Lung 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 (rate per 100,000 Men and Women)

1

Utah

16.5

2

Hawaii

25.8

3

New Mexico

27.2

4

Colorado

27.7

5

Idaho

30.0

6

Alberta

30.4

7

North Dakota

30.9

8

Saskatchewan

31.3

9

Minnesota

32.0

10

British Columbia

32.3

11

South Dakota

32.5

12

Wyoming

32.7

13

Wisconsin

33.0

14

Ontario

33.3

15

Montana

33.5

16

New Hampshire

33.5

17

Arizona

34.6

18

Nebraska

34.7

19

Connecticut

34.9

20

Manitoba

35.5

21

New York

35.7

22

Newfoundland

36.3

23

Iowa

37.0

24

Kansas

37.3

25

Washington

37.4

26

New Jersey

37.9

27

Massachusetts

38.8

28

Vermont

38.8

29

Alaska

39.1

30

Oregon

39.4

31

Pennsylvania

39.4

32

Texas

40.4

33

Illinois

40.8

34

Florida

40.9

35

Michigan

41.0

36

New Hampshire

41.4

37

P.E.I

41.7

38

New Brunswick

41.9

39

Maryland

42.8

40

Virginia

42.8

41

Nova Scotia

43.2

42

Rhode Island

43.5

43

South Carolina

43.6

44

Ohio

43.7

45

Nevada

44.1

46

Alabama

44.9

47

Indiana

45.0

48

North Carolina

45.1

49

Georgia

45.3

50

Maine

45.3

51

Missouri

45.4

52

Oklahoma

45.6

53

Quebec

46.1

54

Mississippi

47.5

55

Delaware

47.8

56

Louisiana

49.0

57

West Virginia

49.5

58

Tennessee

50.2

59

Arkansas

50.7

60

Kentucky

56.2

Rank of Cancer Mortality Rates

 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.