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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 1_4_2.2b
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male 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   23.5 0.1 23.8 0.1 21.9 0.1 51.3 0.8 18.1 0.5
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
18–44 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU
45–64 7.3 0.1 7.6 0.2 6.5 0.2 17.7 0.7 5.0 0.4
65 and over 163.8 1.0 166.7 1.1 156.0 1.1 331.9 5.3 117.0 3.4
Geographic locationb Metropolitan 23.4 0.2 23.7 0.2 21.7 0.2 50.8 0.8 18.1 0.5
  Large central metro 24.2 0.3 24.8 0.3 21.5 0.3 51.0 1.2 19.0 0.7
  Large fringe metro 21.9 0.3 22.2 0.3 20.9 0.3 49.5 1.9 15.4 1.2
  Medium metro 23.4 0.3 23.7 0.3 22.1 0.3 52.3 1.9 18.9 1.2
  Small metro 24.3 0.5 24.6 0.5 23.3 0.5 49.9 2.8 15.4 1.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 23.7 0.4 23.8 0.4 22.3 0.4 54.1 2.7 17.6 2.1
Noncore (nonmetro) 24.2 0.5 24.2 0.5 22.5 0.5 57.1 3.3 19.1 2.9

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.

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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