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Table 1 Comparison of annual percent change (APC) in oral cancer mortality among US states with higher than average incidence and mortality US states from the highest two quantiles of current oral cancer incidence and mortality were sorted in descending order to compare with recent (1999–2003) APC rate trends in mortality. Among these, three states were found to have increasing APC, Maine, Nevada, and Wyoming.

From: Analysis of oral cancer epidemiology in the US reveals state-specific trends: implications for oral cancer prevention

US states (elevated incidence)

APC trend (recent)

Mortality rate (current)

Incidence rate (current)

District of Columbia

-4.6%

4.4/100,000

13.7/100,000

Oklahoma

-1.5

2.5

12.7

Louisiana

-1.2

3.4

12.7

Georgia

-2.8

2.9

12.6

Florida

-3.1

2.9

12.5

Maine

+2.2

3.3

12.2

New Hampshire

-0.9

3.2

11.8

Maryland

-2.9

2.5

11.6

Alabama

-1.2

3.3

11.5

Wisconsin

-1.5

2.6

11.5

Kentucky

-1.5

2.9

11.4

Nevada

+4.6

3.3

11.2

Massachusetts

-1.0

2.8

11.0

United States

-1.1%

2.6/100,000

10.4/100,000

US states (elevated mortality)

APC trend (recent)

Mortality rate (current)

Incidence rate (current)

District of Columbia

-4.6%

4.4/100,000

13.7/100,000

Arkansas

0.0

3.5

10.6

South Carolina

-3.7

3.5

10.1

Louisiana

-1.2

3.4

12.7

Alabama

-1.2

3.3

11.5

Maine

+2.2

3.3

12.2

Nevada

+4.6

3.3

11.2

New Hampshire

-0.9

3.2

11.8

Wyoming

+0.1

3.2

N/Q*

Mississippi

-0.1

3.0

N/Q*

Tennessee

-1.1

3.0

N/Q*

United States

-1.1%

2.6/100,000

10.4/100,000

  1. *N/Q Data not provided because it did not meet United States Cancer Statistics (USCS) data quality standards for one or more years during the rate period of data collection