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Death Rate Report by State

Brain & ONS, 2016-2020

All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages

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Met Healthy People Objective of ***?
Age-Adjusted Death Rate
deaths per 100,000
(95% Confidence Interval)
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CI*Rank⋔
(95% Confidence Interval)
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Average Annual Count
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Recent Trend
Recent 5-Year Trend in Death Rates
(95% Confidence Interval)
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United States *** 4.4 (4.4, 4.4) N/A 17,206 rising rising trend 0.3 (0.1, 0.5)
Vermont *** 5.6 (4.9, 6.5) 1 (1, 32) 46 rising rising trend 1.2 (0.6, 1.9)
Wyoming *** 5.4 (4.6, 6.3) 2 (1, 45) 37 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.4, 1.4)
Maine *** 5.4 (4.9, 5.9) 3 (1, 24) 101 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.2, 0.5)
South Dakota *** 5.2 (4.6, 5.9) 4 (1, 39) 54 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.1, 0.1)
Nebraska *** 5.2 (4.7, 5.6) 5 (1, 30) 114 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.4, 0.3)
Washington *** 5.1 (4.9, 5.3) 6 (1, 20) 440 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.1, -0.5)
New Hampshire *** 5.1 (4.6, 5.6) 7 (1, 36) 91 stable stable trend -0.4 (-0.9, 0.1)
Kansas *** 5.0 (4.7, 5.4) 8 (1, 31) 170 falling falling trend -0.4 (-0.7, -0.1)
Idaho *** 5.0 (4.5, 5.5) 9 (1, 37) 102 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.7, 0.2)
Alabama *** 5.0 (4.7, 5.2) 10 (2, 28) 301 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.1, 0.6)
Mississippi *** 4.9 (4.6, 5.3) 11 (2, 33) 175 stable stable trend 1.1 (-0.2, 2.4)
Oklahoma *** 4.9 (4.6, 5.2) 12 (2, 31) 226 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.5, 0.1)
Iowa *** 4.9 (4.6, 5.2) 13 (2, 34) 188 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.9, -0.2)
Rhode Island *** 4.9 (4.3, 5.4) 14 (1, 45) 66 stable stable trend -0.6 (-1.2, 0.1)
Kentucky *** 4.8 (4.6, 5.1) 15 (3, 33) 263 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.3, 1.3)
Tennessee *** 4.8 (4.6, 5.1) 16 (4, 31) 392 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.0, -0.5)
Wisconsin *** 4.8 (4.6, 5.1) 17 (4, 32) 349 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.3, 0.2)
Utah *** 4.8 (4.4, 5.2) 18 (2, 39) 136 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.4, 0.5)
Montana *** 4.8 (4.2, 5.3) 19 (1, 47) 66 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.6, 0.4)
Arkansas *** 4.8 (4.4, 5.1) 20 (3, 38) 177 falling falling trend -0.8 (-1.1, -0.4)
Michigan *** 4.7 (4.6, 4.9) 21 (8, 32) 593 falling falling trend -0.4 (-0.6, -0.1)
South Carolina *** 4.7 (4.5, 5.0) 22 (5, 35) 304 stable stable trend 0.9 (-0.1, 1.9)
Massachusetts *** 4.7 (4.5, 4.9) 23 (8, 35) 399 rising rising trend 1.0 (0.3, 1.6)
Minnesota *** 4.7 (4.4, 4.9) 24 (7, 37) 308 rising rising trend 0.8 (0.1, 1.4)
Ohio *** 4.6 (4.5, 4.8) 25 (12, 34) 675 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.3, 0.1)
Missouri *** 4.6 (4.4, 4.8) 26 (10, 38) 347 stable stable trend 2.0 (-0.5, 4.6)
Oregon *** 4.6 (4.3, 4.9) 27 (8, 42) 242 falling falling trend -0.7 (-1.1, -0.3)
West Virginia *** 4.6 (4.2, 5.0) 28 (4, 47) 114 stable stable trend -0.1 (-0.6, 0.3)
Pennsylvania *** 4.6 (4.4, 4.7) 29 (16, 36) 756 rising rising trend 1.0 (0.4, 1.5)
Connecticut *** 4.5 (4.2, 4.8) 30 (10, 45) 205 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.2, 0.5)
Indiana *** 4.5 (4.3, 4.7) 31 (14, 42) 355 falling falling trend -0.3 (-0.6, -0.1)
Alaska *** 4.5 (3.8, 5.2) 32 (1, 49) 33 stable stable trend 0.5 (-0.3, 1.3)
Nevada *** 4.4 (4.1, 4.8) 33 (11, 48) 157 stable stable trend 0.3 (-0.2, 0.8)
California *** 4.4 (4.3, 4.5) 34 (27, 39) 1,930 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.1, 0.9)
Virginia *** 4.3 (4.1, 4.5) 35 (25, 46) 431 rising rising trend 1.1 (0.5, 1.6)
Colorado *** 4.3 (4.1, 4.5) 36 (22, 48) 274 falling falling trend -0.6 (-0.8, -0.3)
Georgia *** 4.3 (4.1, 4.4) 37 (27, 47) 490 rising rising trend 0.8 (0.3, 1.3)
New Jersey *** 4.2 (4.1, 4.4) 38 (29, 48) 462 rising rising trend 1.5 (0.7, 2.2)
Louisiana *** 4.2 (4.0, 4.5) 39 (25, 49) 230 stable stable trend -0.3 (-0.6, 0.1)
North Dakota *** 4.2 (3.6, 4.9) 40 (5, 50) 36 falling falling trend -1.4 (-2.1, -0.7)
Florida *** 4.2 (4.1, 4.3) 41 (34, 47) 1,228 rising rising trend 0.7 (0.1, 1.4)
Illinois *** 4.2 (4.0, 4.3) 42 (33, 48) 624 stable stable trend 0.5 (0.0, 1.1)
Texas *** 4.2 (4.1, 4.3) 43 (34, 48) 1,213 stable stable trend 0.2 (-0.3, 0.7)
Delaware *** 4.2 (3.7, 4.7) 44 (8, 49) 52 stable stable trend -0.5 (-1.3, 0.3)
Arizona *** 4.1 (3.9, 4.3) 45 (31, 49) 365 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.3, 0.3)
North Carolina *** 4.1 (3.9, 4.2) 46 (34, 49) 506 falling falling trend -1.8 (-3.0, -0.6)
Maryland *** 4.0 (3.8, 4.2) 47 (34, 49) 283 stable stable trend -0.2 (-0.5, 0.0)
New Mexico *** 3.9 (3.6, 4.3) 48 (30, 50) 103 stable stable trend 0.1 (-0.4, 0.6)
New York *** 3.9 (3.8, 4.0) 49 (44, 49) 922 stable stable trend 0.4 (-0.1, 0.9)
Hawaii 8 *** 2.9 (2.6, 3.3) 50 (50, 51) 52 stable stable trend 0.0 (-0.7, 0.7)
District of Columbia *** 2.9 (2.4, 3.6) 51 (49, 51) 21
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Puerto Rico 8 *** 2.5 (2.3, 2.7) N/A 111 stable stable trend 0.1 (-11.9, 13.7)
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 03/28/2024 5:36 am.

State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data.
Trend
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 2030 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 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 2030 Objective for this cancer.
Healthy People 2030 Objectives provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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.
Data for United States does not include Puerto Rico.
CI*Rank data for Puerto Rico is not available.

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