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

							Non-Hispanic
	Total			Hispanic*			Total**			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	22,371	132.3	0.9	530,051	199.7	0.3	61,577	246.7	1.0	456,705	197.4	0.3
Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	1,880	2.6	0.1	340	2.7	0.1	1,534	2.7	0.1	285	2.8	0.2	1,153	3.0	0.1
18-44	21,881	19.5	0.1	2,117	12.3	0.3	19,698	21.9	0.2	3,836	31.2	0.5	14,985	24.7	0.2
45-64	139,785	216.7	0.6	6,941	132.3	1.6	132,459	223.6	0.6	20,371	299.6	2.1	108,225	218.7	0.7
65 and over	390,214	1,105.7	1.8	12,973	701.1	6.1	376,360	1,125.5	1.8	37,085	1,288.9	6.6	332,342	1,126.9	1.9
Gender
Female	266,692	164.7	0.3	10,546	108.6	1.1	255,565	168.0	0.3	29,244	194.4	1.1	220,705	167.2	0.4
Male	287,068	243.7	0.5	11,825	168.2	1.7	274,486	247.9	0.5	32,333	335.3	1.9	236,000	243.1	0.5
Education (age 25-64 years)
Less than high school graduate	27,707	134.5	0.8	3,449	29.6	0.5	24,202	81.2	0.5	5,574	84.0	1.2	17,832	85.4	0.7
High school graduate	65,398	135.3	0.5	3,059	45.3	0.8	62,189	67.8	0.3	9,849	92.2	0.9	50,883	65.6	0.3
At least some college	55,012	72.4	0.3	1,955	27.5	0.7	52,954	35.9	0.2	6,030	46.8	0.6	44,700	35.3	0.2

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^*Persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race.

^**Includes persons of other races not shown.

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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