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Table 1.26

Age-Adjusted U.S. Death Rates and Trends for the Top 15 Cancer Sitesa Both Sexes by Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity Primary Site Age-Adjusted Rateb,
2004-2008
Trend (APC)c,
1999-2008
All Races All Sites 181.3 -1.5*
Lung and Bronchus 51.6 -1.3*
Colon and Rectum 17.1 -2.9*
Breast 13.2 -2.2*
Pancreas 10.8 0.4*
Prostatef 9.3 -3.0*
Leukemia 7.1 -1.1*
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 6.7 -3.1*
Liver & IBDg 5.3 2.3*
Ovaryf 4.7 -1.3*
Urinary Bladder 4.4 0.1
Esophagus 4.3 -0.3
Brain and ONSg 4.3 -1.0*
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 4.0 -0.6*
Stomach 3.7 -3.1*
Myeloma 3.5 -1.6*
White All Sites 180.0 -1.4*
Lung and Bronchus 52.1 -1.2*
Colon and Rectum 16.6 -3.0*
Breast 12.8 -2.3*
Pancreas 10.6 0.5*
Prostatef 8.6 -2.8*
Leukemia 7.4 -1.0*
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 7.0 -3.1*
Liver & IBDg 4.9 2.4*
Ovaryf 4.9 -1.2*
Brain and ONSg 4.6 -0.9*
Urinary Bladder 4.6 0.3*
Esophagus 4.4 0.4
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 4.1 -0.6*
Stomach 3.2 -3.2*
Myeloma 3.2 -1.5*
Black All Sites 220.8 -2.0*
Lung and Bronchus 57.0 -2.0*
Colon and Rectum 24.3 -2.4*
Breast 19.0 -1.4*
Prostatef 19.0 -3.7*
Pancreas 13.9 -0.1
Stomach 7.2 -3.4*
Liver & IBDg 7.1 2.5*
Myeloma 6.6 -1.8*
Leukemia 6.3 -1.0*
Esophagus 4.9 -4.4*
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4.7 -2.6*
Corpus and Uterus, NOSf 4.3 0.3
Ovaryf 4.2 -1.3*
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 4.0 -0.6*
Urinary Bladder 3.7 -0.8
Asian/
Pacific Islander
All Sites 110.9 -1.4*
Lung and Bronchus 26.2 -1.0*
Colon and Rectum 11.4 -1.6*
Liver & IBDg 10.0 -1.0
Pancreas 7.6 0.3
Stomach 7.0 -3.9*
Breast 6.8 -0.9
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4.3 -2.7*
Prostatef 4.2 -3.5*
Leukemia 3.8 -1.5*
Ovaryf 2.8 0.5
Oral Cavity and Pharynx 2.0 -2.5*
Brain and ONSg 1.9 -0.4
Esophagus 1.9 -0.7
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 1.9 0.9
Myeloma 1.7 -0.9
American Indian/
Alaska Natived
All Sites 159.6 -0.4
Lung and Bronchus 41.0 0.3
Colon and Rectum 16.5 -0.5
Breast 9.7 0.4
Pancreas 9.2 2.3
Liver & IBDg 9.1 1.7
Prostatef 8.2 -0.6
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 6.2 -0.7
Stomach 5.8 -4.5*
Leukemia 4.8 1.0
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 4.7 -3.8
Ovaryf 3.8 -0.7
Esophagus 3.8 -0.5
Myeloma 3.0 -5.0*
Oral Cavity and Pharynx 2.4 -1.2
Brain and ONSg 2.4 4.9
Hispanice All Sites 121.0 -1.7*
Lung and Bronchus 21.8 -2.1*
Colon and Rectum 12.6 -2.0*
Pancreas 8.3 0.0
Breast 8.3 -1.9*
Liver & IBDg 8.1 1.4*
Prostatef 7.4 -2.8*
Stomach 5.9 -3.2*
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 5.2 -2.6*
Leukemia 4.8 -1.5*
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 3.6 -0.4
Ovaryf 3.3 -0.8
Myeloma 2.8 -2.4*
Brain and ONSg 2.8 -0.7
Esophagus 2.3 -1.4*
Urinary Bladder 2.3 -1.0

Footnotes:

a Top 15 cancer sites selected based on 2004-2008 age-adjusted rates for the race/ethnic group.

b Mortality data used in calculating the rates are analyzed from US mortality files provided by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

c The APC is the Annual Percent Change over the time interval. Mortality data used in calculating the trends are analyzed from US mortality files provided by the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC. Trends are based on rates age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).

d Rates for American Indian/Alaska Native are based on the CHSDA(Contract Health Service Delivery Area) counties.

e Hispanic is not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives. The 2004-2008 Hispanic death rates do not include deaths from the District of Columbia and North Dakota. The 1999-2008 Hispanic mortality trends do not include deaths from the District of Columbia, Minnesota, New Hampshire and North Dakota.

f The rates for sex-specific cancer sites are calculated using the population for both sexes combined.

g IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct. ONS = Other Nervous System.

* The APC is significantly different from zero (p<.05).

- Statistic not shown. Rate based on less than 16 cases for the time interval. Trend based on less than 10 cases for at least one year within the time interval.

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