
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.