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Table 1.20
U.S. and SEER Death Rates by Primary Cancer Site and Race/Ethnicity, 2013-2017
| Cancer Site | Sex | Total United Statesa | SEER 21 Areasa b | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | White | Black | AI/AKc | APId | Hispanice | W-NHispe | Total | White | Black | AI/AKc | APId | Hispanice | W-NHispe | ||
| All Sites | Both Sexes | 158.3 | 159.0 | 181.7 | 144.2 | 98.9 | 112.3 | 162.9 | 151.9 | 155.4 | 170.3 | 123.7 | 102.4 | 112.4 | 159.6 |
| Male | 189.5 | 189.6 | 227.3 | 173.1 | 117.3 | 136.2 | 193.8 | 180.5 | 183.6 | 211.3 | 149.5 | 122.7 | 134.9 | 188.1 | |
| Female | 135.7 | 136.4 | 153.4 | 123.0 | 85.6 | 95.5 | 139.9 | 131.7 | 135.1 | 145.4 | 104.8 | 87.7 | 97.0 | 138.9 | |
| Oral Cavity & Pharynx | Both Sexes | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.5 |
| Male | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 3.9 | |
| Female | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.4 | |
| Esophagus | Both Sexes | 3.9 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.1 | 4.2 |
| Male | 7.0 | 7.4 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 | 7.8 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 7.5 | |
| Female | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.5 | |
| Stomach | Both Sexes | 3.1 | 2.7 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 2.5 |
| Male | 4.1 | 3.6 | 7.8 | 6.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 3.5 | |
| Female | 2.2 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 1.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 1.7 | |
| Colon & Rectum | Both Sexes | 13.9 | 13.6 | 18.5 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 11.1 | 13.8 | 13.4 | 13.3 | 17.2 | 14.7 | 10.0 | 10.8 | 13.4 |
| Male | 16.6 | 16.2 | 23.2 | 19.4 | 11.5 | 14.2 | 16.3 | 15.8 | 15.6 | 21.3 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 13.7 | 15.7 | |
| Female | 11.8 | 11.5 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 8.1 | 8.7 | 11.7 | 11.4 | 11.3 | 14.3 | 12.7 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 11.6 | |
| Liver & Intrahepatic Bile Duct | Both Sexes | 6.6 | 6.2 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.3 | 8.0 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.5 | 5.7 |
| Male | 9.6 | 9.0 | 13.2 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 9.2 | 12.7 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 8.3 | |
| Female | 4.0 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 7.1 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 3.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 4.6 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 | 3.5 | |
| Pancreas | Both Sexes | 11.0 | 10.9 | 13.3 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 8.5 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 11.3 |
| Male | 12.7 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 9.4 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 9.4 | 13.0 | |
| Female | 9.6 | 9.4 | 12.0 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 11.2 | 6.3 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 9.8 | |
| Larynx | Both Sexes | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| Male | 1.7 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | |
| Female | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | - | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.4 | |
| Lung & Bronchus | Both Sexes | 40.2 | 41.0 | 42.3 | 33.4 | 22.2 | 17.6 | 43.4 | 36.1 | 37.4 | 37.8 | 24.1 | 23.0 | 16.6 | 40.2 |
| Male | 49.3 | 49.4 | 58.8 | 40.1 | 29.3 | 24.2 | 51.8 | 43.6 | 44.1 | 52.1 | 31.0 | 31.1 | 22.2 | 46.8 | |
| Female | 33.2 | 34.5 | 31.1 | 28.4 | 16.9 | 12.7 | 36.8 | 30.4 | 32.4 | 28.3 | 18.9 | 16.9 | 12.6 | 35.1 | |
| Melanoma of the Skin | Both Sexes | 2.4 | 2.8 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 3.1 |
| Male | 3.5 | 4.1 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 0.4 | - | 0.4 | 0.9 | 4.5 | |
| Female | 1.5 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 0.2 | - | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.9 | |
| Breast | Female | 20.3 | 19.8 | 27.6 | 14.6 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 20.3 | 19.9 | 19.9 | 26.7 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 14.1 | 20.5 |
| Cervix | Female | 2.3 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| Corpus & Uterus, NOS | Female | 4.8 | 4.5 | 8.6 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.7 |
| Ovary | Female | 6.9 | 7.1 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 7.3 | 7.0 | 7.4 | 5.9 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 7.6 |
| Prostate | Male | 19.1 | 17.9 | 37.9 | 18.7 | 8.6 | 15.8 | 18.0 | 19.3 | 18.6 | 36.9 | 16.2 | 9.0 | 16.6 | 18.7 |
| Testis | Male | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Urinary Bladder | Both Sexes | 4.4 | 4.6 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 4.9 |
| Male | 7.5 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 7.3 | 8.0 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 8.5 | |
| Female | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 2.4 | |
| Kidney & Renal Pelvis | Both Sexes | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 5.5 | 1.7 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.6 | 1.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
| Male | 5.4 | 5.6 | 5.4 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 6.6 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | |
| Female | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 3.1 | 1.2 | 2.1 | 2.3 | |
| Brain & Nervous System | Both Sexes | 4.4 | 4.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 5.1 |
| Male | 5.4 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 6.2 | |
| Female | 3.6 | 3.9 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 4.1 | |
| Thyroid | Both Sexes | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | - | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 |
| Male | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | - | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| Female | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | - | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | Both Sexes | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 |
| Male | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.3 | - | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | |
| Female | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | Both Sexes | 5.5 | 5.7 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 5.8 |
| Male | 7.1 | 7.4 | 5.2 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 6.0 | 7.5 | |
| Female | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.8 | 4.4 | |
| Myeloma | Both Sexes | 3.3 | 3.0 | 6.2 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
| Male | 4.1 | 3.9 | 7.5 | 3.6 | 2.0 | 3.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 6.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 3.9 | |
| Female | 2.6 | 2.4 | 5.3 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 5.0 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | |
| Leukemia | Both Sexes | 6.4 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 6.6 | 5.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 6.7 |
| Male | 8.6 | 8.9 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 5.8 | 8.8 | |
| Female | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.0 | 4.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 3.8 | 5.0 | |
Footnotes:
a US Mortality Files, National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US Std Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).
b The SEER 21 areas are San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, Georgia excluding ATL/RG, Idaho, New York and Massachusetts.
c Rates for American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) are based on the Purchased/Referred Care Delivery Area (PRCDA) counties.
d Asian/Pacific Islander.
e Hispanic (Hisp) and White Non-Hispanic (W-NHisp) are not mutually exclusive from whites, blacks, Asian/Pacific Islanders, and American Indians/Alaska Natives.
- Statistic could not be calculated due to less than 16 cases in the time interval.
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