National Healthcare Quality Report 2004

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Table 1.11b: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for lung cancer, by State, 1999 and 2001

	2001			1999
State	Number	Rate^a	Standard error	Number	Rate^a	Standard error

United States	156,054	55.3	0.1	152,154	55.5	0.1

Alabama	2,915	62.6	1.2	2,854	62.6	1.2
Alaska	197	54.4	4.2	179	53.6	4.3
Arizona	2,441	45.6	0.9	2,516	49.6	1.0
Arkansas	2,006	68.2	1.5	1,954	67.9	1.5
California	13,997	46.9	0.4	13,752	48.1	0.4
Colorado	1,483	41.5	1.1	1,368	40.3	1.1
Connecticut	1,846	49.4	1.2	1,788	48.8	1.2
Delaware	522	63.6	2.8	539	68.2	2.9
District of Columbia	314	55.8	3.1	299	54.0	3.1
Florida	11,804	56.2	0.5	11,489	56.5	0.5
Georgia	4,196	61.3	1.0	3,936	59.9	1.0
Hawaii	475	36.5	1.7	454	36.7	1.7
Idaho	538	44.6	1.9	497	43.0	1.9
Illinois	6,797	56.5	0.7	6,717	56.7	0.7
Indiana	3,936	65.0	1.0	3,899	65.6	1.0
Iowa	1,714	51.6	1.3	1,676	50.8	1.2
Kansas	1,555	56.2	1.4	1,470	53.9	1.4
Kentucky	3,340	80.8	1.4	2,970	74.0	1.4
Louisiana	2,890	68.7	1.3	2,693	65.5	1.3
Maine	860	58.6	2.0	824	58.2	2.0
Maryland	2,889	57.2	1.1	2,848	58.6	1.1
Massachusetts	3,695	54.2	0.9	3,595	54.1	0.9
Michigan	5,644	57.1	0.8	5,441	56.3	0.8
Minnesota	2,271	47.2	1.0	2,206	47.3	1.0
Mississippi	1,905	69.0	1.6	1,907	70.5	1.6
Missouri	37,57	63.1	1.0	3,624	62.0	1.0
Montana	578	59.0	2.5	508	53.4	2.4
Nebraska	945	52.7	1.7	910	51.4	1.7
Nevada	1,200	63.5	1.9	1,131	64.0	1.9
New Hampshire	648	52.6	2.1	665	56.1	2.2
New Jersey	4,700	52.7	0.8	4,605	52.9	0.8
New Mexico	658	37.7	1.5	627	37.8	1.5
New York	9,524	48.5	0.5	9,554	50.0	0.5
North Carolina	4,906	61.3	0.9	4,685	60.7	0.9
North Dakota	348	48.8	2.6	298	41.6	2.4
Ohio	7,188	60.2	0.7	7,177	61.0	0.7
Oklahoma	2,318	64.0	1.3	2,225	62.7	1.3
Oregon	1,955	54.9	1.2	1,888	54.5	1.3
Pennsylvania	8,042	55.0	0.6	7,923	54.7	0.6
Rhode Island	648	55.2	2.2	698	60.1	2.3
South Carolina	2,543	62.5	1.2	2,340	60.2	1.2
South Dakota	411	49.8	2.5	404	49.7	2.5
Tennessee	3,991	68.8	1.1	3,793	67.2	1.1
Texas	9,398	53.8	0.6	9,192	55.2	0.6
Utah	371	23.2	1.2	402	26.4	1.3
Vermont	346	53.9	2.9	338	54.9	3.0
Virginia	3,764	56.2	0.9	3,780	58.7	1.0
Washington	3,051	55.2	1.0	3,057	57.3	1.0
West Virginia	1,555	72.0	1.8	1,570	73.4	1.9
Wisconsin	2,747	49.3	0.9	2,649	48.6	0.9
Wyoming	232	48.4	3.2	240	52.0	3.4

^a Rates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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

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