Statistical Table 6

 

Ratesa for Primary Malignant Brain
and Other Nervous System Tumors by State

STATE

INCIDENCE RATES b

 MORTALITY RATES c
male female male female

Alabama
- - 5.0 3.5

Alaska
- - 4.5 1.6

Arizona
6.9 5.0 4.4 3.1

Arkansas
- - 5.8 4.3

California
7.1 5.0 5.0 3.4

Colorado
7.6 5.1 5.4 3.5

Connecticut
7.9 5.5 4.7 3.1

Delaware
6.4 5.9 4.2 3.2

District of Columbia
- - 3.3 2.2

Florida
6.7 5.0 5.4 3.7

Georgia
- - 4.8 3.3

Hawaii
5.1 3.2 2.9 1.8

Idaho
7.3 5.0 4.6 3.8

Illinois
6.9 4.6 4.8 3.2

Indiana
- - 5.2 3.6

Iowa
8.0 5.6 5.9 4.3

Kansas
- - 6.0 4.4

Kentucky
6.71 5.2 5.8 4.1

Louisiana
5.7 4.9 4.6 3.3

Maine
- - 4.8 3.5

Maryland
6.92 5.2 4.6 3.3

Massachusetts
9.8 8.1 5.1 3.4

Michigan
7.6 5.3 5.5 3.6

Minnesota
7.7 5.2 5.4 4.0

Mississippi
- - 5.7 4.3

Missouri
- - 5.3 3.5

Montana
6.8 4.1 5.4 3.2

Nebraska
6.9 5.4 5.7 4.0

Nevada
7.4 4.8 5.1 2.8

New Hampshire
8.4 5.8 6.5 4.1

New Jersey
7.7 5.8 4.3 2.9

New Mexico
5.7 4.0 4.2 2.5

New York
7.73 5.7 4.4 2.9

North Carolina
6.3 4.9 5.5 3.9

North Dakota
- - 5.6 4.2

Ohio
- - 5.0 3.3

Oklahoma
- - 5.2 3.7

Oregon
- - 5.7 4.2

Pennsylvania
6.9 5.0 4.8 3.3

Rhode Island
8.0 6.5 5.3 4.3

South Carolina
- - 6.0 3.4

South Dakota
- - 6.0 4.1

Tennessee
- - 6.2 4.1

Texas
6.94 5.0 5.6 3.9

Utah
7.4 5.5 4.9 3.5

Vermont
- - 5.5 2.8

Virginia
5.7 3.9 4.7 3.2

Washington
7.75 5.6 5.4 3.6

West Virginia
7.26 5.3 4.8 3.7

Wisconsin
8.0 5.8 5.3 3.4

Wyoming
6.2 5.5 4.5 3.3
-- Not available.
a Rates are per 100,000 person-years and age-adjusted to the 1970 U.S. standard population.
b Incidence data from NAACCR for 1990-1994 except as noted: 1 1991-1994, 2 1992-1994, 3 1990-1993, 4 1992, 5 1994,
   6 1993-1994.
c Mortality data from SEER for 1990-1995.

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