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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_4_1.1
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a United States, 1999 and 2006
    2006 1999
Population group Rate SE Rate SE
Total   180.7 0.2 200.8 0.3
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 2.3 0.1 DNA DNA
18–44 16.6 0.1 DNA DNA
45–64 202.7 0.5 224.9 0.6
65 and over 1040.0 1.7 1121.1 1.8
Race AI/AN 119.4 2.5 134.8 3.4
API 106.5 1.0 123.0 1.4
Black 217.4 0.9 252.5 1.0
White 179.9 0.3 197.9 0.3
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 118.0 0.8 134.8 1.0
Non-Hispanic, all races 185.3 0.3 204.2 0.3
Non-Hispanic, Black 221.7 0.9 255.9 1.0
Non-Hispanic, White 184.6 0.3 201.2 0.3
Gender Male 220.1 0.4 251.9 0.5
Female 153.6 0.3 167.6 0.3
Residence locationb Metropolitan 178.1 0.3 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 173.3 0.5 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 178.0 0.5 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 181.2 0.5 DNA DNA
  Small metro 186.8 0.8 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 191.6 0.7 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 193.5 0.9 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.

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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