These figures are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population.
Data are from selected statewide and metropolitan area cancer registries that meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancer sites combined. See registry-specific data quality information. Rates cover approximately 93% of the U.S. population.

Data for specified racial or ethnic populations other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. See Technical Notes. Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black).

Excludes basal and squamous cell carcinomas of the skin except when these occur on the skin of the genital organs, and in situ cancers except urinary bladder.

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999-2004 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report Version. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; accessed 8/7/2008. Available at: http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/.

NA: data not available.
NSD: Not Sufficient Data. Cancer incidence rates based on counts of 16 or less are considered unreliable.
NR: Rates are suppressed at state's request.