UTopiAH. This is Part of a series for comparing census based life expectancy and death rate tables, ranking states by how long we live, from 1960 to 2015. Included are medical conditions rating Utah’s #1 health rankings. Since 2012 state rankings are now correlated to voting in the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections, with blue states on top, and red states at the bottom. Utopia is Sir Thomas More’s (1516) perfect place to live, and with a slight variation in spelling, perfectly describes Utah.

Part Nine. How does Cancer Mortality impact UTopiAH’s #1 ranking with the absolute lowest death rate from cancer, affect of life expectancy? Utah stays on top.

• Malachi 3:10 prove me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it.

Red state Utah’s life expectancy was previously ranked 1^st (best, and longest life expectancy) in the census of 1990 (as reported in 2004), and well within the top quintile for the previous decades’ census. But with the new age adjusted population computation, Utah’s age adjusted life expectancy rank dropped to an age adjusted rank of 10^th for census of 2000 (as determined in 2012), and an age adjusted rank of 13^th for 2015 (as determined in 2018).

In the Technical notes of ** the Population bases for computing rates is explained as follows –

‘’ Populations used for computing death rates and life tables shown in this report represent the population residing in the United States, enumerated as of April 1 for census years and estimated as of July 1 for all other years.’’

Computing rates

Except for infant mortality rates, [cancer mortality rates are on an annual basis per 100,000 estimated population residing in the specified area. Infant mortality rates are per 1,000 or per 100,000 live births. Comparisons made in the text among rates, unless otherwise specified, are statistically significant at the 0.05 level of significance. Lack of comment in this report about any two rates does not mean that the difference was tested and found not to be significant at this level.

Age-adjusted rates (R ́) are used to compare relative mortality risks among groups and over time. However, they should be viewed as relative indexes rather than as actual measures.

Cancer Mortality by State

Cancer Mortality by State: 2016 Age-Adjusted Death Rates¹

United States  average death rate   155.8

122.4 – 145.91,  46.9 – 155.9,  156.1 – 159.8, 160.2 – 170.8,171.9 – 193.8

Data Table

The number of deaths per 100,000 total population.

Source: https://wonder.cdc.gov

Cancer Mortality by State: 2005,  Age-Adjusted Death Rates¹

United States 185.1

140.9 – 171,173.4 – 182.8 , 183.7 – 190, 190.4 – 198.2,199.1 – 219.1

Data Table

The number of deaths per 100,000 total population.

Source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr65/nvsr65_04.pdf

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