Table 8a
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancersa, by race, United States, 2002 |
| Population group |
Total |
White |
Black |
API |
AI/AN |
|---|
| Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
| Total |
Total |
193.5 |
0.3 |
191.7 |
0.3 |
238.8 |
1.0 |
113.6 |
1.2 |
125.4 |
2.8 |
| Age (not age adjusted) |
0-17 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
2.7 |
0.1 |
2.7 |
0.2 |
2.4 |
0.3 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
| 18-44 |
18.8 |
0.1 |
18.4 |
0.1 |
24.2 |
0.4 |
12.2 |
0.5 |
11.3 |
0.9 |
| 45-64 |
214.5 |
0.6 |
209.7 |
0.6 |
291.7 |
2.0 |
122.9 |
2.1 |
133.3 |
4.8 |
| 65 and over |
1098.3 |
1.7 |
1102.7 |
1.9 |
1246.7 |
6.4 |
590.6 |
7.7 |
674.6 |
19.2 |
| Gender |
Female |
163.1 |
0.3 |
162.4 |
0.3 |
190.3 |
1.1 |
95.9 |
1.4 |
112.9 |
3.5 |
| Male |
238.9 |
0.4 |
235.2 |
0.5 |
319.6 |
1.8 |
137.9 |
2.0 |
141.9 |
4.7 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian
or Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.
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