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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