Colorectal
Cancer Mortality in Canada and the U.S.A.
Both sexes combined
1993 - 1997 Age-standardized rates
Rank of Cancer Mortality Rates
|
Ranking
|
Province or State
|
Both Sexes Combined, Rates per 100,000
Men and Women
|
|
1
|
Utah
|
9.1
|
|
2
|
Idaho
|
10.2
|
|
3
|
Hawaii
|
10.4
|
|
4
|
Colorado
|
10.7
|
|
5
|
New Mexico
|
10.7
|
|
6
|
Arizona
|
11.0
|
|
7
|
California
|
11.3
|
|
8
|
Washington
|
11.4
|
|
9
|
Alabama
|
11.5
|
|
10
|
Oregon
|
11.5
|
|
11
|
Minnesota
|
11.6
|
|
12
|
Wyoming
|
11.8
|
|
13
|
Montana
|
11.9
|
|
14
|
Georgia
|
11.9
|
|
15
|
Oklahoma
|
12.2
|
|
16
|
Texas
|
12.2
|
|
17
|
Florida
|
12.3
|
|
18
|
Kansas
|
12.3
|
|
19
|
Wisconsin
|
12.4
|
|
20
|
Nevada
|
12.6
|
|
21
|
Connecticut
|
12.7
|
|
22
|
Mississippi
|
12.8
|
|
23
|
North Carolina
|
12.8
|
|
24
|
Arkansas
|
12.9
|
|
25
|
Alaska
|
12.9
|
|
26
|
South Dakota
|
12.9
|
|
27
|
Michigan
|
13.1
|
|
28
|
British Columbia
|
13.1
|
|
29
|
Virginia
|
13.2
|
|
30
|
North Dakota
|
13.3
|
|
31
|
South Carolina
|
13.3
|
|
32
|
Tennessee
|
13.3
|
|
33
|
Alberta
|
13.4
|
|
34
|
Missouri
|
13.5
|
|
35
|
Vermont
|
13.6
|
|
36
|
Saskatchewan
|
13.8
|
|
37
|
Nebraska
|
13.8
|
|
38
|
West Virginia
|
13.9
|
|
39
|
Iowa
|
13.9
|
|
40
|
Indiana
|
13.9
|
|
41
|
Louisiana
|
14.1
|
|
42
|
New York
|
14.2
|
|
43
|
Illinois
|
14.3
|
|
44
|
Massachusetts
|
14.3
|
|
45
|
New Hampshire
|
14.3
|
|
46
|
Ohio
|
14.3
|
|
47
|
Delaware
|
14.5
|
|
48
|
Maine
|
14.5
|
|
49
|
Kentucky
|
14.5
|
|
50
|
Rhode Island
|
14.6
|
|
51
|
Pennsylvania
|
14.7
|
|
52
|
Maryland
|
14.8
|
|
53
|
New Jersey
|
15.1
|
|
54
|
Manitoba
|
15.3
|
|
55
|
Ontario
|
16
|
|
56
|
New Brunswick
|
16.5
|
|
57
|
P.E.I.
|
16.9
|
|
58
|
Quebec
|
17.6
|
|
59
|
Nova Scotia
|
18.9
|
|
60
|
Newfoundland
|
20.0
|
Source: Chen VW, Howe HL, Wu
XC, Hotes JL, Correa CN (eds). Cancer in North America, 1993-1997.
Volume Two: Mortality. Springfield, IL: North American Association
of Central Cancer Registries, April 2000.
