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Table 1.13b
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer,a by State, 1999 and 2004
State 2004 1999
Number Rate Standard error Number Rate Standard error
United States 53,772 18.0 0.1 57,155 20.9 0.1
Alabama 907 19.1 0.6 848 19.0 0.7
Alaska 58 16.4 2.3 61 20.8 3.0
Arizona 879 15.3 0.5 867 17.5 0.6
Arkansas 617 20.5 0.8 623 21.7 0.9
California 5,168 16.1 0.2 5,155 18.1 0.3
Colorado 650 16.9 0.7 604 17.9 0.7
Connecticut 680 16.9 0.7 776 20.7 0.7
Delaware 163 18.4 1.4 183 23.6 1.8
District of Columbia 110 19.7 1.9 142 25.5 2.1
Florida 3,728 16.6 0.3 3,967 19.4 0.3
Georgia 1,313 18.3 0.5 1,192 18.5 0.5
Hawaii 198 13.7 1.0 169 13.8 1.1
Idaho 189 14.3 1.0 217 18.8 1.3
Illinois 2,520 19.9 0.4 2,757 23.1 0.4
Indiana 1,265 19.9 0.6 1,388 23.5 0.6
Iowa 675 18.8 0.7 735 21.5 0.8
Kansas 534 18.2 0.8 585 20.7 0.9
Kentucky 865 20.7 0.7 862 21.9 0.7
Louisiana 919 21.2 0.7 954 23.7 0.8
Maine 275 17.7 1.1 333 23.4 1.3
Maryland 1,015 18.9 0.6 1,068 22.4 0.7
Massachusetts 1,288 17.8 0.5 1,529 22.4 0.6
Michigan 1,858 17.8 0.4 2,029 21.2 0.5
Minnesota 805 15.3 0.5 898 18.7 0.6
Mississippi 594 21.0 0.9 582 21.6 0.9
Missouri 1,233 19.8 0.6 1,300 22.0 0.6
Montana 150 14.3 1.2 186 19.6 1.4
Nebraska 357 18.3 1.0 408 22.2 1.1
Nevada 441 21.4 1.0 368 22.2 1.2
New Hampshire 222 16.7 1.1 270 23.0 1.4
New Jersey 1,785 18.9 0.4 2,026 23.3 0.5
New Mexico 311 16.7 0.9 273 16.8 1.0
New York 3,809 18.5 0.3 4,295 22.4 0.3
North Carolina 1,524 18.2 0.5 1,518 20.1 0.5
North Dakota 128 15.9 1.4 145 19.7 1.7
Ohio 2,478 19.8 0.4 2,810 24.0 0.5
Oklahoma 719 19.5 0.7 739 20.9 0.8
Oregon 645 16.7 0.7 689 19.7 0.8
Pennsylvania 2,993 19.2 0.4 3,472 23.7 0.4
Rhode Island 227 17.6 1.2 278 23.3 1.4
South Carolina 749 17.7 0.7 818 21.7 0.8
South Dakota 152 16.6 1.4 185 21.8 1.6
Tennessee 1,173 19.7 0.6 1,083 19.6 0.6
Texas 3,195 17.4 0.3 3,293 19.9 0.3
Utah 213 12.4 0.9 243 16.1 1.0
Vermont 125 18.2 1.6 137 22.3 1.9
Virginia 1,298 18.3 0.5 1,316 20.9 0.6
Washington 988 16.5 0.5 995 18.6 0.6
West Virginia 492 22.2 1.0 520 24.6 1.1
Wisconsin 1,007 16.8 0.5 1,170 21.1 0.6
Wyoming 85 16.7 1.8 94 20.6 2.1

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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