National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.10b

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Table 1.10b
Cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year for prostate cancer,^a by State, 1999 and 2003
	2003			1999
State	Number	Rate	Standard error	Number	Rate	Standard error
United States	29,554	26.5	0.2	31,728	31.3	0.2
Alabama	540	31.5	1.4	613	39.1	1.6
Alaska	21	15.6	3.9	20	20.7	5.0
Arizona	553	24.5	1.1	498	24.3	1.1
Arkansas	336	29.0	1.6	378	35.2	1.8
California	3,013	24.6	0.5	3,077	28.4	0.5
Colorado	352	25.4	1.4	361	29.8	1.6
Connecticut	379	24.9	1.3	404	28.8	1.4
Delaware	85	25.9	2.9	93	32.9	3.6
District of Columbia	73	36.2	4.3	113	57.9	5.5
Florida	2,137	22.4	0.5	2,245	25.9	0.6
Georgia	707	29.8	1.2	813	38.8	1.4
Hawaii	112	18.7	1.8	117	22.7	2.1
Idaho	150	29.2	2.4	159	33.5	2.7
Illinois	1,234	26.7	0.8	1,423	33.0	0.9
Indiana	633	27.2	1.1	746	35.2	1.3
Iowa	416	29.5	1.4	417	31.6	1.6
Kansas	266	23.4	1.4	314	29.3	1.7
Kentucky	396	26.6	1.4	462	33.2	1.6
Louisiana	456	29.9	1.4	551	38.5	1.7
Maine	160	27.5	2.2	148	27.8	2.3
Maryland	537	28.5	1.2	580	34.6	1.5
Massachusetts	707	26.6	1.0	801	33.2	1.2
Michigan	990	25.5	0.8	1,139	32.6	1.0
Minnesota	546	27.5	1.2	567	31.2	1.3
Mississippi	365	35.9	1.9	426	44.8	2.2
Missouri	592	25.9	1.1	662	30.6	1.2
Montana	109	25.7	2.5	129	34.8	3.1
Nebraska	176	23.4	1.8	188	26.9	2.0
Nevada	206	25.9	1.9	196	29.5	2.3
New Hampshire	136	28.4	2.5	119	28.8	2.7
New Jersey	921	26.5	0.9	966	30.4	1.0
New Mexico	205	28.5	2.0	197	31.9	2.3
New York	1,974	25.9	0.6	2,056	29.4	0.7
North Carolina	894	30.7	1.1	911	35.2	1.2
North Dakota	96	29.9	3.0	88	28.7	3.1
Ohio	1,197	26.1	0.8	1,342	31.8	0.9
Oklahoma	352	24.9	1.3	393	30.2	1.5
Oregon	415	27.0	1.3	446	32.7	1.6
Pennsylvania	1,591	27.1	0.7	1,720	31.7	0.8
Rhode Island	116	24.7	2.3	133	30.6	2.7
South Carolina	437	29.5	1.5	533	41.1	1.9
South Dakota	107	29.5	2.9	114	33.4	3.1
Tennessee	673	31.8	1.3	661	34.8	1.4
Texas	1,627	24.8	0.6	1,774	30.4	0.7
Utah	184	27.6	2.0	190	32.6	2.4
Vermont	77	30.6	3.5	79	35.4	4.0
Virginia	770	30.7	1.1	787	36.1	1.3
Washington	616	26.8	1.1	600	29.4	1.2
West Virginia	211	25.6	1.8	241	30.8	2.0
Wisconsin	668	29.2	1.1	681	32.6	1.3
Wyoming	40	20.6	3.3	57	32.6	4.4

^a Estimates 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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