Table 1_3_6_3b

2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 1_3_6.3b
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races^�		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		16.9	0.1	17.2	0.1	16.7	0.1	24.0	0.3	12.0	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.9	0.1	0.9	0.1
	45-64	18.1	0.2	18.6	0.2	17.4	0.2	29.8	0.6	12.8	0.4
	65 and over	100.6	0.5	102.9	0.5	102.4	0.6	127.6	2.0	66.2	1.6
Gender	Female	14.4	0.1	14.7	0.1	14.2	0.1	20.2	0.3	10.1	0.3
Gender	Male	20.1	0.1	20.5	0.1	19.9	0.1	29.6	0.5	14.5	0.4
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	16.5	0.1	16.9	0.1	16.3	0.1	23.7	0.3	11.8	0.2
	Large central metropolitan	16.5	0.1	17.2	0.2	16.2	0.2	24.0	0.4	11.8	0.3
	Large fringe metropolitan	16.7	0.2	16.9	0.2	16.6	0.2	23.9	0.7	11.7	0.6
	Medium metropolitan	16.1	0.2	16.4	0.2	16.1	0.2	22.4	0.7	11.8	0.5
	Small metropolitan	17.0	0.2	17.2	0.2	16.7	0.3	24.9	1.1	13.1	1.0
	Micropolitan	18.3	0.2	18.4	0.2	17.9	0.2	26.6	1.1	14.5	1.1
	Noncore	18.9	0.3	18.9	0.3	18.6	0.3	25.3	1.3	14.8	1.6

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

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_6_3b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_3_6_3b.html