Breast Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000)

Breast cancer is the most common type of non-skin cancer in the United States, and the second leading cause of cancer death for women.¹ In 2010, an estimated 39,840 women will die from breast cancer.²

How many women die from breast cancer?

The Report Card benchmark is the Healthy People 2010 goal of reducing the number of deaths from breast cancer to 22.3 deaths per 100,000 population [Healthy People 2010 Objective 3-3].

State	State Overall Data	State Grade	State Rank
Alabama	24.9	S-	39
Alaska	20.7	S	2
Arizona	21.7	S	7
Arkansas	24.2	S-	32
California	22.7	S-	18
Colorado	22.2	S	13
Connecticut	24.1	S-	31
Delaware	23.1	S-	22
District of Columbia	33.7	F	51
Florida	22.4	S-	14
Georgia	24.9	S-	39
Hawaii	17.7	S	1
Idaho	20.7	S	2
Illinois	24.8	S-	38
Indiana	24.2	S-	32
Iowa	21.6	S	6
Kansas	23.3	S-	25
Kentucky	24.3	S-	35
Louisiana	27.0	U	50
Maine	21.3	S	5
Maryland	25.4	U	42
Massachusetts	23.9	S-	28
Michigan	24.2	S-	32
Minnesota	22.0	S	10
Mississippi	25.7	U	44
Missouri	26.6	U	48
Montana	22.1	S	12
Nebraska	22.7	S-	18
Nevada	23.3	S-	25
New Hampshire	22.6	S-	15
New Jersey	26.0	U	46
New Mexico	21.9	S	9
New York	23.8	S-	27
North Carolina	25.3	U	41
North Dakota	21.7	S	7
Ohio	26.5	U	47
Oklahoma	24.0	S-	29
Oregon	23.0	S-	21
Pennsylvania	25.7	U	44
Rhode Island	22.6	S-	15
South Carolina	24.4	S-	37
South Dakota	22.0	S	10
Tennessee	26.8	U	49
Texas	23.2	S-	23
Utah	24.3	S-	35
Vermont	21.2	S	4
Virginia	25.5	U	43
Washington	23.2	S-	23
West Virginia	24.0	S-	29
Wisconsin	22.8	S-	20
Wyoming	22.6	S-	15

Data Source: Breast Cancer Death Rate (per 100,000 population), 2004-2006.

EXPLANATION: Breast cancer includes malignant neoplasm of the breast. Breast cancer death rates for women are three-year averages and are per 100,000 estimated population. Death rates for all ages include deaths occurring at any age, and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

SOURCE: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. National Center for Health Statistics. Health Data Interactive. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/hdi.htm.

Footnotes

¹ National Program of Cancer Registries (NPCR), “1999–2006 Cancer Incidence and Mortality Data,” (Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/
² American Cancer Society, “Learn about Breast Cancer,” 2010, available at: http://www.cancer.org/Cancer/BreastCancer/DetailedGuide/breast-cancer-ke...