North Country Reporter

There were 2,875 New Hampshire residents who died of cancer in 2016, a 3.7 percent increase over the previous year, according to data obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics.

In 2015, 2,773 New Hampshire residents died of cancer.

The National Center for Health Statistics is the nation’s primary health statistics agency. The CDC and other health-related organizations can use NCHS data for a variety of ends.

The following table shows total cancer deaths by state in 2016 and 2015.

State	2016 deaths	2015 deaths
California	59,515	59,629
Florida	44,266	44,027
Texas	40,195	39,121
New York	35,368	35,089
Pennsylvania	28,492	28,697
Ohio	25,509	25,396
Illinois	24,389	24,713
Michigan	20,870	20,732
North Carolina	19,523	19,322
Georgia	17,184	16,945
New Jersey	16,377	16,270
Virginia	15,027	14,947
Tennessee	14,450	14,214
Indiana	13,424	13,511
Massachusetts	12,717	12,750
Missouri	12,696	12,965
Washington	12,594	12,687
Arizona	11,876	11,776
Wisconsin	11,498	11,423
Maryland	10,911	10,568
Alabama	10,419	10,354
Kentucky	10,363	10,312
South Carolina	10,356	9,950
Minnesota	9,857	9,925
Louisiana	9,149	9,397
Oklahoma	8,115	8,280
Oregon	8,078	8,093
Colorado	7,928	7,604
Connecticut	6,696	6,666
Arkansas	6,612	6,727
Mississippi	6,568	6,485
Iowa	6,432	6,513
Kansas	5,484	5,604
Nevada	5,214	5,015
West Virginia	4,659	4,839
New Mexico	3,560	3,591
Nebraska	3,477	3,514
Maine	3,275	3,398
Utah	3,125	3,091
Idaho	2,884	2,849
New Hampshire	2,875	2,773
Hawaii	2,401	2,462
Rhode Island	2,171	2,226
Delaware	2,124	2,010
Montana	2,031	2,130
South Dakota	1,694	1,640
Vermont	1,356	1,399
North Dakota	1,253	1,320
District of Columbia	1,044	1,072
Alaska	995	978
Wyoming	962	931