Breast cancer rates by state

Of all U.S. states, North Carolina has the highest incidence of breast cancer while Nevada has the lowest, according to the American Cancer Society’s annual cancer statistics report, published Jan. 16 in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians.

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The overall average breast cancer incidence rate in the U.S. was 131.8 per 100,000 and the overall average breast cancer mortality rate was 19.3 per 100,000.

Among women in the U.S., breast cancer accounts for 32% of all cancer cases and 14% of all cancer deaths, the report found. 

Here are the rates of breast cancer incidence by state, from 2017 to 2021, as reported by the American Cancer Society:

Note: The list includes ties.

1. North Carolina — 145.4

2. Connecticut — 145.3

3. District of Columbia — 143.4

4. Minnesota — 142.5

5. Hawaii — 142.2

6. New Hampshire — 141.7

7. Delaware — 141.3

8. Rhode Island —141.2

9. Washington — 139.2

10. Wisconsin — 139.1

11. Iowa — 139

12. Massachusetts — 138.9

13. New Jersey — 138.5

14. Montana — 138.4 

15. Kansas — 137.9

16. Maryland — 137.6

17. New York — 136.1

18. South Carolina —135.7

19. Illinois — 135.6

20. Colorado — 135.3

21. Missouri — 135.2

22 (tie). Idaho — 134.8

22 (tie). Maine — 134.8

24. Georgia — 134.6

25. Ohio — 134.3

26. Pennsylvania — 133.2

27. Oregon — 133.1

28. North Dakota — 132.9

29. Nebraska — 132.7

30. Louisiana — 132.4

31. South Dakota — 131.6

32. Kentucky — 131.2

33. Virginia — 131

34. Vermont — 129.9

35. Michigan — 128.9

36. Indiana — 128.7

27. Florida —128.6

38. West Virginia — 126.6

39 (tie). Mississippi — 126.5

39 (tie). Tennessee — 126.5

41. Oklahoma — 126.4

42. Alaska — 125.9

43. California — 125.9

44 (tie). Alabama — 125.2

44 (tie). Arkansas — 125.2

46. Wyoming — 124.6

47. Texas — 123.3

48. Utah — 120.9

49. Arizona — 119.3

50. New Mexico — 118.1

51. Nevada — 114.7

 

Here are the rates of breast cancer mortality by state, from 2018 to 2022, as reported by the American Cancer Society:

Note: The list includes ties.

1. District of Columbia — 24

2. Mississippi — 23.4

3. Oklahoma — 22.4

4. Louisiana — 22.1

5. Delaware — 22

6 (tie). Tennessee — 21.7

6 (tie). Nevada — 21.7

8. Kentucky — 21.4

9. South Carolina — 21.3

10. West Virginia — 21.1

11. Georgia — 20.7

12. Alabama — 20.4

13 (tie). Michigan — 20.3

13 (tie) Indiana — 20.3

15 (tie). Illinois — 20.2

15 (tie). Ohio — 20.2

15 (tie). Virginia — 20.2

15 (tie). Utah — 20.2

19 (tie). Maryland 20

19 (tie). Missouri — 20

21 (tie). North Carolina — 19.9

21 (tie). Kansas — 19.9

21 (tie). Wyoming — 19.9

24. Arkansas — 19.8

25 (tie). Idaho — 19.7

25 (tie). Texas — 19.7

27. Pennsylvania — 19.6

28. Nebraska — 19.5

29. New Mexico — 19.3

30 (tie). New Jersey — 19.1

30 (tie).Oregon — 19.1

32 (tie). California — 18.8

32 (tie). Arizona — 18.8

34. Washington —18.7

35. Colorado — 18.6

36. Florida — 18.6

37. South Dakota — 18.3

38. Wisconsin — 17.9

39. Iowa —17.8

40. Montana — 17.7

41. New Hampshire — 17.6

42 (tie). Minnesota — 17.2

42 (tie). New York — 17.2

44. Alaska — 17.1

45. Vermont — 16.9

46. Connecticut — 16.8

47. Maine — 16.7

48. Hawaii — 16.6

49. North Dakota — 16.2

50. Rhode Island — 16.1

51. Massachusetts — 15.2

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