2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 11a

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Table 11a
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for lung cancer^a, by race, United States, 2002

Population group		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	Total	54.9	0.1	55.3	0.1	61.9	0.5	25.6	0.6	33.1	1.5
Age (not age adjusted)	0-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	2.5	0.0	2.5	0.1	3.4	0.1	1.4	0.2	*	*
	45-64	64.2	0.3	63.8	0.3	85.1	1.1	24.4	1.0	34.3	2.4
	65 and over	314.6	0.9	320.1	1.0	320.5	3.3	144.5	3.8	192.6	10.3
Gender	Female	41.6	0.2	42.6	0.2	40.1	0.5	17.5	0.6	27.1	1.7
Gender	Male	73.2	0.2	72.5	0.3	95.0	1.0	36.3	1.0	41.3	2.6

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

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.