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Cancer Mortality, by State and Race/Ethnicity, 2000-2004

Disparity Score

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		Cancer Death Rate per 100,000 Women
	Disparity Score	All Women	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	American Indian/Alaska Native

United States	0.86	162.2	161.4	189.3	106.7	96.7	112.0

Alabama	1.04	164.8	161.3	179.3	53.4	73.1	73.6
Alaska	0.94	161.8	159.5	142.4	151.6	87.4	205.3
Arizona	0.85	145.9	146.7	175.3	121.8	100.0	116.5
Arkansas	0.95	167.9	165.3	191.7	43.6	102.1	52.7
California	0.74	152.4	157.3	193.0	108.4	102.5	71.9
Colorado	0.88	146.6	147.5	160.6	128.5	104.4	94.3
Connecticut	0.75	159.0	159.4	168.4	87.5	77.8	79.0
Delaware	0.96	172.2	169.5	194.3	99.3	78.1	NSD
District of Columbia	1.30	181.9	137.3	204.6	34.0	99.5	NSD
Florida	0.85	152.8	151.7	171.1	103.2	68.5	58.3
Georgia	0.97	163.0	159.2	178.2	72.1	77.1	243.8
Hawaii	0.84	120.6	144.3	79.0	200.4	113.9	NSD
Idaho	0.74	149.0	149.0	NSD	97.0	131.1	168.8
Illinois	0.91	170.1	165.8	217.1	90.1	82.1	45.3
Indiana	0.96	173.8	172.1	209.6	85.9	76.9	77.9
Iowa	0.77	156.9	156.7	207.1	84.4	104.2	NSD
Kansas	0.89	104.2	156.6	199.5	97.4	88.8	194.0
Kentucky	1.09	182.1	180.2	221.5	166.0	114.0	NSD
Louisiana	1.14	179.5	170.0	207.2	80.5	108.1	68.0
Maine	2.14	175.6	175.7	NSD	NSD	NSD	375.7
Maryland	0.96	170.0	166.0	191.1	55.3	91.9	83.4
Massachusetts	0.65	169.5	171.6	164.0	90.2	89.3	68.9
Michigan	1.05	166.3	162.5	198.6	105.6	90.0	209.8
Minnesota	0.86	156.1	156.0	181.0	88.2	117.9	196.8
Mississippi	1.14	168.3	159.2	190.0	41.3	104.4	184.3
Missouri	1.10	170.2	167.6	207.9	120.1	109.3	83.1
Montana	1.20	161.7	159.9	NSD	109.5	184.1	230.6
Nebraska	0.93	153.8	152.6	193.1	108.2	124.3	211.1
Nevada	0.60	176.2	180.5	184.0	83.8	105.0	95.7
New Hampshire	0.63	165.9	166.5	NSD	87.0	119.4	NSD
New Jersey	0.72	171.9	173.1	191.0	91.8	74.7	73.4
New Mexico	0.85	140.8	144.4	128.8	130.9	88.5	98.9
New York	0.73	159.0	163.0	157.7	101.2	79.2	54.6
North Carolina	0.94	162.0	158.4	180.4	46.3	85.7	132.0
North Dakota	1.68	146.9	144.8	NSD	NSD	NSD	243.8
Ohio	1.04	173.2	170.8	204.9	94.9	79.0	51.2
Oklahoma	0.85	166.8	168.1	194.9	96.5	109.8	130.9
Oregon	0.64	169.2	170.6	171.5	86.0	118.3	163.5
Pennsylvania	1.02	169.2	166.6	208.6	111.3	82.8	48.3
Rhode Island	0.65	167.6	169.0	157.7	83.8	99.0	149.1
South Carolina	1.06	161.5	155.3	179.9	42.4	115.0	77.3
South Dakota	1.35	153.0	150.9	NSD	NSD	NSD	203.3
Tennessee	1.08	172.0	167.3	209.3	66.3	98.2	78.9
Texas	0.88	156.6	153.9	200.5	118.2	87.9	29.7
Utah	0.82	120.8	121.0	152.6	91.1	88.9	142.1
Vermont	NA	160.1	160.6	NSD	NSD	NSD	NSD
Virginia	1.00	165.5	161.2	195.9	103.3	100.4	67.0
Washington	0.72	165.1	167.9	180.5	102.1	108.9	170.8
West Virginia	1.14	181.2	181.3	205.8	NSD	NSD	NSD
Wisconsin	0.86	157.5	156.3	197.4	59.1	100.4	172.4
Wyoming	1.02	159.0	158.6	NSD	152.5	NSD	218.5

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Notes:

Data are for women ages 18–64.

Disparity score greater than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing worse than White women. Disparity score less than 1.00 indicates that minority women are doing better than White women. Disparity score equal to 1.00 indicates that minority and White women are doing the same.

Data are derived from the Kaiser Family Foundation report, Putting Women’s Health Care Disparities on the Map, available at: http://www.kff.org/womensdisparities/.

Sources:

Data from 2000–2004 and provided by the National Vital Statistics System public use data file. Death rates calculated by the National Cancer Institute using SEER*Stat.

Definitions:

NSD: Not sufficient data.

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