Table 18.
Average Annual Age–Adjusted Mortality Rates† for Malignant Brain and Central Nervous System Cancer Overall and by State and Gender, United States, 2005–2009‡
| State | Total |
Males |
Females |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | N | Rate | 95% CI | |
| Alabama | 1,148 | 4.58 | (4.31–4.85) | 626 | 5.55 | (5.12–6.01) | 522 | 3.76 | (3.45–4.11) |
| Alaska | 111 | 4.20 | (3.39–5.14) | 65 | 4.96 | (3.67–6.52) | 46 | 3.56 | (2.55–4.81) |
| Arizona | 1,336 | 4.11 | (3.90–4.34) | 743 | 4.87 | (4.52–5.23) | 593 | 3.46 | (3.19–3.76) |
| Arkansas | 775 | 4.95 | (4.60–5.31) | 417 | 5.90 | (5.34–6.50) | 358 | 4.15 | (3.73–4.62) |
| California | 7,457 | 4.31 | (4.21–4.41) | 4,225 | 5.32 | (5.16–5.49) | 3,232 | 3.46 | (3.34–3.58) |
| Colorado | 1,016 | 4.40 | (4.13–4.68) | 586 | 5.45 | (5.00–5.92) | 430 | 3.51 | (3.18–3.86) |
| Connecticut | 809 | 4.22 | (3.93–4.52) | 436 | 5.07 | (4.60–5.58) | 373 | 3.52 | (3.16–3.90) |
| Delaware | 212 | 4.54 | (3.95–5.20) | 119 | 5.75 | (4.75–6.89) | 93 | 3.60 | (2.90–4.43) |
| Washington DC | 101 | 3.47 | (2.82–4.23) | 57 | 4.44 | (3.33–5.78) | 44 | 2.67 | (1.93–3.60) |
| Florida | 4,385 | 3.95 | (3.83–4.07) | 2,455 | 4.81 | (4.62–5.01) | 1,930 | 3.19 | (3.05–3.34) |
| Georgia | 1,671 | 3.87 | (3.68–4.06) | 913 | 4.67 | (4.36–5.00) | 758 | 3.22 | (2.99–3.46) |
| Hawaii | 171 | 2.39 | (2.04–2.78) | 98 | 2.92 | (2.36–3.57) | 73 | 1.95 | (1.52–2.47) |
| Idaho | 379 | 5.14 | (4.63–5.69) | 202 | 5.63 | (4.87–6.48) | 177 | 4.62 | (3.96–5.36) |
| Illinois | 2,523 | 3.89 | (3.74–4.05) | 1,387 | 4.74 | (4.49–5.00) | 1,136 | 3.19 | (3.01–3.39) |
| Indiana | 1,526 | 4.62 | (4.39–4.86) | 819 | 5.46 | (5.08–5.85) | 707 | 3.93 | (3.64–4.23) |
| Iowa | 918 | 5.53 | (5.17–5.90) | 526 | 6.95 | (6.36–7.57) | 392 | 4.33 | (3.90–4.80) |
| Kansas | 735 | 5.07 | (4.70–5.45) | 422 | 6.39 | (5.79–7.03) | 313 | 3.93 | (3.50–4.40) |
| Kentucky | 1,021 | 4.49 | (4.21–4.77) | 565 | 5.46 | (5.01–5.94) | 456 | 3.66 | (3.33–4.02) |
| Louisiana | 1,007 | 4.53 | (4.25–4.82) | 565 | 5.63 | (5.17–6.13) | 442 | 3.61 | (3.28–3.96) |
| Maine | 403 | 5.12 | (4.63–5.66) | 233 | 6.47 | (5.65–7.38) | 170 | 4.00 | (3.41–4.67) |
| Maryland | 1,094 | 3.78 | (3.56–4.02) | 590 | 4.57 | (4.20–4.97) | 504 | 3.15 | (2.88–3.44) |
| Massachusetts | 1,517 | 4.25 | (4.03–4.47) | 847 | 5.38 | (5.02–5.76) | 670 | 3.35 | (3.10–3.62) |
| Michigan | 2,602 | 4.86 | (4.67–5.05) | 1,458 | 5.99 | (5.68–6.31) | 1,144 | 3.95 | (3.72–4.19) |
| Minnesota | 1,165 | 4.33 | (4.09–4.59) | 644 | 5.18 | (4.78–5.60) | 521 | 3.60 | (3.30–3.93) |
| Mississippi | 693 | 4.67 | (4.32–5.03) | 362 | 5.50 | (4.93–6.10) | 331 | 3.99 | (3.57–4.45) |
| Missouri | 1,468 | 4.58 | (4.35–4.82) | 793 | 5.45 | (5.07–5.84) | 675 | 3.86 | (3.57–4.17) |
| Montana | 248 | 4.53 | (3.97–5.14) | 147 | 5.53 | (4.66–6.52) | 101 | 3.63 | (2.94–4.43) |
| Nebraska | 475 | 5.13 | (4.67–5.61) | 256 | 6.01 | (5.29–6.80) | 219 | 4.30 | (3.74–4.93) |
| Nevada | 517 | 4.10 | (3.75–4.48) | 318 | 5.21 | (4.64–5.84) | 199 | 3.09 | (2.67–3.55) |
| New Hampshire | 338 | 4.76 | (4.26–5.30) | 202 | 6.11 | (5.28–7.03) | 136 | 3.62 | (3.03–4.30) |
| New Jersey | 1,720 | 3.69 | (3.51–3.87) | 970 | 4.65 | (4.36–4.96) | 750 | 2.90 | (2.70–3.12) |
| New Mexico | 375 | 3.66 | (3.30–4.05) | 216 | 4.48 | (3.89–5.13) | 159 | 2.95 | (2.50–3.45) |
| New York | 3,861 | 3.70 | (3.58–3.82) | 2,193 | 4.74 | (4.54–4.95) | 1,668 | 2.87 | (2.74–3.02) |
| North Carolina | 1,893 | 4.05 | (3.87–4.24) | 1,044 | 5.01 | (4.71–5.33) | 849 | 3.28 | (3.06–3.51) |
| North Dakota | 174 | 5.02 | (4.29–5.83) | 89 | 5.63 | (4.51–6.95) | 85 | 4.42 | (3.51–5.50) |
| Ohio | 2,794 | 4.44 | (4.27–4.61) | 1,527 | 5.36 | (5.09–5.64) | 1,267 | 3.66 | (3.46–3.88) |
| Oklahoma | 897 | 4.68 | (4.38–5.00) | 491 | 5.60 | (5.11–6.13) | 406 | 3.85 | (3.47–4.25) |
| Oregon | 1,056 | 5.19 | (4.88–5.52) | 624 | 6.56 | (6.05–7.10) | 432 | 4.05 | (3.67–4.46) |
| Pennsylvania | 3,008 | 4.10 | (3.95–4.25) | 1,623 | 4.95 | (4.71–5.20) | 1,385 | 3.41 | (3.23–3.60) |
| Rhode Island | 252 | 4.24 | (3.73–4.80) | 139 | 5.24 | (4.39–6.20) | 113 | 3.43 | (2.81–4.15) |
| South Carolina | 1,027 | 4.33 | (4.07–4.61) | 571 | 5.42 | (4.97–5.89) | 456 | 3.47 | (3.16–3.81) |
| South Dakota | 210 | 4.93 | (4.28–5.66) | 113 | 5.66 | (4.65–6.82) | 97 | 4.32 | (3.48–5.30) |
| Tennessee | 1,644 | 4.99 | (4.75–5.24) | 897 | 6.03 | (5.64–6.45) | 747 | 4.14 | (3.85–4.45) |
| Texas | 4,490 | 4.18 | (4.06–4.31) | 2,409 | 4.89 | (4.70–5.10) | 2,081 | 3.60 | (3.45–3.76) |
| Utah | 480 | 4.46 | (4.07–4.89) | 276 | 5.32 | (4.70–6.01) | 204 | 3.65 | (3.16–4.19) |
| Vermont | 158 | 4.47 | (3.79–5.25) | 82 | 4.93 | (3.90–6.16) | 76 | 3.99 | (3.13–5.03) |
| Virginia | 1,517 | 3.87 | (3.68–4.08) | 854 | 4.87 | (4.54–5.22) | 663 | 3.07 | (2.84–3.31) |
| Washington | 1,707 | 5.12 | (4.88–5.38) | 1,010 | 6.48 | (6.08–6.90) | 697 | 3.94 | (3.65–4.25) |
| West Virginia | 498 | 4.57 | (4.18–5.00) | 266 | 5.31 | (4.68–6.00) | 232 | 3.99 | (3.48–4.55) |
| Wisconsin | 1,469 | 4.90 | (4.65–5.16) | 838 | 6.06 | (5.65–6.49) | 631 | 3.91 | (3.60–4.23) |
| Wyoming | 121 | 4.40 | (3.64–5.28) | 66 | 4.94 | (3.79–6.32) | 55 | 3.91 | (2.93–5.11) |
| United States | 67,172 | 4.28 | (4.25–4.31) | 37,374 | 5.23 | (5.18–5.29) | 29,798 | 3.48 | (3.44–3.52) |
† Rates are per 100,000 and are age–adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
‡ Estimated by CBTRUS using Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov) SEER*Stat Database: Mortality – All COD, Aggregated With State, Total U.S. (1969–2009) <Katrina/Rita Population Adjustment>, National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Surveillance Systems Branch, released April 2012. Underlying mortality data provided by NCHS (www.cdc.gov/nchs). Database: Mortality – All COD, Aggregated With State, Total U.S. (1969–2009) <Katrina/Rita Population Adjustment>
Abbreviations: SEER, Survival, Epidemiology and End Results; NCHS, National Center for Health Statistics; CI, confidence interval.