Cancer Mortality, by State, 1996

State	Reported Mortality Rates per 100,000**	All Sites	Female Breast	Colon & Rectum	Lung	Oral	Cervix Uteri	Prostate	Skin Melanoma	Bladder	Leukemia
Alabama	180	9,400	670	700	2,900	80	70	640	150	160	380
Alaska	172	540	50	50	150	10	10	40	5	10	10
Arizona	158	8,600	620	750	2,500	120	50	680	130	170	420
Arkansas	179	6,300	470	640	2,300	90	60	550	50	100	210
California	163	51,300	4,100	4,800	13,700	880	560	3,900	860	1,100	2,100
Colorado	147	5,800	500	620	1,400	100	50	540	120	140	250
Connecticut	168	7,100	470	710	2,000	110	30	570	110	180	280
Delaware	195	1,700	160	180	520	60	20	130	20	60	50
Dist. of Columbia	225	1,500	140	170	320	40	10	110	5	30	60
Florida	167	39,700	2,800	3,600	12,200	700	370	3,200	510	950	1,400
Georgia	176	12,500	910	1,100	3,800	190	70	990	150	170	480
Hawaii	138	1,900	130	200	510	40	10	150	10	30	50
Idaho	149	1,900	170	190	480	30	10	190	30	30	80
Illinois	180	26,000	2,300	2,700	6,900	430	240	1,900	320	530	1,100
Indiana	178	12,700	990	1,300	3,900	110	120	800	160	270	480
Iowa	160	6,700	620	720	1,700	60	50	510	90	170	300
Kansas	160	5,400	440	530	1,600	80	40	420	110	80	240
Kentucky	192	9,400	620	940	3,300	140	100	560	120	170	340
Louisiana	195	9,200	770	870	2,900	160	50	730	100	130	380
Maine	185	3,300	240	310	970	70	20	220	40	50	120
Maryland	191	10,600	870	1,200	3,100	190	100	840	120	210	330
Massachusetts	180	14,400	1,100	1,700	3,800	230	90	1,000	210	400	520
Michigan	178	20,600	1,600	2,200	5,900	280	190	1,600	190	490	800
Minnesota	158	9,000	730	970	2,200	120	50	720	100	180	450
Mississippi	181	6,100	460	550	1,700	140	60	530	60	60	220
Missouri	176	12,600	860	1,200	4,000	130	130	900	200	240	500
Montana	162	1,800	150	160	510	20	10	160	20	40	80
Nebraska	158	3,300	300	330	870	50	10	260	20	60	100
Nevada	184	3,300	230	280	1,100	30	30	210	50	40	120
New Hampshire	180	2,500	210	240	660	50	30	200	30	60	60
New Jersey	184	18,400	1,700	2,000	4,700	270	140	1,300	230	470	680
New Mexico	146	2,800	240	220	630	60	30	200	60	60	120
New York	174	38,600	3,500	4,000	10,500	510	400	2,600	430	900	1,300
North Carolina	174	15,700	1,100	1,500	4,600	260	110	1,300	230	300	530
North Dakota	159	1,500	130	140	340	20	5	150	20	40	60
Ohio	180	25,300	2,100	2,500	7,500	290	240	1,800	250	570	920
Oklahoma	170	6,900	430	670	2,200	50	80	550	90	130	250
Oregon	168	7,000	490	570	2,100	90	40	530	120	160	270
Pennsylvania	179	31,600	2,700	3,400	8,600	340	300	2,400	390	660	1,200
Rhode Island	181	2,500	240	310	690	30	20	120	30	70	90
South Carolina	178	8,000	620	880	2,400	140	80	650	80	180	230
South Dakota	154	1,600	150	150	410	10	10	130	20	50	70
Tennessee	178	11,600	880	1,200	3,800	160	90	790	170	230	380
Texas	169	34,400	2,800	3,500	10,500	680	410	2,300	460	610	1,300
Utah	126	2,300	210	270	400	20	30	240	80	50	80
Vermont	174	1,200	90	110	380	10	10	70	20	30	40
Virginia	180	12,900	1,100	1,100	3,600	190	100	960	180	260	460
Washington	165	10,600	830	910	3,100	160	60	790	160	230	450
West Virginia	183	4,800	320	500	1,500	70	30	290	60	140	170
Wisconsin	166	11,100	880	1,100	2,700	160	90	970	130	260	400
Wyoming	156	830	80	70	200	10	10	70	10	10	40
United States	173	554,740	44,300	54,900	158,700	8,260	4,900	41,400	7,300	11,700	21,000

* State estimates may not add to US total due to rounding

** Average annual mortality rate for 1988-1992, adjusted to the age distribution of the 1970 US census population

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