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Table 1.11b
Cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year for breast cancer,a by State, 1999 and 2004
State 2004 1999
Number Rate Standard error Number Rate Standard error
United States 40,954 24.4 0.1 41,144 26.6 0.1
Alabama 651 24.1 1.0 653 25.7 1.0
Alaska 45 19.0 3.0 42 20.6 3.4
Arizona 676 22.0 0.8 684 25.4 1.0
Arkansas 418 25.0 1.2 401 25.3 1.3
California 4,202 23.2 0.4 4,060 25.1 0.4
Colorado 509 22.9 1.0 489 24.8 1.1
Connecticut 553 24.7 1.1 541 25.5 1.1
Delaware 131 26.5 2.3 120 27.7 2.5
District of Columbia 90 27.5 2.9 118 35.6 3.3
Florida 2,754 23.6 0.5 2,579 24.4 0.5
Georgia 1,131 26.3 0.8 1,008 26.1 0.8
Hawaii 118 15.7 1.5 138 21.2 1.8
Idaho 160 21.8 1.7 171 26.9 2.1
Illinois 1,830 25.4 0.6 2,007 29.5 0.7
Indiana 864 24.0 0.8 898 26.4 0.9
Iowa 436 22.3 1.1 479 25.9 1.2
Kansas 366 22.5 1.2 386 25.3 1.3
Kentucky 587 24.3 1.0 602 26.7 1.1
Louisiana 685 27.7 1.1 683 29.2 1.1
Maine 185 21.3 1.6 215 27.1 1.9
Maryland 847 27.0 0.9 791 28.0 1.0
Massachusetts 972 24.2 0.8 1,045 27.2 0.9
Michigan 1,413 24.3 0.7 1,531 28.1 0.7
Minnesota 656 22.5 0.9 670 25.0 1.0
Mississippi 445 27.4 1.3 429 28.0 1.4
Missouri 898 25.6 0.9 856 25.7 0.9
Montana 138 24.5 2.1 122 23.5 2.1
Nebraska 248 23.7 1.5 249 24.0 1.6
Nevada 294 25.7 1.5 245 26.7 1.7
New Hampshire 179 23.7 1.8 186 27.7 2.0
New Jersey 1,376 25.9 0.7 1,436 28.9 0.8
New Mexico 247 23.6 1.5 215 23.5 1.6
New York 2,888 24.5 0.5 3,127 28.4 0.5
North Carolina 1,226 25.6 0.7 1,168 26.7 0.8
North Dakota 88 21.9 2.4 111 26.0 2.6
Ohio 1,888 27.0 0.6 1,960 29.4 0.7
Oklahoma 464 22.6 1.1 522 26.4 1.2
Oregon 512 24.1 1.1 511 26.7 1.2
Pennsylvania 2,312 27.4 0.6 2,386 29.4 0.6
Rhode Island 155 21.8 1.8 179 26.7 2.0
South Carolina 559 23.0 1.0 604 27.7 1.1
South Dakota 106 22.0 2.2 110 23.0 2.3
Tennessee 885 25.8 0.9 833 26.1 0.9
Texas 2,473 23.2 0.5 2,408 25.2 0.5
Utah 221 23.1 1.6 185 21.7 1.6
Vermont 96 24.3 2.5 89 25.4 2.7
Virginia 1,052 25.6 0.8 1,008 27.2 0.9
Washington 778 23.3 0.8 725 24.0 0.9
West Virginia 304 24.8 1.4 286 25.0 1.5
Wisconsin 773 23.5 0.9 825 26.8 0.9
Wyoming 70 24.5 3.0 58 23.0 3.0

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

 

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