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 39 displays the 2007 ranks, based on 2002 to 2004 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,
Louisiana and
Tennessee. The national average is
201.1 deaths per 100,000 population, a decrease of 0.7 deaths per
100,000 population from the 2006 Edition and an increase of only 0.2
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 Hawaii,
Maine,
North Dakota and Wyoming since the
2006 Edition. Cancer deaths increased in 15 states with increases of
over 3.0 deaths per 100,000 population in
Arkansas and New Hampshire.
Since the 1990 Edition, it declined by more than 15 deaths per 100,000
population in Hawaii,
Maryland and
New York and increased by more than 20
deaths per 100,000 population in Kentucky,
Arkansas and
Mississippi.
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