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Interpretation of Death Rates Data

Death Rate Report by State

All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023

White Non-Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages

Sorted by Recentaapc

Explanation of Column Headers

Death Rate (95% Confidence Interval) - The death rate is based upon 100,000 people and is for 5 year(s). Rates are age-adjusted by 5-year age groups to the 2000 U.S. standard million population (the Healthy People 2020 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal).

Recent Trends - This is an interpretation of the AAPC:

AAPC (95% Confidence Interval) - The Average Annual Percent Change is the change in rate over time. These AAPCs are based upon APCs that were calculated by Joinpoint Regression Program


Other Notes


Line by Line Interpretation of the Report


United States


District of Columbia


Nevada


New Jersey


New York


Massachusetts


Iowa


Maryland


Ohio


Alaska


Colorado


Florida


Hawaii


New Hampshire


New Mexico


Rhode Island


Alabama


Arizona


California


Maine


Pennsylvania


Washington


Connecticut


Illinois


Louisiana


Minnesota


North Dakota


Oregon


Arkansas


Delaware


Georgia


North Carolina


Wisconsin


Idaho


Mississippi


Montana


South Carolina


South Dakota


Vermont


Indiana


Kentucky


Michigan


Missouri


Tennessee


Texas


Virginia


Kansas


Nebraska


West Virginia


Oklahoma


Utah


Wyoming


Puerto Rico


Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/23/2026 8:23 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.

† 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 (20 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85-89, 90+).

Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.

The US Population Data File is used with mortality data.

¶¶¶ Data for Puerto Rico is only available for All Races (includes Hispanics). For more information see data not available.

Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.