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| Infant Mortality |
| Cardiovascular Deaths |
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Cancer Deaths Cancer Deaths is measured using a three-year average, age- and race-adjusted death rate due to cancer. The effect of cancer on health was measured using mortality data due to the improved accuracy of the data and the ability to adjust for age and race. Table 36 displays the 2006 ranks, based on 2001 to 2003 data (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The rate varies from less than 160 cancer deaths per 100,000 population in Utah and Hawaii to 220 or more deaths per 100,000 population in Kentucky, West Virginia and Louisiana. The national average is 201.8 deaths per 100,000 population, a decrease of 1.8 deaths per 100,000 population from the 2005 Edition and an increase of 0.9 deaths per 100,000 population from the 1990 Edition. Cancer deaths peaked in 1998 when the national rate was 211.7 deaths per 100,000 population. The rate of cancer deaths decreased by more than five deaths per 100,000 population in Alaska, Hawaii and New Hampshire since the 2005 Edition. Cancer deaths increased in 13 states with the greatest increase of 3.3 deaths per 100,000 population in Utah. Since the 1990 Edition, it declined by more than 15 deaths per 100,000 population in Hawaii, New York and Maryland and increased by more than 20 deaths per 100,000 population in Kansas, Wyoming and Kentucky.
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