Table 1.
Comparison of annual percent change (APC) in oral cancer mortality among US states with higher than average incidence and mortality US states from the highest two quantiles of current oral cancer incidence and mortality were sorted in descending order to compare with recent (1999–2003) APC rate trends in mortality. Among these, three states were found to have increasing APC, Maine, Nevada, and Wyoming.
| US states (elevated incidence) | APC trend (recent) | Mortality rate (current) | Incidence rate (current) |
| District of Columbia | -4.6% | 4.4/100,000 | 13.7/100,000 |
| Oklahoma | -1.5 | 2.5 | 12.7 |
| Louisiana | -1.2 | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Georgia | -2.8 | 2.9 | 12.6 |
| Florida | -3.1 | 2.9 | 12.5 |
| Maine | +2.2 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| New Hampshire | -0.9 | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Maryland | -2.9 | 2.5 | 11.6 |
| Alabama | -1.2 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
| Wisconsin | -1.5 | 2.6 | 11.5 |
| Kentucky | -1.5 | 2.9 | 11.4 |
| Nevada | +4.6 | 3.3 | 11.2 |
| Massachusetts | -1.0 | 2.8 | 11.0 |
| United States | -1.1% | 2.6/100,000 | 10.4/100,000 |
| US states (elevated mortality) | APC trend (recent) | Mortality rate (current) | Incidence rate (current) |
| District of Columbia | -4.6% | 4.4/100,000 | 13.7/100,000 |
| Arkansas | 0.0 | 3.5 | 10.6 |
| South Carolina | -3.7 | 3.5 | 10.1 |
| Louisiana | -1.2 | 3.4 | 12.7 |
| Alabama | -1.2 | 3.3 | 11.5 |
| Maine | +2.2 | 3.3 | 12.2 |
| Nevada | +4.6 | 3.3 | 11.2 |
| New Hampshire | -0.9 | 3.2 | 11.8 |
| Wyoming | +0.1 | 3.2 | N/Q* |
| Mississippi | -0.1 | 3.0 | N/Q* |
| Tennessee | -1.1 | 3.0 | N/Q* |
| United States | -1.1% | 2.6/100,000 | 10.4/100,000 |
*N/Q Data not provided because it did not meet United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) data quality standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection