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Incidence Rate Report by State

All Races (includes Hispanic), Female, Breast, All Ages
Sorted by Rate
State
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Annual Incidence Rate
over rate period
(95% Confidence Interval)

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Annual Count
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Rate Period
US (SEER+NPCR) 1 117.7 (117.2, 118.2)
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2004
Massachusetts 2 134.0 (130.2, 137.8) 5,011 2004
Connecticut 3 133.3 (128.3, 138.3) 2,802 2005
Oregon 2 131.5 (126.5, 136.7) 2,669 2004
Washington 4 130.7 (126.8, 134.7) 4,326 2004
Rhode Island 2 130.1 (121.3, 139.5) 833 2004
District of Columbia 2 129.4 (116.8, 143.0) 394 2004
New Hampshire 2 127.9 (119.8, 136.4) 948 2004
Vermont 2 127.6 (116.3, 139.7) 478 2004
New Jersey 3 125.2 (122.1, 128.3) 6,372 2005
Oklahoma 2 125.0 (120.1, 130.0) 2,494 2004
Minnesota 2 123.7 (119.6, 128.0) 3,417 2004
Nebraska 2 123.7 (116.7, 131.0) 1,203 2004
Pennsylvania 2 123.1 (120.6, 125.6) 9,567 2004
Maine 2 123.0 (115.5, 130.8) 1,025 2004
New York 2 122.8 (120.8, 124.9) 13,749 2004
Iowa 3 121.8 (116.6, 127.1) 2,150 2005
Georgia 4 121.5 (118.2, 124.8) 5,322 2004
North Dakota 2 121.2 (110.1, 133.2) 453 2004
Virginia 2 121.1 (117.8, 124.6) 4,955 2004
California 3 120.5 (118.9, 122.1) 21,792 2005
Kansas 2 119.1 (113.6, 124.8) 1,793 2004
Michigan 4 119.0 # (116.2, 121.9) 6,696 2004
Ohio 2 118.9 (116.2, 121.5) 7,902 2004
Louisiana 3 118.3 (112.3, 124.6)
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2005
Colorado 2 118.1 (113.7, 122.7) 2,659 2004
Hawaii 3 118.1 (110.2, 126.3) 856 2005
Illinois 2 117.9 (115.3, 120.5) 8,120 2004
Missouri 2 117.5 (113.9, 121.3) 3,901 2004
Kentucky 3 116.8 (112.4, 121.2) 2,787 2005
North Carolina 2 115.8 (112.8, 119.0) 5,435 2004
Delaware 2 115.7 (106.2, 125.9) 552 2004
Wisconsin 2 114.9 # (111.2, 118.8) 3,574 2004
West Virginia 2 114.2 (108.0, 120.6) 1,315 2004
Wyoming 2 113.3 (101.1, 126.6) 318 2004
Alaska 2 113.1 (100.2, 127.2) 311 2004
South Carolina 2 112.5 (108.2, 116.9) 2,685 2004
Montana 2 111.5 (102.7, 120.9) 608 2004
Texas 2 109.5 # (107.5, 111.5) 11,742 2004
South Dakota 2 109.4 (99.7, 119.9) 479 2004
Tennessee 2 109.3 (105.8, 112.9) 3,667 2004
Florida 2 109.2 (107.2, 111.3) 11,962 2004
Alabama 2 109.1 (105.1, 113.2) 2,868 2004
Mississippi 2 108.5 (103.4, 113.8) 1,717 2004
Indiana 2 108.1 (104.6, 111.7) 3,711 2004
Utah 3 107.5 (101.1, 114.1) 1,085 2005
New Mexico 3 107.2 (101.0, 113.8) 1,110 2005
Nevada 2 106.4 (100.6, 112.6) 1,242 2004
Arkansas 2 106.1 (101.1, 111.4) 1,685 2004
Idaho 2 105.1 (97.6, 112.9) 744 2004
Arizona 2 102.9 (99.3, 106.6) 3,102 2004
Maryland 2
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2004
Notes:
Created by statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov on 01/30/2009 5:05 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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