Table 8b
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancersa, by ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population group |
Total |
Non-Hispanic |
Hispanic (all races) |
| All races |
White |
Black |
| Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
Rate |
SE |
| Total |
Total |
193.5 |
0.3 |
197.4 |
0.3 |
195.6 |
0.3 |
242.5 |
1.0 |
128.4 |
0.9 |
| Age (not age adjusted) |
0-17 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
2.7 |
0.2 |
2.8 |
0.1 |
| 18-44 |
18.8 |
0.1 |
20.1 |
0.1 |
19.8 |
0.2 |
25.1 |
0.4 |
11.6 |
0.3 |
| 45-64 |
214.5 |
0.6 |
222.0 |
0.6 |
217.1 |
0.7 |
298.0 |
2.1 |
126.2 |
1.5 |
| 65 and over |
1098.3 |
1.7 |
1119.1 |
1.8 |
1124.4 |
1.9 |
1263.3 |
6.5 |
692.8 |
5.9 |
| Gender |
Female |
163.1 |
0.3 |
166.6 |
0.3 |
165.9 |
0.4 |
193.4 |
1.1 |
106.1 |
1.0 |
| Male |
238.9 |
0.4 |
243.4 |
0.5 |
239.6 |
0.5 |
324.4 |
1.9 |
161.4 |
1.6 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
Key: SE: Standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.
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