Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report by State
Colon & Rectum, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Recentaapc
State
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 8.9? |
Age-Adjusted Death Rate † deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
CI*Rank ⋔ (95% Confidence Interval)
|
Average Annual Count
|
Recent Trend |
Recent 5-Year Trend ‡ in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval) 
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | No | 12.9 (12.8, 12.9) | N/A | 52,648 |
falling 
|
-0.8 (-1.5, -0.4) |
| Maryland | No | 12.5 (12.1, 12.9) | 30 (25, 40) | 946 |
falling
|
-3.6 (-6.3, -1.4) |
| District of Columbia | No | 13.5 (12.2, 14.8) | 22 (5, 43) | 89 |
falling
|
-3.2 (-4.0, -2.6) |
| Massachusetts | No | 10.1 (9.8, 10.4) | 51 (49, 51) | 903 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-3.4, -1.5) |
| New York | No | 10.9 (10.7, 11.1) | 47 (45, 50) | 2,807 |
falling
|
-2.9 (-3.1, -2.5) |
| New Jersey | No | 11.7 (11.4, 12.0) | 42 (35, 46) | 1,382 |
falling
|
-2.8 (-3.2, -1.2) |
| Rhode Island | No | 10.8 (10.1, 11.6) | 49 (38, 51) | 161 |
falling
|
-2.7 (-3.4, -0.1) |
| Delaware | No | 12.3 (11.5, 13.2) | 35 (18, 47) | 170 |
falling
|
-2.5 (-3.1, -1.9) |
| North Dakota | No | 12.5 (11.5, 13.6) | 31 (13, 47) | 117 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.0, -1.8) |
| New Hampshire | No | 10.9 (10.2, 11.6) | 48 (40, 51) | 209 |
stable 
|
-2.3 (-3.2, 1.3) |
| Iowa | No | 13.3 (12.8, 13.8) | 24 (12, 32) | 552 |
falling
|
-2.2 (-2.5, -1.9) |
| Nevada | No | 13.9 (13.3, 14.4) | 15 (9, 26) | 516 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.6, -1.6) |
| Oregon | No | 12.1 (11.7, 12.6) | 38 (27, 44) | 657 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-2.4, -1.7) |
| Illinois | No | 13.3 (13.1, 13.6) | 23 (17, 28) | 2,085 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.3, -0.6) |
| Minnesota | No | 11.4 (11.1, 11.8) | 44 (38, 48) | 804 |
stable
|
-1.9 (-2.4, 0.1) |
| Montana | No | 12.4 (11.6, 13.2) | 33 (18, 46) | 184 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.7, -1.2) |
| Ohio | No | 13.7 (13.5, 14.0) | 17 (12, 24) | 2,090 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -0.8) |
| Wisconsin | No | 11.6 (11.3, 12.0) | 43 (34, 47) | 880 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| New Mexico | No | 12.2 (11.7, 12.9) | 36 (24, 45) | 335 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.1, -1.5) |
| Hawaii | No | 12.1 (11.5, 12.9) | 37 (23, 47) | 247 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.3, -1.0) |
| Louisiana | No | 15.4 (14.9, 15.9) | 6 (4, 10) | 850 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-2.1, 0.4) |
| South Carolina | No | 13.7 (13.3, 14.1) | 19 (11, 26) | 914 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -0.2) |
| South Dakota | No | 13.7 (12.7, 14.7) | 20 (7, 36) | 155 |
stable
|
-1.6 (-3.8, 1.4) |
| West Virginia | No | 16.6 (15.8, 17.3) | 2 (1, 6) | 424 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.1) |
| Alabama | No | 14.5 (14.1, 14.9) | 11 (7, 17) | 921 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.8, -1.2) |
| Alaska | No | 14.4 (13.1, 15.8) | 12 (3, 33) | 99 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -0.8) |
| Connecticut | No | 10.3 (9.9, 10.7) | 50 (47, 51) | 503 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -0.3) |
| Florida | No | 12.0 (11.8, 12.2) | 40 (32, 42) | 3,933 |
stable
|
-1.4 (-1.9, 0.0) |
| California | No | 12.0 (11.8, 12.1) | 41 (33, 43) | 5,417 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -1.0) |
| Georgia | No | 13.7 (13.4, 14.0) | 18 (12, 24) | 1,634 |
stable
|
-1.3 (-1.7, 0.0) |
| Colorado | No | 11.4 (11.0, 11.8) | 45 (39, 49) | 724 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.9, -0.6) |
| Idaho | No | 12.4 (11.8, 13.1) | 32 (21, 44) | 269 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| North Carolina | No | 12.8 (12.5, 13.1) | 28 (23, 34) | 1,645 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.7, -0.1) |
| Pennsylvania | No | 13.0 (12.7, 13.2) | 26 (21, 31) | 2,327 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.3, -0.5) |
| Vermont | No | 12.9 (11.8, 14.0) | 27 (10, 45) | 117 |
stable
|
-1.1 (-2.6, 3.7) |
| Mississippi | No | 17.7 (17.1, 18.4) | 1 (1, 2) | 642 |
stable
|
-1.0 (-2.2, 0.3) |
| Arizona | No | 12.3 (12.0, 12.7) | 34 (27, 41) | 1,161 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.2, -0.2) |
| Indiana | No | 14.9 (14.5, 15.2) | 8 (5, 13) | 1,214 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Kansas | No | 13.9 (13.3, 14.4) | 16 (9, 26) | 491 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-1.6, 1.5) |
| Maine | No | 12.5 (11.8, 13.3) | 29 (19, 44) | 256 |
stable
|
-0.9 (-2.3, 3.2) |
| Virginia | No | 13.1 (12.8, 13.4) | 25 (19, 31) | 1,360 |
falling
|
-0.9 (-1.3, -0.4) |
| Michigan | No | 13.5 (13.2, 13.8) | 21 (14, 26) | 1,747 |
stable
|
-0.8 (-1.5, 0.7) |
| Oklahoma | No | 16.4 (15.9, 17.0) | 4 (1, 6) | 769 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-1.0, 0.8) |
| Puerto Rico | No | 12.3 (11.9, 12.8) | N/A | 638 |
stable
|
-0.7 (-6.0, 4.9) |
| Washington | No | 12.1 (11.8, 12.4) | 39 (29, 44) | 1,084 |
stable
|
-0.4 (-1.6, 2.6) |
| Nebraska | No | 14.5 (13.8, 15.2) | 9 (5, 21) | 341 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-1.9, 2.6) |
| Texas | No | 13.9 (13.7, 14.1) | 14 (11, 20) | 4,184 |
stable
|
-0.3 (-0.7, 0.2) |
| Kentucky | No | 16.5 (16.0, 17.0) | 3 (2, 5) | 917 |
stable
|
-0.2 (-1.0, 2.1) |
| Tennessee | No | 15.2 (14.8, 15.5) | 7 (5, 11) | 1,280 |
stable
|
0.8 (-1.1, 2.7) |
| Arkansas | No | 15.5 (15.0, 16.1) | 5 (3, 10) | 591 |
stable
|
1.3 (-1.7, 3.5) |
| Missouri | No | 14.1 (13.7, 14.5) | 13 (9, 21) | 1,107 |
stable
|
1.7 (-1.1, 3.4) |
| Utah | No | 11.0 (10.5, 11.6) | 46 (39, 50) | 316 |
stable
|
2.9 (-1.4, 5.8) |
| Wyoming | No | 14.5 (13.2, 15.8) | 10 (2, 31) | 103 |
stable
|
4.8 (-1.0, 13.8) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/22/2026 1:35 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 United States does not include Puerto Rico.