Measure Source

Healthy People 2010, measure 3-1.

Tables

1.8a Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers, United States, 1999 and 2002.

1.8b Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers, by State, 1999 and 2002.

Data Source

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System—Mortality.

Denominator

U.S. population.

Numerator

Number of deaths per year due to cancer (ICD-10-CM codes C00-C97).

Comments

Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted sums of age-specific rates. For a discussion of age adjustment, see Part A, Section 5 of Tracking Healthy People 2010.