hand, the top 3 counties that had the lowest death rate were:

  1. Williamson County: 5.82
  2. Montgomery County: 6.27
  3. Rutherford County: 6.52

Use the interactive visualization and the table below to explore the death rate for each Tennessee county in 2017. You can also find links to the historical death rate for each county below.

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Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2017
Tennessee Death Rate By County in 2017
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County Death Rate
Anderson 13.01
Bedford 10.89
Benton 17.7
Bledsoe 9.71
Blount 11.1
Bradley 10.57
Campbell 15.54
Cannon 12.62
Carroll 15.24
Carter 12.92
Cheatham 10.52
Chester 10.73
Claiborne 13.73
Clay 15.67
Cocke 14.8
Coffee 12.45
Crockett 14.39
Cumberland 14.23
Davidson 7.92
Decatur 16.98
DeKalb 12.39
Dickson 11.36
Dyer 14.06
Fayette 10.97
Fentress 14.82
Franklin 11.94
Gibson 14.09
Giles 13.05
Grainger 13.03
Greene 14.52
Grundy 16.83
Hamblen 12.74
Hamilton 10.32
Hancock 15.62
Hardeman 13.23
Hardin 15.43
Hawkins 13.05
Haywood 13.04
Henderson 11.92
Henry 14.55
Hickman 11.95
Houston 16.6
Humphreys 13.66
Jackson 11.83
Jefferson 12.36
Johnson 14.18
Knox 9.86
Lake 13.75
Lauderdale 12.53
Lawrence 13.13
Lewis 12.12
Lincoln 12.08
Loudon 12.76
McMinn 12.8
McNairy 15.27
Macon 11.55
Madison 11.44
Marion 14.93
Marshall 10.59
Maury 10.38
Meigs 14.98
Monroe 12.84
Montgomery 6.27
Moore 11.36
Morgan 11.72
Obion 12.82
Overton 13.29
Perry 15.27
Pickett 14.96
Polk 13.77
Putnam 10.48
Rhea 13.52
Roane 14.11
Robertson 9.8
Rutherford 6.52
Scott 12.99
Sequatchie 10.98
Sevier 11.6
Shelby 8.79
Smith 10.18
Stewart 11.35
Sullivan 13.29
Sumner 8.78
Tipton 10.83
Trousdale 10.87
Unicoi 16.59
Union 11.5
Van Buren 12.38
Warren 12.6
Washington 11.75
Wayne 13.6
Weakley 11.99
White 13.41
Williamson 5.82
Wilson 7.68

Historical Death Rate for Counties in Tennessee

Use the links below to find the historical death rate for each county in Tennessee.