Geographic Variations

Note: The rates mentioned are per 100,000 persons.

Breast Cancer

• The incidence rate for the United States is 119.0.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region (124.1), followed by the West (121.2) and Midwest (119.2) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 102.1 to 138.8.
• The death rate for the United States is 25.2.
  Death rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region (26.2), followed by the Midwest (25.7), South (25.2), and West (23.5) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 16.7 to 30.8.

Prostate Cancer

• The incidence rate for the United States is 150.0.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region (159.2), followed by the Midwest (152.6) and West (150.4) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 124.6 to 204.7.
• The death rate for the United States is 26.6.
  Death rates are highest in the South U.S. Census region (27.5), followed by the Midwest (26.7), Northeast (26.2), and West (25.3) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 16.1 to 37.4.

Lung Cancer: Men

• The incidence rate for the United States is 86.8.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Midwest U.S. Census region (91.7), followed by the Northeast (83.4) and West (67.8) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 40.7 to 129.2.
• The death rate for the United States is 71.9.
  Death rates are highest in the South U.S. Census region (81.8), followed by the Midwest (75.0), Northeast (66.2), and West (57.5) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 33.7 to 111.2.

Lung Cancer: Women

• The incidence rate for the United States is 54.3.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Midwest U.S. Census region (56.6), followed by the Northeast (55.2) and West (48.2) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 22.3 to 74.1.
• The death rate for the United States is 41.2.
  Death rates are highest in the South U.S. Census region (43.1), followed by the Midwest (42.6), Northeast (40.1), and West (37.8) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 17.4 to 55.4.

Colorectal Cancer: Men

• The incidence rate for the United States is 60.4.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region (64.7), followed by the Midwest (63.2) and West (53.7) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 45.7 to 70.6.
• The death rate for the United States is 23.0.
  Death rates are highest in the Midwest U.S. Census region (24.2), followed by the Northeast (24.0), South (23.2), and West (20.2) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 16.1 to 29.3.

Colorectal Cancer: Women

• The incidence rate for the United States is 44.2.
  Incidence rates are highest in the Northeast U.S. Census region (47.2), followed by the Midwest (45.5) and West (40.2) U.S. Census regions.
  Registry incidence rates range from 36.0 to 52.0.
• The death rate for the United States is 16.1.
  Death rates are highest in the Northeast and Midwest U.S. Census regions (16.7), followed by the South (16.0) and West (14.7) U.S. Census regions.
  State death rates range from 13.0 to 20.1.

*Geographic variations are presented for the four most common cancers. Incidence rates are not available for the South U.S. Census region due to bias-correction rule for suppression of rates (see Appendix D).

Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 2003 Incidence and Mortality. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2007.