
Cancer Mortality
in Canada and the U.S.A.
All locations combined
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
|
92.6
|
|
2
|
Hawaii
|
100.2
|
|
3
|
Colorado
|
109.4
|
|
4
|
New Mexico
|
111.9
|
|
5
|
Idaho
|
113.0
|
|
6
|
British Columbia
|
118.0
|
|
7
|
North Dakota
|
118.2
|
|
8
|
South Dakota
|
118.4
|
|
9
|
Arizona
|
118.8
|
|
10
|
Wyoming
|
119.5
|
|
11
|
Alberta
|
120.3
|
|
12
|
Minnesota
|
120.5
|
|
13
|
Nebraska
|
120.6
|
|
14
|
California
|
120.9
|
|
15
|
Montana
|
120.9
|
|
16
|
Saskatchewan
|
121.0
|
|
17
|
Alaska
|
123.6
|
|
18
|
Iowa
|
123.8
|
|
19
|
Washington
|
124.4
|
|
20
|
Kansas
|
124.5
|
|
21
|
Wisconsin
|
125.2
|
|
22
|
Connecticut
|
126.5
|
|
23
|
Oregon
|
127.4
|
|
24
|
Ontario
|
128.3
|
|
25
|
Florida
|
130.4
|
|
26
|
Texas
|
131.3
|
|
27
|
Manitoba
|
131.8
|
|
28
|
New York
|
131.9
|
|
29
|
Vermont
|
133.1
|
|
30
|
Michigan
|
134.3
|
|
31
|
Oklahoma
|
134.7
|
|
32
|
Massachusetts
|
137.3
|
|
33
|
Newfoundland
|
138.0
|
|
34
|
P.E.I.
|
138.0
|
|
35
|
Pennsylvania
|
138.1
|
|
36
|
New Brunswick
|
138.2
|
|
37
|
Missouri
|
138.4
|
|
38
|
Illinois
|
138.5
|
|
39
|
Nevada
|
138.7
|
|
40
|
New Jersey
|
139.0
|
|
41
|
Virginia
|
139.1
|
|
42
|
Indiana
|
139.2
|
|
43
|
North Carolina
|
139.4
|
|
44
|
Georgia
|
140.4
|
|
45
|
Ohio
|
140.8
|
|
46
|
Rhode Island
|
141.1
|
|
47
|
New Hampshire
|
141.4
|
|
48
|
South Carolina
|
141.6
|
|
49
|
Maryland
|
143.1
|
|
50
|
Alabama
|
143.9
|
|
51
|
Arkansas
|
144.4
|
|
52
|
Maine
|
144.6
|
|
53
|
Virginia
|
145.3
|
|
54
|
Quebec
|
145.7
|
|
55
|
Tennessee
|
145.9
|
|
56
|
Mississippi
|
147.6
|
|
57
|
Nova Scotia
|
148.0
|
|
58
|
Delaware
|
151.6
|
|
59
|
Kentucky
|
153.2
|
|
60
|
Louisiana
|
153.7
|
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.