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Table 2 Cancer mortality in Ohio, 1997–2001, by gender and race

From: Long-term all-sites cancer mortality time trends in Ohio, USA, 1970–2001: differences by race, gender and age

Cancer site

Rate#

No of deaths

%

Cancer site

Rate#

No of deaths

%

 

Male – White

 

Male – Black

All sites

152.1

56,924

100

All sites

212.8

7,057

100

Lung

52.3

18,996

33.4

Lung

70.9

2,306

32.7

Colon and Rectum

15.4

5,897

10.4

Prostate

31.1

1,130

16.0

Prostate

12.4

5,628

9.9

Colon and Rectum

21.0

705

10.0

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

7.0

2,642

4.6

Pancreas

10.0

328

4.6

Pancreas

7.0

2,569

4.5

Esophagus

7.7

233

3.3

Leukemia

6.3

2,302

4.0

Stomach

6.8

230

3.3

Esophagus

5.4

1,913

3.4

Liver

6.8

218

3.1

Urinary Bladder

4.4

1,810

3.2

Leukemia

6.1

203

2.9

Kidney

4.2

1,495

2.6

Myeloma

5.9

199

2.8

Brain

4.4

1,395

2.5

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

5.0

168

2.4

 

Female – White

 

Female – Black

All sites

107.2

53,996

100

All sites

132.2

6,325

100

Lung

28.1

13,274

24.6

Lung

33.3

1,524

24.1

Breast

18.2

8,520

15.8

Breast

25.3

1,134

17.9

Colon and Rectum

10.7

6,236

11.5

Colon and Rectum

14.5

759

12.0

Ovary

5.8

2,747

5.1

Pancreas

7.8

401

6.3

Pancreas

4.8

2,706

5.0

Ovary

4.0

195

3.1

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma

4.5

2,541

4.7

Myeloma

3.6

191

3.0

Leukemia

3.7

1,977

3.7

Corpus and Uterus, NOS

3.7

179

2.8

Corpus and Uterus, NOS

2.7

1,379

2.6

Leukemia

3.8

178

2.8

Brain

2.8

1,093

2.0

Stomach

3.0

173

2.7

Kidney

2.0

1,008

1.9

Cervix Uteri

3.2

152

2.4

  1. # – Age-adjusted mortality rate (World Standard Population)