Table 5a: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers^a, by race, United States, 2001

	Total			AI/AN			API			Black or African American			White
Population group	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total	553,760	196.0	0.3	2,155	131.0	3.0	9,792	119.5	1.3	62,166	243.1	1.0	479,647	193.9	0.3
Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	1,880	2.6	0.1	19	*	*	81	2.6	0.3	293	2.5	0.1	1,487	2.6	0.1
18-44	21,881	19.5	0.1	163	12.6	1.0	729	12.9	0.5	3,877	25.2	0.4	17,112	19.0	0.1
45-64	139,785	216.7	0.6	752	134.9	4.9	3,176	125.1	2.2	20,568	293.5	2.0	115,289	212.0	0.6
65 and over	390,214	1,105.7	1.8	1,221	705.4	20.1	5,806	621.4	8.1	37,428	1,273.1	6.5	345,759	1,106.7	1.9
Gender
Female	266,692	164.7	0.3	1,052	114.1	3.6	4,645	99.3	1.5	29,490	191.3	1.1	231,505	163.9	0.3
Male	287,068	243.7	0.5	1,103	155.3	5.2	5,147	147.0	2.2	32,676	330.9	1.9	248,142	239.2	0.5
Education (age 25-64 years)
Less than high school graduate	27,707	134.5	0.8	266	78.6	4.8	543	64.1	2.9	5,622	167.9	2.3	21,276	132.9	0.9
High school graduate	65,398	135.3	0.5	289	64.1	3.8	1,196	88.1	2.5	9,933	188.2	1.9	53,980	130.9	0.6
At least some college	55,012	72.4	0.3	279	59.1	3.6	1,973	54.4	1.2	6,080	95.1	1.2	46,680	71.2	0.3

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API : Asian or Pacific Islander

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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