Chronic Disease - Burden of Chronic Diseases 2004

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Section II

The Burden of Heart Disease, Stroke, Cancer, and Diabetes, United States

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All Cancers

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States. The National Cancer Institute estimates that approximately 9.6 million Americans with a history of cancer were alive in January 2000. Cancer is largely controllable through prevention, early detection (for some cancers), and treatment. Reducing the nation’s cancer burden requires reducing the prevalence of behavioral and environmental factors that increase cancer risk. It also requires ensuring that cancer screening services and high-quality treatment are available and accessible, particularly to medically underserved populations.

Almost one in every four deaths in the United States is from cancer; an estimated 563,700 Americans will die of cancer in 2004.
According to the National Institutes of Health, in 2003 cancer cost this nation $189.5 billion in health care expenditures and lost productivity.
All cancers caused by cigarette smoking could be prevented. At least 30% of all cancer deaths that occur in the United States are due to smoking.
According to the American Cancer Society, about one-third of cancer deaths that occur in the United States each year are due to poor nutrition, physical inactivity, obesity, or other lifestyle factors and thus could also be prevented.

All Cancers: 2001 Death Rate*

All Cancers: 2001 Death Rate

^* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total U.S. population. ICD–10 codes: C00–C97.

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Deaths Due to All Cancers, by Sex, 2001

State	Total		Male		Female
	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*

ALABAMA	9801	212.2	5251	280.2	4550	169.5
ALASKA	689	192.6	374	227.8	315	165.8
ARIZONA	9142	172.9	4735	202.5	4407	151.5
ARKANSAS	6091	208.0	3333	271.2	2758	165.8
CALIFORNIA	53923	179.2	27288	212.8	26635	156.7
COLORADO	6145	169.6	3050	200.4	3095	150.7
CONNECTICUT	7093	187.2	3435	222.4	3658	165.8
DELAWARE	1786	219.3	914	267.1	872	187.1
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	1327	235.2	679	307.9	648	191.6
FLORIDA	39088	187.2	21061	229.8	18027	155.3
GEORGIA	13818	202.0	7287	261.5	6531	164.0
HAWAII	2024	155.9	1132	192.1	892	126.9
IDAHO	2093	172.1	1112	206.2	981	146.9
ILLINOIS	24778	204.4	12730	257.1	12048	171.2
INDIANA	12831	211.6	6791	271.9	6040	172.9
IOWA	6404	188.7	3265	232.9	3139	160.7
KANSAS	5448	193.3	2885	245.9	2563	158.5
KENTUCKY	9358	227.9	5063	297.6	4295	182.0
LOUISIANA	9517	227.4	5149	300.4	4368	180.2
MAINE	3045	207.3	1609	262.7	1436	170.5
MARYLAND	10322	204.6	5269	253.4	5053	173.0
MASSACHUSETTS	13750	199.3	6783	244.8	6967	171.5
MICHIGAN	19689	199.1	10224	247.8	9465	167.7
MINNESOTA	8967	183.1	4648	227.1	4319	154.5
MISSISSIPPI	5958	216.3	3340	296.8	2618	163.8
MISSOURI	12365	206.8	6330	255.8	6035	175.0
MONTANA	1956	198.8	1046	244.9	910	166.1
NEBRASKA	3389	185.0	1740	227.2	1649	156.7
NEVADA	3814	205.9	2069	245.0	1745	176.4
NEW HAMPSHIRE	2398	193.9	1241	238.7	1157	164.7
NEW JERSEY	18164	203.2	8928	245.7	9236	176.9
NEW MEXICO	2900	167.0	1564	206.1	1336	138.3
NEW YORK	36975	187.7	18183	228.3	18792	162.9
NORTH CAROLINA	16065	202.5	8493	262.3	7572	164.6
NORTH DAKOTA	1391	188.4	750	238.0	641	155.5
OHIO	24804	207.8	12808	261.4	11996	173.5
OKLAHOMA	7411	205.2	3917	258.1	3494	170.3
OREGON	7057	196.1	3648	236.0	3409	169.7
PENNSYLVANIA	29913	203.3	15091	251.3	14822	173.2
RHODE ISLAND	2398	200.6	1219	253.9	1179	167.7
SOUTH CAROLINA	8272	206.8	4586	278.7	3686	159.7
SOUTH DAKOTA	1590	187.9	882	243.9	708	147.8
TENNESSEE	12229	212.5	6592	278.8	5637	169.3
TEXAS	33488	191.1	17781	240.8	15707	157.2
UTAH	2313	143.4	1262	181.0	1051	117.2
VERMONT	1249	194.8	644	244.3	605	165.2
VIRGINIA	13345	199.9	6824	248.9	6521	169.3
WASHINGTON	10802	193.3	5578	232.6	5224	166.2
WEST VIRGINIA	4685	218.7	2400	267.9	2285	186.0
WISCONSIN	10777	190.9	5591	237.1	5186	160.4
WYOMING	923	192.9	494	235.7	429	162.3

UNITED STATES	553760†	195.6	287068	242.8	266692	164.5

* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. ^†Total is slightly less than that in table on page 3 because it does not include decendents with unknown age.

Deaths Due to All Cancers, by Race and Ethnicity, 2001

State	White		Black		Asian/Pacific Islander		American Indian/Alaska Native		Hispanic
	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*	Number	Rate^*

ALABAMA	7408	203.6	2350	255.3	-	-	-	-	-	-
ALASKA	501	183.4	21	233.4	21	145.6	138	262.0	-	-
ARIZONA	7845	177.3	209	214.4	83	134.9	190	139.9	815	148.7
ARKANSAS	5294	206.5	763	243.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
CALIFORNIA	39289	194.3	4065	245.2	4171	127.4	177	116.2	6221	128.3
COLORADO	5326	171.0	227	235.6	70	112.8	-	-	504	149.4
CONNECTICUT	6484	190.5	429	207.3	30	68.8	-	-	137	105.6
DELAWARE	1502	218.1	258	250.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA	308	197.2	998	270.2	-	-	-	-	-	-
FLORIDA	32386	194.5	3406	216.3	155	76.1	31	78.8	3110	131.8
GEORGIA	10158	197.1	3463	235.6	94	106.1	-	-	86	73.7
HAWAII	540	164.6	-	-	1383	151.8	-	-	83	239.4
IDAHO	2026	173.8	-	-	-	-	-	-	32	102.8
ILLINOIS	20166	203.5	3692	271.9	283	93.4	-	-	623	113.9
INDIANA	11715	210.2	989	268.4	-	-	-	-	96	119.1
IOWA	6253	188.7	92	278.1	25	145.4	-	-	28	109.9
KANSAS	5013	192.2	292	286.5	-	-	40	256.0	85	136.2
KENTUCKY	8683	226.2	605	275.6	22	144.5	-	-	46	220.1
LOUISIANA	6571	216.4	2800	272.4	42	107.1	-	-	95	128.7
MAINE	3010	207.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
MARYLAND	7543	200.4	2527	245.1	164	114.1	23	226.1	65	66.0
MASSACHUSETTS	12911	202.7	495	214.0	146	101.3	-	-	188	118.6
MICHIGAN	16780	195.2	2553	242.9	97	97.7	94	268.2	165	127.4
MINNESOTA	8620	182.9	157	241.4	86	143.6	63	233.9	41	98.5
MISSISSIPPI	4042	203.7	1884	255.4	-	-	-	-	-	-
MISSOURI	10994	203.2	1223	264.7	38	91.8	24	110.4	86	164.5
MONTANA	1850	195.8	-	-	-	-	82	320.7	-	-
NEBRASKA	3219	184.5	113	283.5	-	-	-	-	30	115.7
NEVADA	3345	217.7	225	251.0	95	124.7	-	-	132	88.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE	2374	195.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
NEW JERSEY	15066	208.9	2107	248.3	291	97.7	-	-	688	113.0
NEW MEXICO	1890	175.2	57	248.6	-	-	155	169.5	781	147.7
NEW YORK	29135	194.6	4936	214.8	791	99.8	35	75.6	2078	124.3
NORTH CAROLINA	12509	195.8	3340	248.4	61	105.4	113	169.1	42	48.7
NORTH DAKOTA	1343	186.6	-	-	-	-	43	344.5	-	-
OHIO	21943	204.7	2655	262.5	80	110.9	-	-	116	118.1
OKLAHOMA	6577	208.9	435	244.5	27	110.9	304	156.1	68	121.5
OREGON	6771	199.8	72	213.5	91	130.7	43	166.7	80	106.2
PENNSYLVANIA	26878	200.5	2653	263.5	131	93.4	-	-	245	146.7
RHODE ISLAND	2272	203.6	71	236.0	-	-	-	-	35	98.8
SOUTH CAROLINA	5980	197.8	2236	241.8	26	101.0	-	-	25	61.9
SOUTH DAKOTA	1514	186.1	-	-	-	-	67	244.2	-	-
TENNESSEE	10347	206.3	1797	274.2	36	117.5	-	-	38	85.9
TEXAS	23997	196.5	4164	260.2	334	102.7	25	45.3	4968	149.6
UTAH	2158	143.3	-	-	42	160.4	-	-	77	128.2
VERMONT	1242	196.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
VIRGINIA	10311	193.9	2687	251.4	202	120.0	-	-	136	111.2
WASHINGTON	9967	196.9	244	233.3	338	139.5	99	181.8	154	113.9
WEST VIRGINIA	4534	219.4	141	251.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
WISCONSIN	10250	190.7	383	253.2	50	124.5	55	210.0	39	57.9
WYOMING	877	194.2	-	-	-	-	-	-	26	156.3

UNITED STATES	457717	197.6	61870	247.4	9690	119.6	2112	147.8	22371	131.0

* Deaths per 100,000, age adjusted to 2000 total US population. Dashes indicate too few deaths (20 or fewer) to calculate a stable estimate.

Page last reviewed: October 31, 2005
Page last modified: October 31, 2005
Archive Date: April 8, 2008

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