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Table 3.20

Cancer of the Brain and Other Nervous System (Invasive)

Age-adjusted Cancer Deatha Rates by State, All Races, 2007-2011

Females

Total U.S. Rate compared to Five Highest and Five Lowest State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
TOTAL U.S. 3.47 0.02    
South Dakota 5.04 0.48 (01) 45.13c
Nebraska 4.38 0.29 (02) 26.17c
Iowa 4.13 0.22 (03) 18.82c
Oklahoma 4.06 0.20 (04) 16.97c
Washington 4.06b 0.15 (05) 16.89c
New Mexico 2.95 0.23 (47) -15.05c
New Jersey 2.95b 0.11 (48) -15.16c
Nevada 2.84 0.21 (49) -18.14c
D.C. 2.82 0.42 (50) -18.71c
Hawaii 1.75b 0.21 (51) -49.49c
Individual State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
Alabama 4.06 0.17 (06) 16.86c
Alaska 3.81 0.55 (18) 9.72
Arizona 3.36 0.14 (34) -3.14
Arkansas 3.93 0.21 (14) 13.11
California 3.47 0.06 (29) -0.03
Colorado 3.55 0.17 (27) 2.15
Connecticut 3.33 0.18 (39) -4.06
Delaware 3.41 0.36 (32) -1.75
D.C. 2.82 0.42 (50) -18.71c
Florida 3.13b 0.07 (44) -9.82
Georgia 3.35 0.12 (36) -3.51
Hawaii 1.75b 0.21 (51) -49.49c
Idaho 3.69 0.31 (23) 6.18
Illinois 3.30 0.10 (40) -4.89
Indiana 3.76 0.14 (21) 8.26
Iowa 4.13 0.22 (03) 18.82c
Kansas 3.78 0.22 (20) 8.70
Kentucky 4.01 0.18 (07) 15.55c
Louisiana 3.45 0.17 (30) -0.66
Maine 4.00 0.31 (08) 15.10c
Maryland 3.24 0.14 (42) -6.68
Massachusetts 3.45 0.13 (31) -0.75
Michigan 3.94b 0.12 (13) 13.49
Minnesota 3.84 0.16 (17) 10.51
Mississippi 3.89 0.22 (15) 12.00
Missouri 3.73 0.15 (22) 7.41
Montana 3.99 0.38 (09) 15.00c
Nebraska 4.38 0.29 (02) 26.17c
Nevada 2.84 0.21 (49) -18.14c
New Hampshire 3.59 0.31 (26) 3.34
New Jersey 2.95b 0.11 (48) -15.16c
New Mexico 2.95 0.23 (47) -15.05c
New York 3.00b 0.07 (45) -13.62
North Carolina 3.30 0.11 (41) -4.97
North Dakota 3.52 0.43 (28) 1.42
Ohio 3.68 0.10 (24) 5.95
Oklahoma 4.06 0.20 (04) 16.97c
Oregon 3.86 0.19 (16) 11.22
Pennsylvania 3.36 0.09 (35) -3.16
Rhode Island 2.99 0.30 (46) -14.00
South Carolina 3.35 0.16 (37) -3.53
South Dakota 5.04 0.48 (01) 45.13c
Tennessee 3.96 0.15 (10) 14.04
Texas 3.39 0.08 (33) -2.40
Utah 3.35 0.24 (38) -3.68
Vermont 3.66 0.44 (25) 5.40
Virginia 3.20 0.12 (43) -7.83
Washington 4.06b 0.15 (05) 16.89c
West Virginia 3.81 0.26 (19) 9.65
Wisconsin 3.96 0.16 (11) 13.97
Wyoming 3.95 0.52 (12) 13.81

Map of U.S. Rates displayed in table above

Footnotes:

a US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

b Difference between state rate and total U.S. rate is statistically significant (p<=.0002).

c Absolute percent difference between state rate and total U.S. rate is 15% or more.

SE Standard error of the rate.

PD Percent difference between state rate and total U.S. rate.

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval.

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