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.