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Table 1_3_6.3a
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population,a by race, United States, 2007
    Total White Black API AI/AN
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   16.9 0.1 16.4 0.1 23.5 0.3 10.9 0.3 11.5 0.8
Age, not age adjusted 0-17 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
18-44 1.4 0.0 1.4 0.0 1.9 0.1 1.1 0.1 DSU DSU
45-64 18.1 0.2 17.0 0.2 29.1 0.6 11.1 0.6 14.0 1.4
65 and over 100.6 0.5 100.1 0.5 125.1 2.0 59.9 2.1 59.8 5.1
Gender Female 14.4 0.1 13.9 0.1 19.8 0.3 9.6 0.4 10.2 1.0
Male 20.1 0.1 19.6 0.1 29.0 0.5 12.5 0.5 13.2 1.2
Geographic locationb Metropolitan 16.5 0.1 16.0 0.1 23.2 0.3 10.7 0.3 9.9 0.9
  Large central metropolitan 16.5 0.1 15.6 0.2 23.3 0.4 11.5 0.4 9.1 1.5
  Large fringe metropolitan 16.7 0.2 16.4 0.2 23.6 0.7 8.7 0.6 DSU DSU
  Medium metropolitan 16.1 0.2 15.8 0.2 22.1 0.7 10.9 0.7 11.1 1.8
  Small metropolitan 17 0.2 16.6 0.2 24.6 1.1 9.9 1.9 12.4 2.4
Micropolitan 18.3 0.2 17.8 0.2 26.4 1.1 13.7 1.8 15.8 2.1
Noncore 18.9 0.3 18.6 0.3 25.1 1.3 DSU DSU 13.4 1.8

a. Estimates are age adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

b. For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

 

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