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Cancer death rate, 2024: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Cancer death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Leading causes of death by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2024.

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Data last updated
2026-11-11
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National value: 139.4 (United States).

Washington: 139.7Idaho: 135.2Montana: 139.3North Dakota: 130.8Minnesota: 135.6Michigan: 151.1Ohio: 154.9Pennsylvania: 145.7New York: 118.5Vermont: 144.1New Hampshire: 137.2Maine: 149.2Arizona: 127.3California: 126.4New Mexico: 126.2Texas: 137.5Louisiana: 158.3Mississippi: 167.8Alabama: 154Florida: 132.7Georgia: 144.7South Carolina: 151.9North Carolina: 148.8Virginia: 139.7District of Columbia: 132.2Maryland: 137Delaware: 150.6New Jersey: 121.6Connecticut: 123.5Rhode Island: 129.9Massachusetts: 127Oregon: 142.3Utah: 117.4Wyoming: 136.2Nevada: 138.6Colorado: 122.2South Dakota: 145.5Nebraska: 143.9Kansas: 151.4Oklahoma: 172.4Iowa: 149.4Missouri: 159.7Wisconsin: 143.9Illinois: 140.9Kentucky: 175.6Arkansas: 161.7Tennessee: 165.1West Virginia: 175.1Indiana: 156.4Alaska: 149.1Hawaii: 115.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 115.8 to 129.9
  • Group 2: 129.9 to 138.6
  • Group 3: 138.6 to 145.5
  • Group 4: 145.5 to 154
  • Highest: 154 to 175.6
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: Provisional 2024 rates; final figures may differ slightly.

1Kentucky175.6
2West Virginia175.1
3Oklahoma172.4
4Mississippi167.8
5Tennessee165.1
6Arkansas161.7
7Missouri159.7
8Louisiana158.3
9Indiana156.4
10Ohio154.9
11Alabama154
12South Carolina151.9
13Kansas151.4
14Michigan151.1
15Delaware150.6
16Iowa149.4
17Maine149.2
18Alaska149.1
19North Carolina148.8
20Pennsylvania145.7
21South Dakota145.5
22Georgia144.7
23Vermont144.1
24Nebraska143.9
24Wisconsin143.9
26Oregon142.3
27Illinois140.9
28Virginia139.7
28Washington139.7
30Montana139.3
31Nevada138.6
32Texas137.5
33New Hampshire137.2
34Maryland137
35Wyoming136.2
36Minnesota135.6
37Idaho135.2
38Florida132.7
39District of Columbia132.2
40North Dakota130.8
41Rhode Island129.9
42Arizona127.3
43Massachusetts127
44California126.4
45New Mexico126.2
46Connecticut123.5
47Colorado122.2
48New Jersey121.6
49New York118.5
50Utah117.4
51Hawaii115.8

Source: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality (data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x), 12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted rates. Reference period: 2024.

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U.S. states ranked by cancer death rate, 2024 (age-adjusted) (2024). Data: CDC, National Center for Health Statistics, NCHS – VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality, data.cdc.gov dataset 489q-934x (12 months ending with 2024 Q4, age-adjusted); rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-11. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-cancer-death-rate-2024/

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