Rate of Deaths from Pancreatic Cancer by Prefecture in Japan, 2015

In Japan, 31866 persons died by pancreatic cancer in 2015. The following data show the rate of deaths from pancreatic cancer by prefecture (The number of deaths by pancreatic cancer per million).

Figure: Rate of Deaths from Pancreatic Cancer by Prefecture in 2015

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Okinawa has very low rate. If excluding Okinawa, the color map is like the below.

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Prefecture	Deaths	Male	Female	Per million
Hokkaido	1890	937	953	350
Tottori	194	86	108	338
Shimane	234	119	115	336
Aomori	437	203	234	331
Kochi	238	114	124	322
Akita	333	154	179	321
Yamaguchi	436	197	239	310
Niigata	699	354	345	302
Toyama	317	165	152	296
Yamagata	335	163	172	296
Iwate	378	201	177	294
Fukushima	562	298	264	290
Wakayama	281	144	137	289
Tokushima	218	103	115	285
Nagasaki	394	180	214	284
Ehime	396	215	181	284
Kagawa	278	149	129	283
Fukui	223	86	137	282
Gifu	573	296	277	281
Ishikawa	323	153	170	279
Nagano	584	279	305	277
Oita	323	147	176	276
Saga	229	107	122	274
Kyoto	703	363	340	269
Mie	482	236	246	264
Hyogo	1463	742	721	264
Kagoshima	440	205	235	264
Kumamoto	469	226	243	261
Miyagi	607	305	302	261
Nara	356	170	186	259
Yamanashi	215	98	117	256
Shizuoka	941	503	438	254
Okayama	483	236	247	251
Hiroshima	711	344	367	251
Miyazaki	276	131	145	248
Ibaraki	720	387	333	247
Fukuoka	1246	642	604	245
Shiga	328	154	174	232
Gunma	452	219	233	229
Tochigi	452	225	227	228
Osaka	1998	1002	996	226
Chiba	1373	756	617	222
Aichi	1634	886	748	219
Kanagawa	1992	1053	939	219
Saitama	1567	865	702	216
Tokyo	2880	1468	1412	215
Okinawa	198	116	82	139