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Table 1.9a: Cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year for prostate cancer, United States, 1999 and 2001

  2001 1999
Population groupa Number Rateb Standard error Number Rateb Standard error
             
Total 30,719 29.1 0.2 31,728 31.3 0.2
             
Age (not age adjusted)            
    0-17 0 DSU DSU 1 DNA DNA
    18-44 32 0.1 0.0 36 DNA DNA
    45-64 2,319 7.4 0.2 2,320 7.9 0.2
    65 and over 28,368 194.5 1.2 29,371 205.4 1.2
             
Race            
    American Indian or Alaska Native 92 19.0 2.1 63 16.7 2.2
    Asian or Pacific Islander 296 11.6 0.7 304 13.9 0.8
      Asian DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
      Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC DNC
    Black or African American 5,265 66.1 0.9 5,357 69.0 1.0
    White 25,066 26.6 0.2 26,004 28.7 0.2
             
Ethnicity            
    Hispanic 1,226 23.5 0.7 1,050 23.0 0.8
    Total, non-Hispanic 29,407 29.3 0.2 30,613 31.7 0.2
      Black or African American 5,215 66.8 1.0 5,315 69.7 1.0
      White 23,811 26.7 0.2 24,935 28.9 0.2
             
Education (age 25-64)            
    Less than high school 428 3.8 0.2 442 4.2 0.2
    High school graduate 894 4.1 0.1 852 4.2 0.1
    At least some college 839 2.2 0.1 846 2.6 0.1
             

aPopulation includes males only.

bRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DNC - Data system does not collect data for this population.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

 
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