Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2006 US States versus US
All Cancer Sites All Races, Both Sexes
Above US Rate
Similar to US Rate
Below US Rate
Rising Trend
Priority 1: rising and above
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Priority 2: rising and similar
[none]
Priority 3: rising and below
[none]
Stable Trend
Priority 4: stable and above
[none]
Priority 6: stable and similar
[none]
Priority 7: stable and below
[none]
Falling Trend
Priority 5: falling and above
District of Columbia Kentucky Louisiana Mississippi Tennessee West Virginia
Priority 8: falling and similar
Alabama Alaska Arkansas Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Texas Vermont Virginia Washington Wisconsin Wyoming
Priority 9: falling and below
Arizona California Colorado Hawaii New Mexico Utah
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 1:13 pm.
Trend2 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. Rate Comparison Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10 Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence. Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate. 2 Recent trend in death rates is Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) 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. 3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate.
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+). Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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).
Death Rate Report by State, death years through 2006
All Cancer Sites Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-01
Reduce the overall cancer death rate.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Met Healthy People Objective of 159.9?1
Annual Death Rate over rate period deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
Deaths per Year over rate period
Rate Period
Recent Trend2
Recent Average Annual Percent Change2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 1:13 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.
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 2010 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.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Cancer Sites, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Annual Incidence Rate† over rate period (95% Confidence Interval)
Annual Count
Rate Period
US (SEER+NPCR)
455.9 (455.1, 456.6)
§
2006
Maine
526.5 (515.1, 538.1)
8,269
2006
Delaware
519.3 (504.7, 534.2)
4,838
2006
Vermont
507.8 (491.1, 525.0)
3,576
2006
Connecticut
503.8 (496.6, 511.0)
19,466
2006
Rhode Island
501.6 (488.8, 514.6)
5,946
2006
New Jersey
499.8 (495.2, 504.4)
46,569
2006
Kentucky
496.9 (490.4, 503.6)
22,252
2006
Pennsylvania
496.6 (492.9, 500.2)
72,851
2006
West Virginia
491.7 (482.4, 501.2)
10,782
2006
New Hampshire
484.9 (473.3, 496.7)
6,826
2006
New York
482.4 (479.4, 485.4)
99,842
2006
Michigan
481.1 # (476.9, 485.3)
51,073
2006
Oklahoma
479.9 (472.9, 486.9)
18,248
2006
Louisiana
478.7 (472.2, 485.3)
§
2006
Illinois
477.8 (474.0, 481.7)
61,168
2006
Massachusetts
476.0 (470.9, 481.2)
33,438
2006
Minnesota
475.9 (470.0, 481.9)
25,022
2006
Washington
473.0 (467.7, 478.4)
30,456
2006
Nebraska
465.3 (455.5, 475.3)
8,708
2006
Kansas
465.1 (457.2, 473.1)
13,421
2006
Iowa
463.4 (456.1, 470.8)
15,664
2006
Tennessee
463.4 (458.1, 468.7)
29,982
2006
North Carolina
462.5 (458.1, 467.0)
42,212
2006
Ohio
458.6 (454.8, 462.4)
57,168
2006
Mississippi
456.8 (449.1, 464.6)
13,527
2006
Alabama
455.8 (449.8, 461.8)
22,774
2006
South Carolina
453.5 (447.4, 459.7)
21,029
2006
Missouri
453.2 (447.9, 458.5)
28,562
2006
Oregon
452.1 (445.5, 458.8)
18,149
2006
Arkansas
451.9 (444.4, 459.5)
14,024
2006
Georgia
447.2 (442.7, 451.9)
37,567
2006
North Dakota
447.0 (431.4, 463.0)
3,210
2006
Nevada
445.8 (437.3, 454.5)
10,763
2006
Idaho
445.6 (434.6, 456.8)
6,345
2006
Indiana
443.9 (438.8, 449.1)
28,859
2006
District of Columbia
443.7 (426.7, 461.3)
2,594
2006
Wyoming
442.7 (424.8, 461.1)
2,375
2006
Virginia
435.7 (431.0, 440.4)
33,533
2006
Florida
433.0 (430.3, 435.8)
96,697
2006
Alaska
430.2 (411.1, 449.9)
2,255
2006
Texas
427.2 (424.3, 430.0)
88,148
2006
Maryland
422.2 (416.8, 427.6)
23,959
2006
Montana
421.9 (409.6, 434.6)
4,516
2006
California
419.4 (417.2, 421.6)
141,595
2006
Hawaii
414.0 (403.5, 424.8)
5,935
2006
Colorado
412.9 (406.8, 419.1)
18,137
2006
South Dakota
401.4 (388.1, 415.0)
3,521
2006
Utah
391.7 (383.0, 400.6)
7,873
2006
New Mexico
384.3 (375.7, 393.0)
7,696
2006
Arizona
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§
2006
Wisconsin
§
§
2006
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 11/23/2009 1:13 pm. State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. 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 (See US Population Data - 1969-2005 for more information).
§ Data not provided because it did not meet USCS publication standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection. American Cancer Society's Facts & Figures provides estimates of numbers of new cancer cases and deaths. # Data do not include cases diagnosed in other states for those states in which the data exchange agreement specifically prohibits the release of data to third parties.
1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2008/January 2009 data submission and SEER November 2008 submission. 2 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) November 2008/January 2009 data submission. 3 Source: SEER November 2008 submission. State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries. 4 State rates include rates from areas funded by SEER.
Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. The count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic affect on the calculated rate.
Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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