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Table 1_4_3.3
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a by State, 1999 and 2005
State 2005 1999
Number Rate SE Number Rate SE
United States 159,289 52.6 0.1 152,154 55.5 0.1
Alabama 3,147 63.9 1.1 2,854 62.6 1.2
Alaska 216 50.6 3.7 179 53.6 4.3
Arizona 2,649 43.9 0.9 2,516 49.6 1.0
Arkansas 2,176 70.6 1.5 1,954 67.9 1.5
California 13,352 41.4 0.4 13,752 48.1 0.4
Colorado 1,528 38.7 1.0 1,368 40.3 1.1
Connecticut 1,831 46.8 1.1 1,788 48.8 1.2
Delaware 569 62.3 2.6 539 68.2 2.9
District of Columbia 289 52.2 3.1 299 54.0 3.1
Florida 12,107 52.8 0.5 11,489 56.5 0.5
Georgia 4,369 57.7 0.9 3,936 59.9 1.0
Hawaii 572 39.6 1.7 454 36.7 1.7
Idaho 612 45.7 1.9 497 43.0 1.9
Illinois 6,618 52.5 0.6 6,717 56.7 0.7
Indiana 4,025 63.0 1.0 3,899 65.6 1.0
Iowa 1,853 53.8 1.3 1,676 50.8 1.2
Kansas 1,642 56.9 1.4 1,470 53.9 1.4
Kentucky 3,392 77.3 1.3 2,970 74.0 1.4
Louisiana 2,848 64.0 1.2 2,693 65.5 1.3
Maine 946 59.2 1.9 824 58.2 2.0
Maryland 2,990 54.6 1.0 2,848 58.6 1.1
Massachusetts 3,640 52.5 0.9 3,595 54.1 0.9
Michigan 5,797 55.6 0.7 5,441 56.3 0.8
Minnesota 2,282 44.5 0.9 2,206 47.3 1.0
Mississippi 1,887 64.1 1.5 1,907 70.5 1.6
Missouri 3,888 62.0 1.0 3,624 62.0 1.0
Montana 550 52.8 2.3 508 53.4 2.4
Nebraska 905 48.3 1.6 910 51.4 1.7
Nevada 1,290 58.0 1.6 1,131 64.0 1.9
New Hampshire 733 52.9 2.0 665 56.1 2.2
New Jersey 4,454 47.7 0.7 4,605 52.9 0.8
New Mexico 705 36.4 1.4 627 37.8 1.5
New York 9,311 45.1 0.5 9,554 50.0 0.5
North Carolina 5,261 60.2 0.8 4,685 60.7 0.9
North Dakota 310 42.4 2.4 298 41.6 2.4
Ohio 7,394 59.2 0.7 7,177 61.0 0.7
Oklahoma 2,377 62.4 1.3 2,225 62.7 1.3
Oregon 2,107 54.5 1.2 1,888 54.5 1.3
Pennsylvania 8,158 54.1 0.6 7,923 54.7 0.6
Rhode Island 610 50.3 2.1 698 60.1 2.3
South Carolina 2,713 61.1 1.2 2,340 60.2 1.2
South Dakota 469 53.2 2.5 404 49.7 2.5
Tennessee 4,370 70.1 1.1 3,793 67.2 1.1
Texas 9,692 50.6 0.5 9,192 55.2 0.6
Utah 433 24.2 1.2 402 26.4 1.3
Vermont 336 48.8 2.7 338 54.9 3.0
Virginia 4,154 56.6 0.9 3,780 58.7 1.0
Washington 3,128 51.5 0.9 3,057 57.3 1.0
West Virginia 1,495 66.2 1.7 1,570 73.4 1.9
Wisconsin 2,858 48.3 0.9 2,649 48.6 0.9
Wyoming 251 47.3 3.0 240 52.0 3.4

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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