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 Rate/Trend Comparison by State/County
National Cancer Institute State Cancer Profiles Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2009
US States versus US

All Cancer Sites
All Races, Both Sexes
Sorted by Rate Ratio
State
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Priority Index1
1=highest
9=lowest

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Recent
Trend2

State Death Rate
Compared to
US Rate

Deaths per year
2009

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Annual
Death
Rate
2009

deaths per 100,000

(95% Confidence Interval)
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Rate
Ratio3
State to USsort descending by the rate ratio
Recent Average Annual
Percent Change2
in Death Rates

(95% Confidence Interval)
sort AAPC ascending
Recent Trend Period2
United States-falling  -567,614173.1 (172.6, 173.5)--1.6 (-1.7, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Utah9falling  below  2,555120.7 (116.0, 125.5)0.697191175-2.4 (-2.9, -1.8)2005 - 2009
Hawaii9falling  below  2,244144.1 (138.1, 150.3)0.832389681-1.0 (-1.2, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Arizona9falling  below  10,271147.1 (144.3, 150.0)0.850143353-2.3 (-2.8, -1.8)2005 - 2009
New Mexico9falling  below  3,202149.9 (144.7, 155.3)0.866275511-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Colorado9falling  below  6,950151.8 (148.1, 155.4)0.876766898-1.3 (-1.5, -1.1)2005 - 2009
South Dakota8falling  similar  1,503156.0 (148.1, 164.3)0.901418014-2.0 (-2.6, -1.3)2005 - 2009
California8falling  similar  55,990159.0 (157.7, 160.3)0.918635034-1.5 (-1.6, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Idaho8falling  similar  2,458159.5 (153.2, 166.0)0.921481022-1.1 (-1.4, -0.8)2005 - 2009
North Dakota8falling  similar  1,243159.6 (150.6, 168.9)0.922016058-0.9 (-1.2, -0.7)2005 - 2009
New York8falling  similar  35,215161.9 (160.2, 163.6)0.935531463-1.9 (-2.0, -1.8)2005 - 2009
Texas8falling  similar  35,591164.1 (162.4, 165.9)0.948222953-2.0 (-2.2, -1.8)2005 - 2009
Montana8falling  similar  1,914164.4 (157.0, 172.1)0.949872134-2.1 (-2.6, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Florida8falling  similar  40,931165.1 (163.4, 166.7)0.953637070-1.4 (-1.4, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Nebraska8falling  similar  3,336167.3 (161.6, 173.1)0.966529720-0.7 (-0.9, -0.5)2005 - 2009
Connecticut8falling  similar  6,819167.3 (163.3, 171.4)0.966726992-1.2 (-1.4, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Wyoming8falling  similar  936167.4 (156.6, 178.6)0.966894459-1.5 (-2.1, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Vermont8falling  similar  1,254168.6 (159.3, 178.4)0.974337664-1.3 (-1.6, -1.1)2005 - 2009
Minnesota6stable  similar  9,580169.2 (165.8, 172.7)0.977566928-0.2 (-1.2, 0.8)2005 - 2009
New Jersey8falling  similar  16,540169.7 (167.1, 172.3)0.980426813-2.1 (-2.4, -1.8)2005 - 2009
New Hampshire8falling  similar  2,562170.2 (163.6, 177.0)0.983260530-1.6 (-1.9, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Wisconsin8falling  similar  10,866170.9 (167.7, 174.2)0.987522285-1.0 (-1.1, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Iowa8falling  similar  6,249171.6 (167.3, 176.0)0.991579574-0.8 (-1.0, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Georgia8falling  similar  15,139173.4 (170.6, 176.2)1.001556641-2.0 (-2.4, -1.7)2005 - 2009
Kansas8falling  similar  5,319173.4 (168.7, 178.2)1.001710779-0.8 (-1.0, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Oregon8falling  similar  7,487173.4 (169.4, 177.4)1.001840862-1.7 (-2.2, -1.2)2005 - 2009
Rhode Island8falling  similar  2,220174.5 (167.2, 182.1)1.008391601-1.8 (-2.1, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Massachusetts8falling  similar  13,112174.6 (171.6, 177.7)1.008733087-1.6 (-1.7, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Washington8falling  similar  11,922175.0 (171.8, 178.2)1.011017769-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Virginia8falling  similar  14,122176.6 (173.6, 179.5)1.020145678-1.4 (-1.6, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Nevada8falling  similar  4,461176.7 (171.5, 182.1)1.020903460-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Delaware8falling  similar  1,813177.2 (169.1, 185.7)1.023943689-1.6 (-1.9, -1.3)2005 - 2009
Maryland8falling  similar  10,412178.1 (174.6, 181.5)1.028691142-1.7 (-1.8, -1.6)2005 - 2009
North Carolina8falling  similar  17,513178.2 (175.5, 180.9)1.029384565-2.0 (-2.8, -1.1)2005 - 2009
South Carolina8falling  similar  9,123179.4 (175.7, 183.1)1.036386751-1.7 (-2.1, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Illinois8falling  similar  24,182181.4 (179.1, 183.8)1.048186974-1.6 (-1.8, -1.4)2005 - 2009
Pennsylvania8falling  similar  28,879181.8 (179.7, 183.9)1.050380840-1.5 (-1.9, -1.1)2005 - 2009
Michigan8falling  similar  20,257182.4 (179.9, 185.0)1.053809645-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Missouri8falling  similar  12,472185.3 (182.0, 188.6)1.070374889-1.0 (-1.1, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Alaska8falling  similar  895185.9 (173.0, 199.4)1.074063707-1.2 (-1.5, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Maine8falling  similar  3,133187.1 (180.6, 193.9)1.081234225-1.2 (-1.5, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Oklahoma8falling  similar  7,639190.1 (185.9, 194.5)1.098577103-0.7 (-0.8, -0.5)2005 - 2009
District of Columbia5falling  above  1,131190.4 (179.3, 202.0)1.100143319-2.2 (-2.6, -1.9)2005 - 2009
Ohio5falling  above  25,149190.4 (188.1, 192.8)1.100297166-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Indiana5falling  above  13,093190.7 (187.4, 194.0)1.101706663-1.3 (-1.6, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Alabama5falling  above  10,289195.4 (191.6, 199.3)1.129024106-0.9 (-1.0, -0.8)2005 - 2009
Tennessee5falling  above  13,482196.0 (192.7, 199.4)1.132434191-1.4 (-1.8, -1.0)2005 - 2009
Louisiana5falling  above  9,098196.9 (192.8, 201.0)1.137635223-2.2 (-2.9, -1.5)2005 - 2009
Arkansas5falling  above  6,513197.0 (192.2, 201.9)1.138317566-0.7 (-0.8, -0.6)2005 - 2009
Mississippi5falling  above  6,130198.8 (193.8, 203.8)1.148339580-1.2 (-1.4, -0.9)2005 - 2009
Kentucky5falling  above  9,634204.2 (200.1, 208.4)1.179951828-1.4 (-1.8, -0.9)2005 - 2009
West Virginia5falling  above  4,786207.3 (201.4, 213.3)1.197555249-0.8 (-1.0, -0.7)2005 - 2009
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/24/2013 8:48 am.
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

* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate and trendestimates.
** Data are too sparse to provide stable estimates of annual rates needed to calculate trend.
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+). 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. 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.

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).