Table 1.
Mean mortality-to-incidence ratio by U.S. Census Division.
| Northeast | Midwest | South | West | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New England Mean (SD) (n=21 districts) | Middle Atlantic Mean (SD) (n=57 districts) | East nNorth cCentral Mean (SD) (n=65 districts)a | West nNorth cCentral Mean (SD) (n=29 districts)a | South Atlantic Mean (SD) (n=85 Districts) | East sSouth cCentral Mean (SD) (n=26 districts) | West sSouth cCentral Mean (SD) (n=51 districts) | Mountain Mean (SD) (n=31 districts) | Pacific Mean (SD) (n=71 districts) | P-value | |
| Overall | 0.34 (0.02) | 0.33 (0.02) | 0.38 (0.02) | 0.37 (0.03) | 0.37 (0.03) | 0.40 (0.02) | 0.39 (0.03) | 0.36 (0.04) | 0.36 (0.02) | <0.001 |
| Breast (female) | 0.14 (0.01) | 0.16 (0.02) | 0.17 (0.02) | 0.16 (0.02) | 0.17 (0.02) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.17 (0.02) | 0.16 (0.02) | <0.001 |
| Cervix | 0.25 (0.05) | 0.30 (0.04) | 0.30 (0.05) | 0.30 (0.06) | 0.31 (0.04) | 0.35 (0.06) | 0.32 (0.05) | 0.30 (0.05) | 0.30 (0.05) | <0.001 |
| Colorectal | 0.34 (0.03) | 0.35 (0.02) | 0.38 (0.02) | 0.36 (0.02) | 0.37 (0.03) | 0.38 (0.03) | 0.38 (0.02) | 0.39 (0.03) | 0.37 (0.02) | <0.001 |
| Esophagus | 0.83 (0.06) | 0.86 (0.09) | 0.94 (0.06) | 0.92 (0.09) | 0.87 (0.07) | 0.88 (0.08) | 0.86 (0.08) | 0.92 (0.07) | 0.90 (0.07) | <0.001 |
| Lung | 0.66 (0.04) | 0.67 (0.04) | 0.74 (0.03) | 0.72 (0.02) | 0.72 (0.03) | 0.76 (0.03) | 0.74 (0.03) | 0.73 (0.05) | 0.74 (0.04) | <0.001 |
| Oral | 0.19 (0.03) | 0.19 (0.03) | 0.22 (0.03) | 0.20 (0.03) | 0.21 (0.03) | 0.23 (0.04) | 0.24 (0.03) | 0.21 (0.03) | 0.24 (0.03) | <0.001 |
| Pancreas | 0.87 (0.05) | 0.82 (0.03) | 0.90 (0.05) | 0.87 (0.04) | 0.86 (0.04) | 0.89 (0.04) | 0.87 (0.05) | 0.88 (0.04) | 0.88 (0.04) | <0.001 |
| Prostate | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.15 (0.02) | 0.19 (0.03) | 0.18 (0.02) | 0.18 (0.03) | 0.18 (0.03) | 0.19 (0.03) | 0.21 (0.03) | 0.20 (0.03) | <0.001 |
a
East north central = 47 districts and west north central = 25 districts for cancer-specific MIRs due to data suppression.