8,340: Number of new cancer cases in Maine in 2007 (0.6 percent of population)

6,360: Number of new cases in Rhode Island (0.6 percent)

34,920: Number in Massachusetts (0.5 percent)

19,780: Number in Connecticut (0.5 percent)

3,500: Number in Vermont (0.5 percent)

7,140: Number in New Hampshire (0.5 percent)

Source: American Cancer Society, Surveillance Research