More than 602,000 deaths in the United States in 2020 were attributable to cancer.  In the Mid-Eastern region of the country, which encompasses five states and the District of Columbia, cancer accounted for 90,410 fatalities in 2020.  In line with a national pattern, the cancer death rate for females in the region was modestly lower than it was for males.  That said, the cancer death rate for women in the region was marginally worse than the female national average cancer death rate, whereas, for men in the region, the cancer death rate was slightly lower than the male national average.  An examination of data from the National Center for Health Statistics provides the following details about male vs. female cancer death rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S.:

Male vs. Female Cancer Death Rates in the Mid-Eastern U.S.

	Deaths	Population	Death Rate*
Regionwide	90,410	48,757,828	185.4
Male	45,806	23,747,834	192.9
Female	44,604	25,009,994	178.3
Nationwide	602,350	329,484,123	182.8
Male	317,731	162,256,202	195.8
Female	284,619	167,227,921	170.2

(*) number of cancer deaths per 100,000 population

Report Period: 2020

States in Region:  Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and the District of Columbia

Source: CDC Wonder. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. Underlying Cause of Death 1999-2020 on CDC WONDER Online Database, released in 2021. Data are from the Multiple Cause of Death Files, 1999-2020, as compiled from data provided by the 57 vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program. Accessed on February 11, 2023