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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_4_3.3
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a by State, 1999 and 2006
  2006 1999
State Rate SE Rate SE
United States 51.5 0.1 55.5 0.1
Alabama 60.1 1.1 62.6 1.2
Alaska 46.6 3.4 53.6 4.3
Arizona 43.1 0.8 49.6 1.0
Arkansas 65.3 1.4 67.9 1.5
California 40.2 0.4 48.1 0.4
Colorado 38.0 1.0 40.3 1.1
Connecticut 46.9 1.1 48.8 1.2
Delaware 59.7 2.5 68.2 2.9
District of Columbia 46.5 2.8 54.0 3.1
Florida 51.3 0.5 56.5 0.5
Georgia 55.7 0.8 59.9 1.0
Hawaii 38.7 1.6 36.7 1.7
Idaho 42.0 1.7 43.0 1.9
Illinois 52.5 0.6 56.7 0.7
Indiana 61.7 1.0 65.6 1.0
Iowa 49.3 1.2 50.8 1.2
Kansas 54.7 1.4 53.9 1.4
Kentucky 74.5 1.3 74.0 1.4
Louisiana 60.8 1.2 65.5 1.3
Maine 61.0 2.0 58.2 2.0
Maryland 52.7 1.0 58.6 1.1
Massachusetts 52.7 0.9 54.1 0.9
Michigan 55.4 0.7 56.3 0.8
Minnesota 45.0 0.9 47.3 1.0
Mississippi 67.2 1.5 70.5 1.6
Missouri 62.0 1.0 62.0 1.0
Montana 48.3 2.1 53.4 2.4
Nebraska 47.7 1.6 51.4 1.7
Nevada 56.1 1.6 64.0 1.9
New Hampshire 51.4 1.9 56.1 2.2
New Jersey 47.0 0.7 52.9 0.8
New Mexico 34.9 1.3 37.8 1.5
New York 44.2 0.5 50.0 0.5
North Carolina 59.6 0.8 60.7 0.9
North Dakota 48.1 2.6 41.6 2.4
Ohio 59.4 0.7 61.0 0.7
Oklahoma 63.4 1.3 62.7 1.3
Oregon 53.2 1.2 54.5 1.3
Pennsylvania 52.6 0.6 54.7 0.6
Rhode Island 49.5 2.0 60.1 2.3
South Carolina 58.6 1.1 60.2 1.2
South Dakota 48.6 2.3 49.7 2.5
Tennessee 68.1 1.0 67.2 1.1
Texas 49.1 0.5 55.2 0.6
Utah 23.4 1.1 26.4 1.3
Vermont 49.7 2.7 54.9 3.0
Virginia 54.1 0.9 58.7 1.0
Washington 49.3 0.9 57.3 1.0
West Virginia 70.5 1.8 73.4 1.9
Wisconsin 48.0 0.9 48.6 0.9
Wyoming 44.6 2.9 52.0 3.4

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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