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2001 Cancer Mortality Rates by Race
per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | All Whites | All Minorities | Total | |||
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| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| Oral Cavity | 142 | 2.2 | 57 | 3.7 | 199 | 2.5 |
| Esophagus | 239 | 3.7 | 85 | 5.6 | 324 | 4.1 |
| Stomach | 204 | 3.2 | 128 | 8.8 | 332 | 4.2 |
| Colon/Rectum | 1,157 | 18.1 | 375 | 25.6 | 1,532 | 19.5 |
| Liver | 245 | 3.8 | 82 | 5.3 | 327 | 4.1 |
| Gallbladder | 33 | 0.5 | 12 | 0.8 | 45 | 0.6 |
| Pancreas | 676 | 10.5 | 181 | 12.7 | 857 | 10.9 |
| Larynx | 65 | 1.0 | 46 | 3.0 | 111 | 1.4 |
| Lung/Bronchus | 4,000 | 61.5 | 895 | 60.6 | 4,895 | 61.5 |
| Bone | 27 | 0.4 | 6 | 0.3 | 33 | 0.4 |
| Soft Tissue | 84 | 1.3 | 22 | 1.3 | 106 | 1.3 |
| Melanoma (Skin) | 232 | 3.6 | 9 | 0.6 | 241 | 3.0 |
| Female Breast | 851 | 23.4 | 303 | 32.6 | 1,154 | 25.5 |
| Cervix Uteri | 88 | 2.5 | 37 | 3.9 | 125 | 2.8 |
| Corpus Uteri | 134 | 3.6 | 58 | 6.7 | 192 | 4.2 |
| Ovary | 314 | 8.5 | 68 | 7.6 | 382 | 8.4 |
| Prostate | 569 | 24.8 | 344 | 76.5 | 913 | 33.1 |
| Testes | 10 | 0.3 | 3 | 0.4 | 13 | 0.3 |
| Bladder | 237 | 3.7 | 48 | 3.4 | 285 | 3.7 |
| Kidney | 312 | 4.8 | 66 | 4.4 | 378 | 4.8 |
| Endocrine | 44 | 0.7 | 9 | 0.5 | 53 | 0.7 |
| Multiple Myeloma | 238 | 3.7 | 111 | 7.9 | 349 | 4.5 |
| Leukemia | 493 | 7.7 | 90 | 5.8 | 583 | 7.4 |
| Brain/Other CNS | 305 | 4.7 | 40 | 2.4 | 345 | 4.3 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 24 | 0.4 | 8 | 0.5 | 32 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 530 | 8.3 | 79 | 5.2 | 609 | 7.7 |
| Other Cancers | 1,286 | 20.1 | 346 | 23.7 | 1,632 | 20.8 |
| All Cancers | 12,539 | 194.6 | 3,508 | 238.3 | 16,047 | 203.1 |
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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