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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_4_1.2b
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total All races White Black Hispanic, all races
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   180.7 0.2 185.3 0.3 184.6 0.3 221.7 0.9 118.0 0.8
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 2.3 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.3 0.1 2.4 0.1
18–44 16.6 0.1 17.7 0.1 17.3 0.2 22.1 0.4 11.4 0.2
45–64 202.7 0.5 211.0 0.6 207.2 0.6 280.0 1.9 119.3 1.3
65 and over 1040.0 1.7 1065.3 1.7 1078.0 1.9 1156.9 6.1 649.8 5.2
Gender Male 220.1 0.4 225.6 0.4 223.4 0.5 290.8 1.7 143.4 1.3
Female 153.6 0.3 157.6 0.3 157.6 0.3 179.5 1.0 100.4 0.9
Geographic locationb Metropolitan 178.1 0.3 183.2 0.3 182.5 0.3 220.6 1.0 117.8 0.8
  Large central metro 173.3 0.5 181.2 0.5 178.5 0.6 224.8 1.4 121.2 1.0
  Large fringe metro 178.0 0.5 181.4 0.5 182.5 0.5 205.5 2.1 105.3 1.8
  Medium metro 181.2 0.5 185.2 0.6 184.2 0.6 225.1 2.3 120.1 1.8
  Small metro 186.8 0.8 189.9 0.8 188.0 0.8 229.1 3.4 114.0 3.1
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 191.6 0.7 193.9 0.8 192.3 0.8 233.1 3.3 119.1 3.3
Noncore (nonmetro) 193.5 0.9 194.9 0.9 193.0 0.9 230.6 4.0 122.9 4.8

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.

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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