Death Rate/Trend Comparison by Cancer, death years through 2005 US States versus US
Lung & Bronchus All Races, Both Sexes
Above US Rate
Similar to US Rate
Below US Rate
Rising Trend
Priority 1: rising and above
[none]
Priority 2: rising and similar
South Dakota
Priority 3: rising and below
Hawaii
Stable Trend
Priority 4: stable and above
Alabama Indiana Kentucky Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee
Priority 6: stable and similar
Iowa Kansas Montana Nebraska Wisconsin Wyoming
Priority 7: stable and below
Idaho Minnesota North Dakota Utah
Falling Trend
Priority 5: falling and above
Arkansas Delaware Louisiana Maine Missouri North Carolina Ohio Oklahoma West Virginia
Priority 8: falling and similar
Alaska District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island Texas Vermont Virginia Washington
Priority 9: falling and below
Arizona California Colorado Connecticut New Mexico New York
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/13/2009 4:21 pm.
Trend2 Rising when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is above 0. Stable when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change includes 0. Falling when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is below 0. Rate Comparison Above when 95% confident the rate is above and Rate Ratio3 > 1.10 Similar when unable to conclude above or below with confidence. Below when 95% confident the rate is below and Rate Ratio3 < 0.90
1 Priority indices were created by ordering from rates that are rising and above the comparison rate to rates that are falling and below the comparison rate. 2 Recent trend in death rates were calculated using the Joinpoint Regression Program and are expressed as the annual percent change over the recent trend period. Recent trend period is the period since last change in trend as determined by Joinpoint. 3 Rate ratio is the county rate divided by the US rate.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
Note: When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic effect on the calculated rate. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Death Rate Report by State, death years through 2005
Lung & Bronchus Healthy People 2010 Objective Number: 03-02
Reduce the lung cancer death rate.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Met Healthy People Objective of 44.9?1
Annual Death Rate over rate period deaths per 100,000 (95% Confidence Interval)
Deaths per Year over rate period
Rate Period
Recent Trend2
Recent Annual Percent Change2 in Death Rates (95% Confidence Interval)
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/13/2009 4:21 pm. State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. Data presented on the State Cancer Profiles Web Site may differ from statistics reported by the State Cancer Registries (for more information).
Trend Rising when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is above 0. Stable when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change includes 0. Falling when 95% confidence interval of annual percent change is below 0.
Source: Death data provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat. Death rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1–4, 5–9, … , 80–84, 85+). The Healthy People 2010 goals are based on rates adjusted using different methods but the differences should be minimal. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI.
All Races (includes Hispanic), Both Sexes, Lung & Bronchus, All Ages Sorted by Rate
State
Annual Incidence Rate† over rate period (95% Confidence Interval)
Annual Count
Rate Period
US (SEER+NPCR)
67.4 (67.1, 67.7)
§
2004
Kentucky
98.3 (95.4, 101.3)
4,325
2005
West Virginia
85.6 (81.8, 89.6)
1,895
2004
Tennessee
82.2 (79.9, 84.5)
5,064
2004
Louisiana
80.4 (76.7, 84.2)
§
2005
Delaware
80.0 (74.2, 86.1)
711
2004
Arkansas
79.7 (76.6, 83.0)
2,432
2004
Maine
79.1 (74.7, 83.6)
1,232
2004
Oklahoma
78.5 (75.7, 81.4)
2,953
2004
Mississippi
77.5 (74.3, 80.8)
2,246
2004
Missouri
77.4 (75.2, 79.6)
4,784
2004
Alabama
77.0 (74.5, 79.5)
3,769
2004
Indiana
76.1 (73.9, 78.3)
4,760
2004
Florida
73.9 (72.7, 75.0)
16,331
2004
Rhode Island
73.5 (68.7, 78.6)
876
2004
North Carolina
72.9 (71.1, 74.8)
6,244
2004
Ohio
72.9 (71.4, 74.4)
8,925
2004
Georgia
72.8 (70.9, 74.8)
5,440
2004
Nevada
72.6 (69.0, 76.3)
1,596
2004
Michigan
71.4 # (69.7, 73.0)
7,299
2004
New Hampshire
70.9 (66.4, 75.6)
943
2004
Alaska
70.7 (62.4, 79.8)
300
2004
Massachusetts
69.7 (67.7, 71.7)
4,765
2004
South Carolina
69.6 (67.1, 72.1)
3,043
2004
Iowa
69.4 (66.6, 72.3)
2,352
2005
Illinois
69.3 (67.8, 70.8)
8,572
2004
Pennsylvania
68.4 (67.1, 69.8)
10,096
2004
Oregon
68.4 (65.7, 71.1)
2,554
2004
Virginia
67.6 (65.7, 69.6)
4,886
2004
Washington
67.1 (65.0, 69.2)
3,966
2004
Connecticut
66.1 (63.6, 68.8)
2,534
2005
Texas
65.9 # (64.8, 67.1)
12,398
2004
Kansas
65.1 (62.2, 68.2)
1,836
2004
New Jersey
64.9 (63.3, 66.6)
5,980
2005
Nebraska
64.9 (61.2, 68.7)
1,192
2004
New York
63.5 (62.4, 64.6)
12,916
2004
Vermont
62.8 (56.9, 69.1)
430
2004
Wisconsin
62.6 # (60.6, 64.7)
3,613
2004
Montana
61.9 (57.1, 66.9)
632
2004
South Dakota
59.0 (53.9, 64.4)
501
2004
Minnesota
58.6 (56.5, 60.8)
2,927
2004
Idaho
57.8 (53.8, 62.1)
759
2004
District of Columbia
56.9 (50.7, 63.6)
312
2004
North Dakota
56.1 (50.7, 61.9)
403
2004
Arizona
55.4 (53.5, 57.4)
3,234
2004
Wyoming
53.6 (47.4, 60.3)
277
2004
Hawaii
53.5 (49.8, 57.5)
756
2005
California
52.4 (51.6, 53.2)
16,806
2005
Colorado
50.8 (48.6, 53.2)
1,964
2004
New Mexico
46.1 (43.1, 49.3)
896
2005
Utah
29.5 (27.0, 32.1)
537
2005
Maryland
§
§
2004
Notes: Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/13/2009 4:21 pm. State Cancer Registries may provide more current or more local data. † Incidence rates (cases per 100,000 population per year) are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population (19 age groups: <1, 1-4, 5-9, ... , 80-84, 85+). Rates are for invasive cancer only (except for bladder cancer which is invasive and in situ) or unless otherwise specified. Rates calculated using SEER*Stat. Population counts for denominators are based on Census populations as modified by NCI. The US populations included with the data release have been adjusted for the population shifts due to hurricanes Katrina and Rita for 62 counties and parishes in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas (See US Population Data - 1969-2005 for more information).
§ Data not provided because it did not meet USCS data quality standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection. While 98% of the US population resided in geographic areas with population-based cancer registries meeting the registry eligibility criteria for 2004, 2% of the US population was not yet represented in the United States Cancer Statistics. American Cancer Society's Facts & Figures provides estimates of numbers of new cancer cases and deaths. # Data do not include cases diagnosed in other states for those states in which the data exchange agreement specifically prohibits the release of data to third parties.
1 Source: CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2007 data submission and SEER November 2006 submission as published in United States Cancer Statistics 2004. 2 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2007 data submission as published in United States Cancer Statistics 2004. 3 Source: SEER November 2007 submission. State Cancer Registry also receives funding from CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries. 4 Source: State Cancer Registry and the CDC's National Program of Cancer Registries Cancer Surveillance System (NPCR-CSS) January 2007 data submission as published in United States Cancer Statistics 2004. State rates include rates from areas funded by SEER.
Because of the impact on Louisiana's population for the July - December 2005 time period due to Hurricanes Katrina/Rita, SEER excluded Louisiana cases diagnosed for that six month time period. So the count has been suppressed due to data consistency issues.
Interpret Rankings provides insight into interpreting cancer incidence statistics. When the population size for a denominator is small, the rates may be unstable. A rate is unstable when a small change in the numerator (e.g., only one or two additional cases) has a dramatic affect on the calculated rate.
Data not available for this combination of geography, cancer site, age, and race/ethnicity. Suppression is used to avoid misinterpretation when rates are unstable.
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