Table 5c: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers^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	553,760	196.0	0.3	27,707	134.5	0.8	65,398	135.3	0.5	55,012	72.4	0.3
Age (not age adjusted)
25-44	20,563	24.3	0.2	30,690	317.0	1.8	73,680	290.7	1.1	62,760	135.2	0.5
45-64	139,785	216.7	0.6	52,431	635.9	2.8	122,514	604.5	1.7	102,276	302.5	0.9
Race
American Indian or Alaska Native	2,155	131.0	3.0	266	78.6	4.8	289	64.1	3.8	279	59.1	3.6
Asian or Pacific Islander	9,792	119.5	1.3	543	64.1	2.9	1,196	88.1	2.5	1,973	54.4	1.2
Black or African American	62,166	243.1	1.0	5,622	167.9	2.3	9,933	188.2	1.9	6,080	95.1	1.2
White	479,647	193.9	0.3	21,276	132.9	0.9	53,980	130.9	0.6	46,680	71.2	0.3
Ethnicity
Hispanic	22,371	132.3	0.9	3,449	29.6	0.5	3,059	45.3	0.8	1,955	27.5	0.7
Non-Hispanic	530,051	199.7	0.3	24,202	81.2	0.5	62,189	67.8	0.3	52,954	35.9	0.2
Black or African American	61,577	246.7	1.0	5,574	84.0	1.2	9,849	92.2	0.9	6,030	46.8	0.6
White	456,705	197.4	0.3	17,832	85.4	0.7	50,883	65.6	0.3	44,700	35.3	0.2
Gender
Female	266,692	164.7	0.3	11,471	110.9	1.1	32,482	123.9	0.7	27,494	73.0	0.4
Male	287,068	243.7	0.5	16,236	159.8	1.3	32,916	150.9	0.8	27,518	71.6	0.4

^aRates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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

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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