Leukemia Rates by State

In the following maps, the U.S. states are divided into groups based on the rates at which people developed or died from leukemia in 2005, which is the most recent year with numbers available. The rates are the numbers out of 100,000 people who developed or died from leukemia each year.

Incidence of Leukemia by State

Leukemia Incidence Rates* by State, 2005†

Color on Map	Interval	States
Light blue	6.0 to 10.8	Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Louisiana, Mississippi, Ohio, Virginia, and Wyoming
Medium blue	10.9 to 11.6	Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Massachusetts, Missouri, North Carolina, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Vermont
Royal blue	11.7 to 13.2	Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Utah
Dark blue	13.3 to 16.6	Delaware, Iowa, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Washington, and West Virginia
Light Grey	Did not meet USCS data quality criteria	Maryland and Wisconsin

*Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
†Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2005 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2009. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.

Deaths from Leukemia by State

Leukemia Death Rates* by State, 2005†

Color on Map	Interval	States
Light blue	4.6 to 6.8	Arizona, the District of Columbia, California, Hawaii, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Virginia
Medium blue	6.9 to 7.1	Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, Texas, Washington, and Wyoming
Royal blue	7.2 to 7.6	Indiana, Kansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Utah
Dark blue	7.7 to 9.6	Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin

*Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
†Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2005 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2009. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.

References

¹U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2005 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2009. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs.

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