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1999 Cancer Mortality Rates by Race and Sex
per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | White Males | White Females | Minority Males | Minority Females | Total | |||||
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| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| Oral Cavity | 78 | 2.8 | 69 | 1.8 | 47 | 7.5 | 15 | 1.8 | 209 | 2.7 |
| Esophagus | 170 | 6.1 | 48 | 1.3 | 61 | 10.8 | 27 | 3.3 | 306 | 3.9 |
| Stomach | 116 | 4.4 | 83 | 2.2 | 85 | 17.4 | 60 | 7.2 | 344 | 4.5 |
| Colon/Rectum | 588 | 22.8 | 558 | 14.6 | 153 | 30.9 | 209 | 25.1 | 1,508 | 19.8 |
| Liver | 131 | 4.8 | 83 | 2.2 | 34 | 6.4 | 18 | 2.2 | 266 | 3.4 |
| Gallbladder | 12 | 0.4 | 23 | 0.6 | 6 | 1.2 | 11 | 1.3 | 52 | 0.7 |
| Pancreas | 308 | 11.8 | 304 | 8.1 | 87 | 16.1 | 101 | 12.2 | 800 | 10.4 |
| Larynx | 71 | 2.7 | 22 | 0.6 | 29 | 5.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 124 | 1.6 |
| Lung/Bronchus | 2,339 | 86.9 | 1,489 | 40.4 | 567 | 109.4 | 269 | 32.5 | 4,664 | 59.8 |
| Bone | 11 | 0.5 | 9 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.8 | 4 | 0.5 | 27 | 0.4 |
| Soft Tissue | 45 | 1.7 | 36 | 1.0 | 13 | 1.7 | 16 | 1.9 | 110 | 1.4 |
| Melanoma(Skin) | 146 | 5.2 | 62 | 1.7 | 2 | 0.3 | 2 | 0.2 | 212 | 2.7 |
| Female Breast | . | . | 856 | 23.9 | . | . | 306 | 35.9 | 1,162 | 26.4 |
| Cervix Uteri | . | . | 84 | 2.5 | . | . | 55 | 6.5 | 139 | 3.2 |
| Corpus Uteri | . | . | 116 | 3.1 | . | . | 51 | 6.0 | 167 | 3.6 |
| Ovary | . | . | 335 | 9.1 | . | . | 65 | 7.8 | 400 | 8.9 |
| Prostate | 606 | 27.7 | . | . | 302 | 73.6 | . | . | 908 | 34.7 |
| Testes | 12 | 0.4 | . | . | . | . | . | . | 12 | 0.3 |
| Bladder | 174 | 7.5 | 93 | 2.4 | 33 | 7.1 | 18 | 2.2 | 318 | 4.2 |
| Kidney | 174 | 6.5 | 106 | 2.9 | 38 | 6.5 | 24 | 2.9 | 342 | 4.4 |
| Endocrine | 22 | 0.8 | 16 | 0.5 | 7 | 1.0 | 6 | 0.7 | 51 | 0.7 |
| Multiple Myeloma | 114 | 4.7 | 109 | 2.9 | 65 | 13.5 | 47 | 5.8 | 335 | 4.4 |
| Leukemia | 248 | 9.7 | 221 | 6.0 | 46 | 8.0 | 57 | 6.7 | 572 | 7.5 |
| Brain/Other CNS | 180 | 6.6 | 151 | 4.4 | 18 | 2.4 | 22 | 2.5 | 371 | 4.8 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 13 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.4 | 1 | 0.1 | 3 | 0.3 | 30 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 277 | 10.7 | 247 | 6.5 | 38 | 7.0 | 35 | 4.2 | 597 | 7.8 |
| Other Cancers | 697 | 27.5 | 650 | 17.5 | 217 | 40.8 | 162 | 19.5 | 1,726 | 22.6 |
| All Cancers | 6,532 | 252.8 | 5,783 | 156.9 | 1,852 | 367.8 | 1,585 | 189.3 | 15,752 | 204.6 |
Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 8/2002
Numbers are subject to change as files are updated
Rates based on counts of less than 10 are unstable.
Use with caution.
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