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USA CANCER SURVIVAL PROFILES BY STATE

High Cancer Incidence Rates and a Low Death Rate might be one way to measure the quality of care provided for certain types of cancer within a given state. Low Incidence and High Death rates might indicate a need for the quality of care to improve. Use the drop down below to select from 14 different cancer types and use the sorting feature and color coded legend to help identify what you want to see. Latest CDC Data: Per 100,000 Population

Example: If 100 Cancer Incidents Occur and 50 Die Then 50 Survived. The Difference is 50 Which Determines Rank.

GOOD       POOR
        Survival   Incidence   Deaths
State Name Rate Rank   Rate Rank   Rate Rank
Vermont
29.1
1
  
79.2
7
  
50.1
28
Delaware
23.9
2
  
83.5
3
  
59.6
13
Kentucky
22.8
3
  
97.6
1
  
74.8
1
Alaska
22.7
4
  
69.8
22
  
47.1
40
West Virginia
20.1
5
  
91.0
2
  
70.9
2
Rhode Island
19.6
6
  
69.4
23
  
49.8
29
Connecticut
19.3
7
  
66.5
28
  
47.2
39
Illinois
18.7
8
  
71.4
18
  
52.7
25
New York
18.7
9
  
63.0
34
  
44.3
44
Maine
18.6
10
  
80.1
6
  
61.5
10
Florida
17.5
11
  
68.7
24
  
51.2
27
Iowa
17.2
12
  
66.7
27
  
49.5
31
Oklahoma
17.2
13
  
80.8
5
  
63.6
6
New Jersey
17.1
14
  
64.4
32
  
47.3
38
Pennsylvania
17.1
15
  
70.0
21
  
52.9
23
Nevada
16.9
16
  
73.3
15
  
56.4
16
Michigan
16.6
17
  
72.0
17
  
55.4
18
Missouri
15.6
18
  
77.9
8
  
62.3
7
Washington
15.6
19
  
65.2
30
  
49.6
30
North Carolina
15.5
20
  
75.3
13
  
59.8
12
Indiana
15.1
21
  
77.2
10
  
62.1
8
New Hampshire
15.1
22
  
66.8
26
  
51.7
26
Georgia
14.9
23
  
71.0
19
  
56.1
17
Alabama
14.7
24
  
75.1
14
  
60.4
11
Tennessee
14.3
25
  
82.2
4
  
67.9
3
Louisiana
14.0
26
  
75.7
12
  
61.7
9
Kansas
13.5
27
  
68.4
25
  
54.9
19
Nebraska
13.4
28
  
61.3
37
  
47.9
37
Ohio
13.2
29
  
72.8
16
  
59.6
14
Texas
12.5
30
  
62.0
36
  
49.5
32
Montana
12.5
31
  
60.8
38
  
48.3
34
Arkansas
12.4
32
  
77.7
9
  
65.3
5
Hawaii
12.1
33
  
51.0
44
  
38.9
48
South Carolina
12.0
34
  
70.7
20
  
58.7
15
Idaho
11.9
35
  
54.0
42
  
42.1
46
Massachusetts
11.7
36
  
64.5
31
  
52.8
24
District of Columbia
11.7
37
  
58.8
40
  
47.1
41
Virginia
11.2
38
  
65.8
29
  
54.6
20
South Dakota
11.0
39
  
59.2
39
  
48.2
35
Oregon
10.9
40
  
64.4
33
  
53.5
21
Minnesota
10.6
41
  
55.8
41
  
45.2
42
Colorado
10.1
42
  
48.4
47
  
38.3
49
California
10.0
43
  
50.5
45
  
40.5
47
Maryland
9.9
44
  
62.9
35
  
53.0
22
Mississippi
9.3
45
  
77.1
11
  
67.8
4
New Mexico
9.1
46
  
44.2
48
  
35.1
50
North Dakota
4.4
47
  
53.0
43
  
48.6
33
Wyoming
3.8
48
  
48.9
46
  
45.1
43
Utah
2.9
49
  
26.3
49
  
23.4
51
Arizona
0.0
50
  
0.0
50
  
43.1
45
Wisconsin
0.0
51
  
0.0
51
  
48.1
36

Certain cancers have been excluded because the amount of data available from the CDC is too small to be reliable and the states of Arizona and Wisconsin have no incidence data for several cancer types.