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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_4_2.1
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,a United States, 1999 and 2006
    2006 1999
Population group Rate SE Rate SE
Total   23.5 0.1 31.3 0.2
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 DSU DSU DNA DNA
18–44 0.1 0.0 DSU DSU
45–64 7.3 0.1 7.9 0.2
65 and over 163.8 1.0 205.4 1.2
Race AI/AN 14.4 1.5 16.7 2.2
API 9.6 0.5 13.9 0.8
Black 50.5 0.8 69.0 1.0
White 21.7 0.1 28.7 0.2
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 18.1 0.5 23.0 0.8
Non-Hispanic, all races 23.8 0.1 31.7 0.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 51.3 0.8 69.7 1.0
Non-Hispanic, White 21.9 0.1 28.9 0.2
Residence locationb Metropolitan 23.4 0.2 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 24.2 0.3 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 21.9 0.3 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 23.4 0.3 DNA DNA
  Small metro 24.3 0.5 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 23.7 0.4 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 24.2 0.5 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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