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Table 1_3_6.3
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a by State, 1999 and 2005
State 2005 1999
Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
United States 53,250 17.5 0.1 57,155 20.9 0.1
Alabama 903 18.8 0.6 848 19.0 0.7
Alaska 60 15.0 2.1 61 20.8 3.0
Arizona 927 15.5 0.5 867 17.5 0.6
Arkansas 574 18.9 0.8 623 21.7 0.9
California 5,198 15.8 0.2 5,155 18.1 0.3
Colorado 657 16.6 0.7 604 17.9 0.7
Connecticut 629 15.1 0.6 776 20.7 0.7
Delaware 163 17.9 1.4 183 23.6 1.8
District of Columbia 119 21.1 1.9 142 25.5 2.1
Florida 3,770 16.4 0.3 3,967 19.4 0.3
Georgia 1,330 17.8 0.5 1,192 18.5 0.5
Hawaii 211 14.5 1.0 169 13.8 1.1
Idaho 211 15.5 1.1 217 18.8 1.3
Illinois 2,376 18.5 0.4 2,757 23.1 0.4
Indiana 1,254 19.4 0.5 1,388 23.5 0.6
Iowa 664 18.2 0.7 735 21.5 0.8
Kansas 554 18.6 0.8 585 20.7 0.9
Kentucky 894 21.0 0.7 862 21.9 0.7
Louisiana 885 20.1 0.7 954 23.7 0.8
Maine 274 17.2 1.0 333 23.4 1.3
Maryland 1,029 18.7 0.6 1,068 22.4 0.7
Massachusetts 1,285 17.6 0.5 1,529 22.4 0.6
Michigan 1,914 18.0 0.4 2,029 21.2 0.5
Minnesota 794 14.8 0.5 898 18.7 0.6
Mississippi 582 20.2 0.8 582 21.6 0.9
Missouri 1,154 18.3 0.5 1,300 22.0 0.6
Montana 188 17.7 1.3 186 19.6 1.4
Nebraska 364 18.5 1.0 408 22.2 1.1
Nevada 404 18.5 0.9 368 22.2 1.2
New Hampshire 243 17.6 1.1 270 23.0 1.4
New Jersey 1,778 18.6 0.4 2,026 23.3 0.5
New Mexico 308 16.3 0.9 273 16.8 1.0
New York 3,533 16.8 0.3 4,295 22.4 0.3
North Carolina 1,486 17.3 0.4 1,518 20.1 0.5
North Dakota 151 18.5 1.5 145 19.7 1.7
Ohio 2,372 18.8 0.4 2,810 24.0 0.5
Oklahoma 729 19.5 0.7 739 20.9 0.8
Oregon 671 16.9 0.7 689 19.7 0.8
Pennsylvania 2,945 18.8 0.3 3,472 23.7 0.4
Rhode Island 222 16.8 1.2 278 23.3 1.4
South Carolina 817 18.8 0.7 818 21.7 0.8
South Dakota 177 19.5 1.5 185 21.8 1.6
Tennessee 1,176 19.4 0.6 1,083 19.6 0.6
Texas 3,202 16.8 0.3 3,293 19.9 0.3
Utah 238 13.3 0.9 243 16.1 1.0
Vermont 122 17.6 1.6 137 22.3 1.9
Virginia 1,252 17.2 0.5 1,316 20.9 0.6
Washington 950 15.3 0.5 995 18.6 0.6
West Virginia 440 19.8 0.9 520 24.6 1.1
Wisconsin 1,000 16.3 0.5 1,170 21.1 0.6
Wyoming 71 13.8 1.6 94 20.6 2.1

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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