Prostate
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
|
Hawaii
|
5.1
|
|
2
|
Alaska
|
5.8
|
|
3
|
Nebraska
|
6.8
|
|
4
|
Connecticut
|
7.1
|
|
5
|
California
|
7.2
|
|
6
|
Arizona
|
7.3
|
|
7
|
Colorado
|
7.3
|
|
8
|
Oklahoma
|
7.3
|
|
9
|
Washington
|
7.3
|
|
10
|
Florida
|
7.4
|
|
11
|
Kansas
|
7.5
|
|
12
|
Missouri
|
7.6
|
|
13
|
Iowa
|
7.6
|
|
14
|
Newfoundland
|
7.6
|
|
15
|
British Columbia
|
7.6
|
|
16
|
New Hampshire
|
7.7
|
|
17
|
Massachusets
|
7.7
|
|
18
|
Rhode Island
|
7.7
|
|
19
|
Virginia
|
7.7
|
|
20
|
New York
|
7.9
|
|
21
|
New Mexico
|
7.9
|
|
22
|
Quebec
|
7.9
|
|
23
|
Nevada
|
8.0
|
|
24
|
Oregon
|
8.0
|
|
25
|
Idaho
|
8.0
|
|
26
|
Ontario
|
8.0
|
|
27
|
Indiana
|
8.1
|
|
28
|
Pennsylvania
|
8.1
|
|
29
|
Kentucky
|
8.2
|
|
30
|
Minnesota
|
8.2
|
|
31
|
Texas
|
8.2
|
|
32
|
Illinois
|
8.2
|
|
33
|
Maine
|
8.2
|
|
34
|
New Brunswick
|
8.2
|
|
35
|
Michigan
|
8.2
|
|
36
|
New Jersey
|
8.3
|
|
37
|
Utah
|
8.3
|
|
38
|
Ohio
|
8.3
|
|
39
|
Tennessee
|
8.3
|
|
40
|
Manitoba
|
8.3
|
|
41
|
Wisconsin
|
8.4
|
|
42
|
Arkansas
|
8.5
|
|
43
|
South Dakota
|
8.5
|
|
44
|
Montana
|
8.6
|
|
45
|
Vermont
|
8.7
|
|
46
|
Alberta
|
8.8
|
|
47
|
North Dakota
|
8.9
|
|
48
|
Nova Scotia
|
9.0
|
|
49
|
Maryland
|
9.1
|
|
50
|
Wyoming
|
9.1
|
|
51
|
Virginia
|
9.2
|
|
52
|
Maine
|
9.3
|
|
53
|
Alabama
|
9.3
|
|
54
|
North Carolina
|
9.5
|
|
55
|
P.E.l.
|
9.6
|
|
56
|
Louisiana
|
9.7
|
|
57
|
Saskatchewan
|
9.8
|
|
58
|
Georgia
|
9.9
|
|
59
|
Mississippi
|
10.2
|
|
60
|
South Carolina
|
10.4
|
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.
