National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.8b: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers, by State, 1999 and 2001

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

United States	553,760	196.0	0.3	549,829	200.8	0.3

Alabama	9,801	212.2	2.1	9,506	210.9	2.2
Alaska	689	192.6	7.9	633	190.5	8.3
Arizona	9,142	172.9	1.8	9,006	179.9	1.9
Arkansas	6,091	208.0	2.7	6,137	214.1	2.7
California	53,923	179.2	0.8	53,064	184.9	0.8
Colorado	6,145	169.6	2.2	5,862	171.1	2.2
Connecticut	7,093	187.2	2.2	7,054	191.0	2.3
Delaware	1,786	219.3	5.2	1,737	223.3	5.3
District of Columbia	1,327	235.3	6.4	1,340	241.4	6.6
Florida	39,088	187.2	1.0	38,477	190.6	1.0
Georgia	13,818	202.1	1.7	13,225	202.3	1.8
Hawaii	2,024	155.9	3.5	1,916	156.6	3.6
Idaho	2,093	172.2	3.8	2,162	186.4	4.0
Illinois	24,778	204.5	1.3	25,024	210.4	1.3
Indiana	12,831	211.6	1.9	12,898	217.4	1.9
Iowa	6,404	188.7	2.4	6,346	189.1	2.4
Kansas	5,448	193.3	2.6	5,334	192.4	2.6
Kentucky	9,358	227.9	2.3	8,925	224.2	2.4
Louisiana	9,517	227.4	2.3	9,412	230.5	2.4
Maine	3,045	207.4	3.7	3,035	214.6	3.9
Maryland	10,322	204.6	2.0	10,143	209.4	2.1
Massachusetts	13,750	199.3	1.7	13,853	206.4	1.7
Michigan	19,689	199.0	1.4	19,744	205.2	1.5
Minnesota	8,967	183.1	1.9	8,892	187.0	2.0
Mississippi	5,958	216.3	2.8	6,143	227.9	2.9
Missouri	12,365	206.8	1.9	12,186	207.9	1.9
Montana	1,956	198.8	4.5	1,854	195.1	4.5
Nebraska	3,389	185.0	3.2	3,410	189.0	3.2
Nevada	3,814	205.9	3.4	3,556	206.7	3.5
New Hampshire	2,398	193.9	3.9	2,408	203.5	4.1
New Jersey	18,164	203.2	1.5	18,177	209.3	1.5
New Mexico	2,900	167.0	3.1	2,857	173.3	3.2
New York	36,975	187.7	1.0	37,609	196.6	1.0
North Carolina	16,065	202.5	1.6	15,815	207.1	1.6
North Dakota	1,391	188.4	5.1	1,366	186.7	5.1
Ohio	24,804	207.8	1.3	25,233	215.4	1.3
Oklahoma	7,411	205.2	2.4	7,312	206.7	2.4
Oregon	7,057	196.1	2.3	6,905	198.2	2.4
Pennsylvania	29,913	203.3	1.2	30,311	209.5	1.2
Rhode Island	2,398	200.6	4.1	2,463	210.3	4.2
South Carolina	8,272	206.8	2.3	8,089	211.7	2.4
South Dakota	1,590	187.9	4.7	1,632	197.4	4.9
Tennessee	12,229	212.5	1.9	11,941	213.9	2.0
Texas	33,488	191.0	1.0	32,755	196.1	1.1
Utah	2,313	143.4	3.0	2,393	155.7	3.2
Vermont	1,249	194.8	5.5	1,255	203.7	5.7
Virginia	13,345	199.9	1.7	13,365	209.1	1.8
Washington	10,802	193.3	1.9	10,653	198.3	1.9
West Virginia	4,685	218.7	3.2	4,762	225.1	3.3
Wisconsin	10,777	190.9	1.8	10,755	195.5	1.9
Wyoming	923	192.9	6.3	899	195.1	6.5

^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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