Cancer Mortality Data
Purpose
To describe the cancer burden in Rhode Island .
Key Information
Deaths with underlying cause associated with all invasive malignant cancers, and the three most common cancer deaths among Rhode Islanders.
Key Findings
- Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Rhode Island. Between 1995 and 2015, the number of cancer deaths, was 2,330 each year on average, or age-adjusted annual rate of 190 per 100,000 Rhode Islanders.
- From 1995 to 2015, the mortality rates for all invasive cancer have decreased by 25%. For some common cancers (breast, prostate and colorectal), death rates were almost halved over that past 21 years.
- Lung and bronchus cancer is the first cause of all cancer deaths in the US, and Rhode Island. Death from lung and bronchus cancer accounts for 30% of all cancer-associated deaths, among Rhode Islanders.
Rhode Island Numbers