Interpretation of Death Rates Data
Death Rate Report by State
All Cancer Sites, 2015-2019
White Hispanic, Both Sexes, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
Explanation of Column HeadersObjective - The objective of 0.0 is from the Healthy People 2020 project done by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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:
- 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.
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
- Larger confidence intervals indicate less stability of the data. This is often due to low counts that are not quite low enough to be suppressed.
- Data is currently being suppressed if there are fewer than 16 counts for the time period.
Line by Line Interpretation of the Report
United States (6)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 116.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 115.6 to 116.7 and 39,492 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : N/A
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.8.
Hawaii (8)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 165.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 144.9 to 187.5 and 56 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 1 (1, 3)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 5.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.1 to 11.8.
New Mexico
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 137.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 134.0 to 141.1 and 1,213 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 2 (1, 5)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.4 to -1.0.
Colorado
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 134.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 130.5 to 138.9 and 868 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 3 (2, 6)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.7.
New York
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 124.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 122.8 to 127.0 and 2,866 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 4 (4, 9)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.1 to -1.8.
North Dakota
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 124.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 81.0 to 178.7 and 6 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 5 (1, 50)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Michigan
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 124.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 117.5 to 130.9 and 301 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 6 (3, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.7 to -1.3.
Pennsylvania
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 121.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 116.1 to 126.5 and 482 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 7 (4, 15)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 1.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.2 to 2.2.
California
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 121.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 120.0 to 122.1 and 11,080 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 8 (5, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.7.
Wyoming
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 120.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 103.9 to 139.4 and 39 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 9 (2, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 4.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.7 to 16.4.
Texas
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 120.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 119.4 to 121.8 and 8,136 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 10 (5, 13)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.5 to -1.3.
Arizona
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 120.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 117.3 to 123.0 and 1,488 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 11 (5, 14)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.6 to -1.2.
Alaska
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 119.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 92.8 to 150.0 and 17 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 12 (1, 43)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to 0.1.
Kansas
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 116.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 107.7 to 124.7 and 169 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 13 (4, 25)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.8 to 0.1.
Florida
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 113.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 111.8 to 114.5 and 5,572 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 14 (10, 18)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -1.0.
Minnesota
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 110.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 100.4 to 121.8 and 109 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 15 (4, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 1.0.
Connecticut
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 110.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 104.3 to 115.8 and 322 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 16 (10, 27)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.5.
Wisconsin
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 109.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 101.7 to 118.4 and 165 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 17 (7, 30)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising
because the trend is 1.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 0.3 to 1.9.
Illinois
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 108.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 105.8 to 111.7 and 1,227 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 18 (13, 25)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.0.
Oregon
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 108.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 101.3 to 115.7 and 220 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 19 (10, 30)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.4 to 0.5.
Massachusetts
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 108.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 102.9 to 113.2 and 390 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 20 (11, 29)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.9 to -0.5.
Utah
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 105.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 98.4 to 113.8 and 179 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 21 (11, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.7 to -0.7.
Delaware
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 105.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 90.2 to 123.1 and 38 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 22 (4, 42)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.3 to -0.8.
Oklahoma (6, 7)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 105.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 97.3 to 113.7 and 161 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 23 (11, 33)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
New Jersey
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 105.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 102.4 to 108.0 and 1,158 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 24 (16, 29)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.0 to -0.4.
Washington
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 104.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 98.9 to 109.6 and 364 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 25 (14, 31)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.8 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.1 to -0.4.
Nevada
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 101.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 97.1 to 106.4 and 426 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 26 (17, 32)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.7 to 0.2.
Idaho
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 101.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 90.7 to 112.2 and 84 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 27 (11, 38)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.3 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.0 to -0.6.
Rhode Island
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 101.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 89.7 to 113.2 and 67 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 28 (10, 40)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.5 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.5 to 1.4.
Indiana
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 98.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 91.9 to 105.5 and 196 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 29 (17, 36)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -0.7 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to -0.2.
Ohio
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 96.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 90.3 to 103.0 and 198 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 30 (21, 38)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.7 to -1.1.
Nebraska
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 94.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 83.8 to 106.2 and 70 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 31 (15, 44)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.2 to -0.9.
North Carolina
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 90.8 with a 95% confidence interval from 85.4 to 96.5 and 280 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 32 (27, 42)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising
because the trend is 2.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 1.5 to 3.4.
District of Columbia
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 90.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 75.0 to 107.7 and 29 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 33 (12, 48)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -2.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.5 to 1.6.
Missouri
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 87.7 with a 95% confidence interval from 79.8 to 96.2 and 101 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 34 (27, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to 3.9.
South Dakota
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 87.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 60.6 to 120.6 and 9 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 35 (3, 51)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Georgia
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 86.4 with a 95% confidence interval from 81.5 to 91.5 and 307 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 36 (31, 44)
- Recent Trend : The trend is rising
because the trend is 3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 1.7 to 4.3.
Maryland
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 85.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 80.0 to 91.2 and 220 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 37 (31, 45)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.3 to 0.9.
Iowa
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 85.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 74.6 to 96.9 and 57 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 38 (25, 47)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -3.0 with a 95% confidence interval from -3.9 to -2.0.
Tennessee
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 84.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 76.4 to 92.5 and 111 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 39 (29, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 2.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.3 to 6.3.
Montana
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 84.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.1 to 106.0 and 15 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 40 (12, 51)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -3.9 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.1 to -2.8.
Virginia
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 82.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 78.0 to 88.0 and 270 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 41 (32, 46)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -2.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.9 to -1.5.
New Hampshire (6, 7)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 82.0 with a 95% confidence interval from 64.5 to 102.3 and 18 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 42 (15, 50)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Louisiana (6, 7)
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 81.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 74.8 to 88.6 and 115 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 43 (32, 47)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -1.6 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.5 to -0.8.
South Carolina
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 79.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 71.1 to 87.8 and 87 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 44 (32, 48)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -0.6 to 1.3.
Kentucky
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 75.1 with a 95% confidence interval from 65.0 to 86.2 and 48 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 45 (32, 50)
- Recent Trend : The trend is falling
because the trend is -4.4 with a 95% confidence interval from -5.5 to -3.2.
Maine
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 70.5 with a 95% confidence interval from 50.1 to 95.7 and 8 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 46 (20, 51)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Arkansas
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 67.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 58.6 to 76.7 and 58 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 47 (41, 51)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is 0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -1.2 to 1.6.
Mississippi
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 66.6 with a 95% confidence interval from 54.8 to 80.0 and 26 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 48 (36, 51)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.2 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.1 to 1.6.
Vermont
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 64.9 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.6 to 102.4 and 4 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 49 (10, 51)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Alabama
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 63.2 with a 95% confidence interval from 55.1 to 72.2 and 52 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 50 (44, 51)
- Recent Trend : The trend is stable
because the trend is -0.1 with a 95% confidence interval from -2.3 to 2.1.
West Virginia
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : The death rate is 51.3 with a 95% confidence interval from 37.3 to 68.6 and 9 average annual deaths over 2015-2019.
- CI*Rank⋔ : 51 (44, 51)
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- Met Healthy People Objective of ***? : ***
- Rate : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
- CI*Rank⋔ : *
- Recent Trend : * Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 05/21/2022 9:45 am.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
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.
† 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 2020 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 1969-2018 US Population Data File is used with mortality data.
‡ The Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) is based on the APCs calculated by Joinpoint. Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
⋔ Results presented with the CI*Rank statistics help show the usefulness of ranks. For example, ranks for relatively rare diseases or less populated areas may be essentially meaningless because of their large variability, but ranks for more common diseases in densely populated regions can be very useful. More information about methodology can be found on the CI*Rank website.
*** No Healthy People 2020 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2020 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
6 Hispanic mortality recent trend data for the United States has been excluded for the following states: Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma. The data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality for these states may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2019) and has been excluded from the calculation of the United States recent trend. This was based on the NCHS Policy.
7 Data on Hispanic and non-Hispanic mortality may be unreliable for the time period used in the generation of the recent trend (1990 - 2019) for this state and the user is cautioned against drawing conclusions from such data. This was based on the NCHS Policy.
8 Due to data availability issues, the time period used in the calculation of the joinpoint regression model may differ for selected counties.
* Data has been suppressed to ensure confidentiality and stability of rate estimates. Counts are suppressed if fewer than 16 records were reported in a specific area-sex-race category. If an average count of 3 is shown, the total number of cases for the time period is 16 or more which exceeds suppression threshold (but is rounded to 3).
Please note that the data comes from different sources. Due to different years of data availability, most of the trends are AAPCs based on APCs but some are APCs calculated in SEER*Stat. Please refer to the source for each graph for additional information.
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 effect on the calculated rate.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.