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Table 1.12b: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer, by State, 1999 and 2001

  2001 1999
State Number Ratea Standard error Number Ratea Standard error
             
United States 56,887 20.1 0.1 57,155 20.9 0.1
             
Alabama 875 19.0 0.6 848 19.0 0.7
Alaska 77 22.2 2.7 61 20.8 3.0
Arizona 886 16.8 0.6 867 17.5 0.6
Arkansas 641 21.9 0.9 623 21.7 0.9
California 5,278 17.7 0.2 5,155 18.1 0.3
Colorado 618 17.3 0.7 604 17.9 0.7
Connecticut 725 18.9 0.7 776 20.7 0.7
Delaware 166 20.5 1.6 183 23.6 1.8
District of Columbia 150 26.6 2.2 142 25.5 2.1
Florida 3,871 18.3 0.3 3,967 19.4 0.3
Georgia 1,353 20.0 0.5 1,192 18.5 0.5
Hawaii 213 16.5 1.1 169 13.8 1.1
Idaho 187 15.4 1.1 217 18.8 1.3
Illinois 2,737 22.5 0.4 2,757 23.1 0.4
Indiana 1,363 22.5 0.6 1,388 23.5 0.6
Iowa 740 21.1 0.8 735 21.5 0.8
Kansas 584 20.3 0.8 585 20.7 0.9
Kentucky 913 22.4 0.7 862 21.9 0.7
Louisiana 955 23.0 0.7 954 23.7 0.8
Maine 311 21.0 1.2 333 23.4 1.3
Maryland 1,096 21.9 0.7 1,068 22.4 0.7
Massachusetts 1,451 20.7 0.5 1,529 22.4 0.6
Michigan 1,892 19.2 0.4 2,029 21.2 0.5
Minnesota 871 17.6 0.6 898 18.7 0.6
Mississippi 604 21.9 0.9 582 21.6 0.9
Missouri 1,306 21.7 0.6 1,300 22.0 0.6
Montana 186 18.8 1.4 186 19.6 1.4
Nebraska 378 20.0 1.0 408 22.2 1.1
Nevada 391 22.0 1.1 368 22.2 1.2
New Hampshire 262 21.3 1.3 270 23.0 1.4
New Jersey 2,005 22.4 0.5 2,026 23.3 0.5
New Mexico 309 17.9 1.0 273 16.8 1.0
New York 4,109 20.8 0.3 4,295 22.4 0.3
North Carolina 1,538 19.5 0.5 1,518 20.1 0.5
North Dakota 154 20.6 1.7 145 19.7 1.7
Ohio 2,642 22.1 0.4 2,810 24.0 0.5
Oklahoma 737 20.3 0.7 739 20.9 0.8
Oregon 705 19.4 0.7 689 19.7 0.8
Pennsylvania 3,352 22.5 0.4 3,472 23.7 0.4
Rhode Island 248 20.4 1.3 278 23.3 1.4
South Carolina 820 20.7 0.7 818 21.7 0.8
South Dakota 178 20.5 1.5 185 21.8 1.6
Tennessee 1,253 21.9 0.6 1,083 19.6 0.6
Texas 3,296 19.0 0.3 3,293 19.9 0.3
Utah 214 13.5 0.9 243 16.1 1.0
Vermont 129 20.2 1.8 137 22.3 1.9
Virginia 1,351 20.4 0.6 1,316 20.9 0.6
Washington 1,030 18.4 0.6 995 18.6 0.6
West Virginia 508 23.8 1.1 520 24.6 1.1
Wisconsin 1,128 19.8 0.6 1,170 21.1 0.6
Wyoming 101 21.0 2.1 94 20.6 2.1
             

a Rates 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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