Table 9b: Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer^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	56,887	20.1	0.1	2,250	14.1	0.3	54,513	20.5	0.1	6,847	28.0	0.3	46,450	19.9	0.1
Age (not age adjusted)
0-17	3	***	***	0	***	***	3	***	***	1	***	***	1	***	***
18-44	1,775	1.6	0.0	153	0.9	0.1	1,617	1.8	0	343.0	2.8	0.2	1,196	2.0	0.1
45-64	12,532	19.4	0.2	660	12.6	0.5	11,834	20.0	0.2	2,093	30.8	0.7	9,376	18.9	0.2
65 and over	42,577	120.6	0.6	1,437	77.7	2.0	41,059	122.8	0.6	4,410	153.3	2.3	35,877	121.7	0.6
Gender
Female	28,662	17.2	0.1	1,065	11.8	0.4	27,535	17.5	0.1	3,626	24.5	0.4	23,322	16.9	0.1
Male	28,225	24.2	0.1	1,185	17.5	0.6	26,978	24.6	0.2	3,221	33.6	0.6	23,128	24.0	0.2
Education (age 25-64 years)
Less than high school graduate	2,145	10.4	0.2	294	2.6	0.2	1,846	6.2	0.2	471	7.0	0.3	1,321	6.3	0.2
High school graduate	5,733	11.9	0.2	291	4.4	0.3	5,428	5.9	0.1	1,013	9.5	0.3	4,276	5.5	0.1
At least some college	5,288	6.9	0.1	185	2.7	0.2	5,091	3.4	0.0	686	5.4	0.2	4,172	3.3	0.1

^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.

^***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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