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Cervical Cancer Rates by State

In the following maps, states in the U.S. are divided into groups based on the rates at which women developed or died from cervical cancer in 2007, the most recent year for which statistics are available.

Rates of Getting Cervical Cancer by State

Incidence refers to the number of women who get a disease each year. In the United States, the number of women who get cervical cancer varies from state to state. The map below shows the incidence of cervical cancer by state in 2007.

Cervical Cancer Incidence Rates* by State, 2007†

Map of the United States showing cervical cancer incidence rates by state.
Color on Map Interval States
Light green 4.5 to 6.2 Alaska, Idaho, Iowa, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming
Medium green 6.3 to 7.5 Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, and Rhode Island
Medium blue 7.6 to 8.4 California, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee
Dark blue 8.5 to 11.2 Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Texas, and West Virginia
Light Grey Did not meet USCS data quality criteria Nevada
Rates were suppressed* North Dakota and Vermont

*Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Rates are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a state.
†Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs. (full site)

Deaths from Cervical Cancer by State

Rates of dying from cervical cancer also vary from state to state.

Cervical Cancer Death Rates* by State, 2007†

Map of the United States showing cervical cancer death rates by state.
Color on Map Interval States
Light green 1.0 to 2.0 Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, and Wisconsin
Medium green 2.1 to 2.4 California, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Washington
Medium blue 2.5 to 2.8 Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tenneesee, and Virginia
Dark blue 2.9 to 4.2 Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas, and West Virginia
Rates were suppressed* Alaska, Delaware, District of Columbia, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, and Wyoming

*Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Rates are suppressed if fewer than 16 cases were reported in a state.
†Source: U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2007 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta (GA): Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/uscs. (full site)

 
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