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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_3_6.1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a United States, 1999 and 2006
    2006 1999
Population group Rate SE Rate SE
Total   17.2 0.1 20.9 0.1
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 DSU DSU DNA DNA
18–44 1.5 0.0 DNA DNA
45–64 17.5 0.2 19.9 0.2
65 and over 103.9 0.5 124.9 0.6
Race AI/AN 11.2 0.8 13.4 1.1
API 10.9 0.3 12.0 0.4
Black 24.3 0.3 28.4 0.3
White 16.7 0.1 20.4 0.1
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 12.6 0.2 14.3 0.3
Non-Hispanic, all races 17.5 0.1 21.2 0.1
Non-Hispanic, Black 24.7 0.3 28.7 0.4
Non-Hispanic, White 17.0 0.1 20.7 0.1
Gender Male 20.5 0.1 25.3 0.2
Female 14.7 0.1 17.8 0.1
Residence locationb Metropolitan 16.9 0.1 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 17.2 0.1 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 17.0 0.2 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 16.6 0.2 DNA DNA
  Small metro 16.9 0.2 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 18.1 0.2 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 18.7 0.3 DNA DNA

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from displayed numerators.

b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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