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Cancer Statistics, 2006
TABLE 3 Age-standardized Death Rates for All Cancers Combined, 1998 to 2002, and Estimated Deaths* from All
Cancers Combined and Selected Sites by State, United States, 2006
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*Rounded to the nearest 10.
†Average annual rates for 1998 to 2002 are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population.
‡Estimate is fewer than 50 deaths.
Note: State estimates may not add to US total due to rounding and exclusion of state estimates fewer than 50 deaths.
Source: US Mortality Public Use Data Tapes, 1969 to 2003, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006.
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