Death Rates Table
Death Rate Report by State
All Cancer Sites, 2019-2023
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Ages 50+
Sorted by Rate
State
|
Met Healthy People Objective of 122.7? |
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 | 488.7 (488.1, 489.2) | N/A | 576,743 |
falling 
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.3) |
| Puerto Rico | No | 321.2 (317.1, 325.2) | N/A | 4,982 |
stable 
|
-1.3 (-2.9, 0.3) |
| Hawaii | No | 403.4 (396.1, 410.7) | 51 (50, 51) | 2,432 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.3, -1.1) |
| Utah | No | 407.5 (401.1, 414.0) | 50 (50, 51) | 3,233 |
stable
|
-0.5 (-0.8, 0.5) |
| New York | No | 420.3 (418.2, 422.4) | 49 (49, 49) | 31,257 |
falling
|
-2.3 (-2.6, -2.1) |
| Colorado | No | 434.2 (429.8, 438.7) | 48 (45, 48) | 7,814 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.3) |
| New Mexico | No | 438.7 (432.2, 445.4) | 47 (43, 48) | 3,534 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.2) |
| New Jersey | No | 439.0 (435.8, 442.2) | 46 (44, 48) | 14,779 |
falling
|
-2.6 (-3.4, -2.2) |
| Arizona | No | 440.9 (437.4, 444.5) | 45 (43, 48) | 12,221 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.2) |
| California | No | 441.8 (440.1, 443.4) | 44 (44, 47) | 56,521 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.5, -1.5) |
| Connecticut | No | 451.0 (446.0, 456.1) | 43 (42, 44) | 6,326 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-2.0, -0.3) |
| North Dakota | No | 458.4 (446.8, 470.2) | 42 (38, 44) | 1,233 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Florida | No | 460.9 (458.9, 462.8) | 41 (40, 42) | 44,651 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-1.9, -1.6) |
| Massachusetts | No | 463.3 (459.6, 467.1) | 40 (39, 42) | 12,026 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.0, -1.9) |
| Idaho | No | 470.0 (462.3, 477.8) | 39 (34, 42) | 2,970 |
falling
|
-2.0 (-4.1, -1.0) |
| Maryland | No | 474.7 (470.6, 478.9) | 38 (34, 39) | 10,241 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-1.9, -1.7) |
| Minnesota | No | 477.9 (473.6, 482.3) | 37 (33, 39) | 9,722 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.2) |
| Texas | No | 479.1 (477.0, 481.3) | 36 (33, 38) | 39,991 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.2) |
| Montana | No | 481.0 (471.6, 490.5) | 35 (29, 39) | 2,088 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.2) |
| Rhode Island | No | 482.4 (473.0, 492.0) | 34 (29, 39) | 2,057 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.5) |
| Nevada | No | 487.1 (481.0, 493.2) | 33 (28, 36) | 5,159 |
falling
|
-2.4 (-3.3, -1.9) |
| Wyoming | No | 488.8 (475.2, 502.7) | 32 (20, 39) | 1,027 |
stable
|
0.1 (-1.4, 2.6) |
| Washington | No | 490.2 (486.3, 494.1) | 31 (28, 34) | 12,659 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.3) |
| New Hampshire | No | 492.5 (484.1, 500.9) | 30 (23, 35) | 2,774 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.7, -1.4) |
| District of Columbia | No | 492.7 (478.4, 507.3) | 29 (18, 38) | 918 |
falling
|
-2.1 (-2.4, -1.9) |
| Virginia | No | 498.6 (495.0, 502.3) | 28 (23, 31) | 14,865 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.5, -0.8) |
| Nebraska | No | 501.4 (493.8, 509.1) | 27 (18, 31) | 3,389 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| Wisconsin | No | 503.6 (499.4, 507.9) | 26 (19, 29) | 11,147 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-2.0, -1.2) |
| Iowa | No | 504.1 (498.3, 509.8) | 25 (17, 30) | 6,065 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.0) |
| Illinois | No | 504.6 (501.6, 507.6) | 24 (19, 28) | 22,580 |
falling
|
-1.9 (-2.2, -1.6) |
| Alaska | No | 505.4 (490.6, 520.5) | 23 (14, 34) | 1,003 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.7, -1.2) |
| Oregon | No | 505.4 (500.4, 510.5) | 22 (17, 28) | 8,021 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.2) |
| Georgia | No | 506.1 (502.7, 509.6) | 21 (18, 27) | 17,078 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.0, -1.5) |
| Vermont | No | 508.7 (496.6, 521.1) | 20 (14, 31) | 1,388 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.3, -0.9) |
| South Dakota | No | 510.5 (499.3, 521.8) | 19 (14, 29) | 1,663 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.2, -0.8) |
| Pennsylvania | No | 511.6 (508.9, 514.4) | 18 (16, 22) | 26,703 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-2.1, -1.5) |
| Kansas | No | 512.1 (505.9, 518.4) | 17 (15, 26) | 5,277 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.1, -0.9) |
| North Carolina | No | 520.0 (516.7, 523.4) | 16 (14, 18) | 19,371 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.3, -1.2) |
| Delaware | No | 523.6 (513.5, 533.9) | 15 (10, 20) | 2,120 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.6, -1.2) |
| South Carolina | No | 524.8 (520.2, 529.4) | 14 (12, 17) | 10,310 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-1.4, -1.3) |
| Michigan | No | 529.7 (526.4, 533.0) | 13 (11, 15) | 20,162 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.2, -1.1) |
| Alabama | No | 531.1 (526.4, 535.9) | 12 (10, 15) | 9,898 |
falling
|
-1.6 (-1.8, -1.5) |
| Ohio | No | 538.2 (535.1, 541.3) | 11 (10, 12) | 23,804 |
falling
|
-1.8 (-2.3, -1.5) |
| Maine | No | 538.6 (530.3, 547.0) | 10 (9, 14) | 3,308 |
falling
|
-1.4 (-1.5, -1.2) |
| Missouri | No | 546.0 (541.7, 550.4) | 9 (8, 10) | 12,464 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
| Louisiana | No | 554.0 (548.7, 559.3) | 8 (6, 9) | 8,829 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-1.6, -1.4) |
| Indiana | No | 555.4 (551.1, 559.8) | 7 (6, 8) | 13,117 |
falling
|
-1.2 (-1.2, -1.1) |
| Tennessee | No | 562.1 (557.8, 566.3) | 6 (5, 7) | 13,853 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.2, -1.3) |
| Arkansas | No | 563.4 (557.1, 569.7) | 5 (5, 8) | 6,240 |
falling
|
-1.5 (-2.1, -1.2) |
| Oklahoma | No | 584.5 (578.6, 590.3) | 4 (2, 4) | 7,923 |
falling
|
-1.7 (-2.6, -0.8) |
| West Virginia | No | 593.6 (585.8, 601.6) | 3 (1, 4) | 4,489 |
falling
|
-1.0 (-1.1, -0.8) |
| Mississippi | No | 595.0 (588.3, 601.8) | 2 (1, 4) | 6,243 |
falling
|
-1.3 (-2.2, -0.9) |
| Kentucky | No | 605.4 (600.0, 610.9) | 1 (1, 2) | 9,777 |
falling
|
-1.1 (-1.2, -1.0) |
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 02/18/2026 10:05 pm.
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.