Table 9c: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer^a, by education, United States, 2001

	Total			Less than high school graduate*			High school graduate*			At least some college*
Population group	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total	56,887	20.1	0.1	2,145	10.4	0.2	5,733	11.9	0.2	5,288	6.9	0.1
Age (not age adjusted)
25-44	1,732	2.0	0.0	2,366	24.4	0.5	6,396	25.2	0.3	5,986	12.9	0.2
45-64	12,532	19.4	0.2	4,069	49.3	0.8	10,803	53.3	0.5	9,878	29.2	0.3
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	192	12.0	0.9	19	**	**	28	6.4	1.2	20	4.3	1.0
Asian or Pacific Islander	1,042	13.2	0.4	36	4.4	0.8	111	8.2	0.8	216	5.9	0.4
Black or African American	6,905	27.6	0.3	479	14.0	0.7	1,022	19.4	0.6	692	10.9	0.4
White	48,748	19.6	0.1	1,611	10.0	0.3	4,572	11.1	0.2	4,360	6.7	0.1
Ethnicity
Hispanic	2,250	14.1	0.3	294	2.6	0.2	291	4.4	0.3	185	2.7	0.2
Non-Hispanic	54,513	20.5	0.1	1,846	6.2	0.2	5,428	5.9	0.1	5,091	3.4	0.0
Black or African American	6,847	28.0	0.3	471	7.0	0.3	1,013	9.5	0.3	686	5.4	0.2
White	46,450	19.9	0.1	1,321	6.3	0.2	4,276	5.5	0.1	4,172	3.3	0.1
Gender
Female	28,662	17.2	0.1	825	7.9	0.3	2,625	9.9	0.2	2,224	5.9	0.1
Male	28,225	24.2	0.1	1,320	12.9	0.4	3,108	14.2	0.3	3,064	7.9	0.1

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*Education data are for persons age 25-64 years only.

^**Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (based on < 20 deaths).

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.

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