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

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

Total		Less than high school^b		High school graduate^b		At least some college^b
Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	Total	54.9	0.1	48.2	0.5	41.1	0.3	15.2	0.1
Age (not age adjusted)	25-44	3.4	0.1	6.1	0.2	5.5	0.1	1.5	0.1
Age (not age adjusted)	45-64	64.2	0.3	116.1	1.2	92.0	0.7	32.4	0.3
Gender	Female	41.6	0.2	34.7	0.6	31.9	0.3	13.2	0.2
Gender	Male	73.2	0.2	62.1	0.8	52.9	0.5	17.2	0.2

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

^b Education data are for persons age 25-64 years only.

Key: SE: Standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.