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Death Rate Report by State, death years through 2009

All Cancer Sites
Healthy People 2020 Objective Number: C-1
Reduce the overall cancer death rate
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Rate
State
Met
Healthy People
Objective
of
160.6?
1
Annual
Death
Rate

over rate period
deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
Deaths per Year
over rate period
Rate Period Recent Trend 2 Recent
Average Annual
Percent
Change
2
in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
Recent Trend Period2
United States No 173.1 (172.6, 173.5) 567,614 2009 falling  -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Utah Yes 120.7 (116.0, 125.5) 2,555 2009 falling  -2.4 (-2.9, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
Hawaii Yes 144.1 (138.1, 150.3) 2,244 2009 falling  -1.0 (-1.2, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Arizona Yes 147.1 (144.3, 150.0) 10,271 2009 falling  -2.3 (-2.8, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
New Mexico Yes 149.9 (144.7, 155.3) 3,202 2009 falling  -1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Colorado Yes 151.8 (148.1, 155.4) 6,950 2009 falling  -1.3 (-1.5, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
South Dakota Yes 156.0 (148.1, 164.3) 1,503 2009 falling  -2.0 (-2.6, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
California Yes 159.0 (157.7, 160.3) 55,990 2009 falling  -1.5 (-1.6, -1.4) 2005 - 2009
Idaho Yes 159.5 (153.2, 166.0) 2,458 2009 falling  -1.1 (-1.4, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
North Dakota Yes 159.6 (150.6, 168.9) 1,243 2009 falling  -0.9 (-1.2, -0.7) 2005 - 2009
New York No 161.9 (160.2, 163.6) 35,215 2009 falling  -1.9 (-2.0, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
Texas No 164.1 (162.4, 165.9) 35,591 2009 falling  -2.0 (-2.2, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
Montana No 164.4 (157.0, 172.1) 1,914 2009 falling  -2.1 (-2.6, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Florida No 165.1 (163.4, 166.7) 40,931 2009 falling  -1.4 (-1.4, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
Connecticut No 167.3 (163.3, 171.4) 6,819 2009 falling  -1.2 (-1.4, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Nebraska No 167.3 (161.6, 173.1) 3,336 2009 falling  -0.7 (-0.9, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
Wyoming No 167.4 (156.6, 178.6) 936 2009 falling  -1.5 (-2.1, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Vermont No 168.6 (159.3, 178.4) 1,254 2009 falling  -1.3 (-1.6, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
Minnesota No 169.2 (165.8, 172.7) 9,580 2009 stable  -0.2 (-1.2, 0.8) 2005 - 2009
New Jersey No 169.7 (167.1, 172.3) 16,540 2009 falling  -2.1 (-2.4, -1.8) 2005 - 2009
New Hampshire No 170.2 (163.6, 177.0) 2,562 2009 falling  -1.6 (-1.9, -1.4) 2005 - 2009
Wisconsin No 170.9 (167.7, 174.2) 10,866 2009 falling  -1.0 (-1.1, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Iowa No 171.6 (167.3, 176.0) 6,249 2009 falling  -0.8 (-1.0, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Georgia No 173.4 (170.6, 176.2) 15,139 2009 falling  -2.0 (-2.4, -1.7) 2005 - 2009
Kansas No 173.4 (168.7, 178.2) 5,319 2009 falling  -0.8 (-1.0, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Oregon No 173.4 (169.4, 177.4) 7,487 2009 falling  -1.7 (-2.2, -1.2) 2005 - 2009
Rhode Island No 174.5 (167.2, 182.1) 2,220 2009 falling  -1.8 (-2.1, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Massachusetts No 174.6 (171.6, 177.7) 13,112 2009 falling  -1.6 (-1.7, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Washington No 175.0 (171.8, 178.2) 11,922 2009 falling  -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Virginia No 176.6 (173.6, 179.5) 14,122 2009 falling  -1.4 (-1.6, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
Nevada No 176.7 (171.5, 182.1) 4,461 2009 falling  -1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
Delaware No 177.2 (169.1, 185.7) 1,813 2009 falling  -1.6 (-1.9, -1.3) 2005 - 2009
Maryland No 178.1 (174.6, 181.5) 10,412 2009 falling  -1.7 (-1.8, -1.6) 2005 - 2009
North Carolina No 178.2 (175.5, 180.9) 17,513 2009 falling  -2.0 (-2.8, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
South Carolina No 179.4 (175.7, 183.1) 9,123 2009 falling  -1.7 (-2.1, -1.4) 2005 - 2009
Illinois No 181.4 (179.1, 183.8) 24,182 2009 falling  -1.6 (-1.8, -1.4) 2005 - 2009
Pennsylvania No 181.8 (179.7, 183.9) 28,879 2009 falling  -1.5 (-1.9, -1.1) 2005 - 2009
Michigan No 182.4 (179.9, 185.0) 20,257 2009 falling  -1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Missouri No 185.3 (182.0, 188.6) 12,472 2009 falling  -1.0 (-1.1, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Alaska No 185.9 (173.0, 199.4) 895 2009 falling  -1.2 (-1.5, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Maine No 187.1 (180.6, 193.9) 3,133 2009 falling  -1.2 (-1.5, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Oklahoma No 190.1 (185.9, 194.5) 7,639 2009 falling  -0.7 (-0.8, -0.5) 2005 - 2009
District of Columbia No 190.4 (179.3, 202.0) 1,131 2009 falling  -2.2 (-2.6, -1.9) 2005 - 2009
Ohio No 190.4 (188.1, 192.8) 25,149 2009 falling  -1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Indiana No 190.7 (187.4, 194.0) 13,093 2009 falling  -1.3 (-1.6, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Alabama No 195.4 (191.6, 199.3) 10,289 2009 falling  -0.9 (-1.0, -0.8) 2005 - 2009
Tennessee No 196.0 (192.7, 199.4) 13,482 2009 falling  -1.4 (-1.8, -1.0) 2005 - 2009
Louisiana No 196.9 (192.8, 201.0) 9,098 2009 falling  -2.2 (-2.9, -1.5) 2005 - 2009
Arkansas No 197.0 (192.2, 201.9) 6,513 2009 falling  -0.7 (-0.8, -0.6) 2005 - 2009
Mississippi No 198.8 (193.8, 203.8) 6,130 2009 falling  -1.2 (-1.4, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
Kentucky No 204.2 (200.1, 208.4) 9,634 2009 falling  -1.4 (-1.8, -0.9) 2005 - 2009
West Virginia No 207.3 (201.4, 213.3) 4,786 2009 falling  -0.8 (-1.0, -0.7) 2005 - 2009
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/22/2013 7:08 pm.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Trend
Rising when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is above 0.
Stable when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change includes 0.
Falling when 95% confidence interval of average annual percent change is below 0.

1 Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
2 The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected racial groups or counties.

Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas. The 1969-2009 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.