National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.10b: Cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year for breast cancer, by State, 1999 and 2001

	2001			1999
State	Number	Rate^a	Standard error	Number	Rate^a	Standard error

United States	41,394	26.0	0.1	41,144	26.6	0.1

Alabama	748	28.6	1.1	653	25.7	1.0
Alaska	46	21.8	3.5	42	20.6	3.4
Arizona	685	24.2	0.9	684	25.4	1.0
Arkansas	395	24.7	1.3	401	25.3	1.3
California	4,200	24.8	0.4	4,060	25.1	0.4
Colorado	469	22.3	1.0	489	24.8	1.1
Connecticut	594	27.5	1.1	541	25.5	1.1
Delaware	123	26.7	2.4	120	27.7	2.5
District of Columbia	128	38.9	3.5	118	35.6	3.3
Florida	2,562	23.5	0.5	2,579	24.4	0.5
Georgia	1,010	24.9	0.8	1,008	26.1	0.8
Hawaii	139	20.5	1.7	138	21.2	1.8
Idaho	131	19.8	1.7	171	26.9	2.1
Illinois	1,846	26.6	0.6	2,007	29.5	0.7
Indiana	921	26.9	0.9	898	26.4	0.9
Iowa	455	23.9	1.2	479	25.9	1.2
Kansas	355	22.2	1.2	386	25.3	1.3
Kentucky	636	27.4	1.1	602	26.7	1.1
Louisiana	729	30.5	1.1	683	29.2	1.1
Maine	182	22.0	1.6	215	27.1	1.9
Maryland	819	27.9	1.0	791	28.0	1.0
Massachusetts	1,048	26.5	0.8	1,045	27.2	0.9
Michigan	1,473	26.3	0.7	1,531	28.1	0.7
Minnesota	687	24.9	1.0	670	25.0	1.0
Mississippi	440	28.2	1.4	429	28.0	1.4
Missouri	917	27.3	0.9	856	25.7	0.9
Montana	124	22.8	2.1	122	23.5	2.1
Nebraska	254	25.0	1.6	249	24.0	1.6
Nevada	255	25.5	1.6	245	26.7	1.7
New Hampshire	186	26.1	1.9	186	27.7	2.0
New Jersey	1,467	28.7	0.8	1,436	28.9	0.8
New Mexico	183	19.1	1.4	215	23.5	1.6
New York	3,125	27.6	0.5	3,127	28.4	0.5
North Carolina	1,154	25.5	0.8	1,168	26.7	0.8
North Dakota	103	25.6	2.6	111	26.0	2.6
Ohio	1,941	28.7	0.7	1,960	29.4	0.7
Oklahoma	536	26.8	1.2	522	26.4	1.2
Oregon	520	26.4	1.2	511	26.7	1.2
Pennsylvania	2,316	28.2	0.6	2,386	29.4	0.6
Rhode Island	159	23.4	1.9	179	26.7	2.0
South Carolina	589	25.8	1.1	604	27.7	1.1
South Dakota	87	18.9	2.1	110	23.0	2.3
Tennessee	845	25.7	0.9	833	26.1	0.9
Texas	2,483	24.7	0.5	2,408	25.2	0.5
Utah	197	22.0	1.6	185	21.7	1.6
Vermont	106	28.9	2.8	89	25.4	2.7
Virginia	1,077	27.9	0.9	1,008	27.2	0.9
Washington	759	24.2	0.9	725	24.0	0.9
West Virginia	309	25.7	1.5	286	25.0	1.5
Wisconsin	821	25.8	0.9	825	26.8	0.9
Wyoming	60	22.8	2.9	58	23.0	3.0

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

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