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Table 6.25

Cancer of the Colon and Rectum (Invasive)

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

Males and Females

Total U.S. Rate compared to Five Highest and Five Lowest State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
TOTAL U.S. 15.94 0.03    
Mississippi 19.96b 0.36 (01) 25.23c
D.C. 19.46b 0.83 (02) 22.10c
West Virginia 19.07b 0.41 (03) 19.66c
Kentucky 18.92b 0.29 (04) 18.71c
Louisiana 18.87b 0.29 (05) 18.40c
Arizona 13.90b 0.20 (47) -12.78c
Hawaii 13.78b 0.42 (48) -13.53c
Colorado 13.70b 0.25 (49) -14.05c
Connecticut 13.11b 0.25 (50) -17.76c
Utah 12.06b 0.35 (51) -24.34c
Individual State Rates
State Rate SE Rank PD
Alabama 17.42b 0.26 (11) 9.30
Alaska 16.63 0.91 (19) 4.32
Arizona 13.90b 0.20 (47) -12.78c
Arkansas 18.80b 0.34 (06) 17.95c
California 14.53b 0.09 (42) -8.87
Colorado 13.70b 0.25 (49) -14.05c
Connecticut 13.11b 0.25 (50) -17.76c
Delaware 15.98 0.57 (27) 0.28
D.C. 19.46b 0.83 (02) 22.10c
Florida 14.81b 0.11 (40) -7.09
Georgia 16.12 0.20 (25) 1.10
Hawaii 13.78b 0.42 (48) -13.53c
Idaho 13.99b 0.43 (46) -12.22c
Illinois 17.32b 0.16 (13) 8.68
Indiana 17.06b 0.22 (17) 7.00
Iowa 17.07b 0.31 (15) 7.11
Kansas 16.13 0.33 (22) 1.21
Kentucky 18.92b 0.29 (04) 18.71c
Louisiana 18.87b 0.29 (05) 18.40c
Maine 16.12 0.44 (23) 1.13
Maryland 15.92 0.24 (28) -0.12
Massachusetts 14.82b 0.20 (39) -7.04
Michigan 16.05 0.17 (26) 0.72
Minnesota 14.42b 0.23 (44) -9.53
Mississippi 19.96b 0.36 (01) 25.23c
Missouri 17.06b 0.23 (16) 7.01
Montana 14.18b 0.49 (45) -11.01c
Nebraska 17.48b 0.42 (10) 9.64
Nevada 17.37b 0.38 (12) 8.96
New Hampshire 14.75 0.45 (41) -7.49
New Jersey 16.81b 0.19 (18) 5.44
New Mexico 15.25 0.38 (37) -4.30
New York 15.54 0.12 (33) -2.52
North Carolina 15.29b 0.18 (36) -4.09
North Dakota 16.56 0.65 (20) 3.89
Ohio 17.53b 0.16 (09) 9.97
Oklahoma 17.70b 0.30 (08) 11.06c
Oregon 15.54 0.27 (32) -2.49
Pennsylvania 17.18b 0.15 (14) 7.80
Rhode Island 15.41 0.50 (35) -3.35
South Carolina 16.47 0.26 (21) 3.30
South Dakota 16.12 0.58 (24) 1.12
Tennessee 18.02b 0.23 (07) 13.07c
Texas 15.75 0.12 (29) -1.20
Utah 12.06b 0.35 (51) -24.34c
Vermont 15.51 0.66 (34) -2.72
Virginia 15.60 0.20 (31) -2.15
Washington 14.48b 0.21 (43) -9.16
West Virginia 19.07b 0.41 (03) 19.66c
Wisconsin 14.82b 0.22 (38) -7.03
Wyoming 15.63 0.75 (30) -1.96

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 10% 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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