North Carolina cancer mortality rates by race and ethnicity per 100,000 population, age-adjusted to the 2000 US Census [2006-2010]

2006-2010 NORTH CAROLINA CANCER MORTALITY RATES BY RACE AND ETHNICITY PER 100,000 POPULATION AGE-ADJUSTED TO THE 2000 CENSUS SITE Non-Hispanic Whites Non-Hispanic African Americans Non-Hispanic American Indians Non-Hispanic Other Races Hispanics All Races and Ethnicities Cases | Rate Cases Rate Cases | Rate Cases | Rate Cases I Rate Cases Rate Oral Cavity 875 2.3 319 3.6 14 3.1 11 2.1 6 0.5 1,225 2.5 Esophagus 1,492 3.9 409 4.7 11 2.5 9 1.7 14 1.8 1,935 3.9 Stomach 953 2.5 492 6.2 21 5.1 28 5.8 40 4.1 1,534 3.2 Colon & Rectum 5,574 14.8 1.808 22.4 53 11.8 42 8.2 67 7.6 7,544 15.8 Liver 1,802 4.7 548 6.0 30 6.1 56 9.5 44 4.7 2,480 5.1 Gallbladder 175 0.5 73 0.9 2 0.4 3 0.4 10 1.4 263 0.6 Pancreas 3,865 10.1 1,167 14.6 32 7.2 24 5.1 40 4.5 5,128 10.7 Larynx 416 1.1 189 2.2 3 0.7 3 0.8 1 0.2 612 1.2 Lung & Bronchus 21,869 57.3 4,580 55.2 238 53.1 99 19.5 147 17.4 26,933 56.0 Bone 159 0.5 30 0.3 1 0.2 4 0.6 9 0.2 203 0.4 Soft Tissue 477 1.3 117 1.3 1 0.2 9 1.4 12 0.7 616 1.3 Melanoma (Skin) 1,405 3.8 38 0.5 4 0.8 2 0.3 5 0.4 1,454 3.0 Female Breast 4,583 21.7 1,558 30.7 50 18.6 26 6.5 70 11.2 6,287 23.2 Cervix Uteri 346 1.8 188 3.7 7 2.8 13 3.0 15 2.2 569 2.2 Corpus Uteri 717 3.3 379 7.8 10 4.7 8 2.2 9 1.6 1,123 4.1 Ovary 1,696 7.9 323 6.7 12 4.5 15 4.5 31 6.8 2,077 7.6 Prostate 2,890 20.4 1,454 59.9 43 30.4 11 8.9 35 11.8 4,433 25.6 Testes 51 0.3 7 0.2 1 0.4 0 0.0 8 0.3 67 0.3 Bladder 1,662 4.4 269 3.5 7 1.6 5 1.3 8 1.3 1,951 4.2 Kidney 1,587 4.2 327 4.0 25 5.3 8 1.5 20 2.1 1,967 4.1 Endocrine 272 0.8 75 0.9 2 0.3 5 1.0 4 0.3 358 0.8 Multiple Myeloma 1,270 3.4 542 6.9 12 3.0 8 1.9 13 1.9 1,845 3.9 Leukemia 2,632 7.1 475 5.9 21 4.6 24 3.3 79 5.8 3,231 6.9 Brain & Other CNS 1,669 4.5 226 2.5 20 4.2 16 2.0 39 2.3 1,970 4.1 Hodgkin Disease 163 0.5 30 0.3 0 0.0 1 0.2 4 0.3 198 0.4 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 2,419 6.5 354 4.2 16 4.1 13 2.7 36 3.8 2,838 6.0 Other Cancer 6,818 18.0 1,729 21.1 59 14.8 56 11.5 81 8.7 8,743 18.3 All Cancers 67,837 179.3 17,706 216.6 695 158.5 499 93.2 847 86.2 87,584 183.2 Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 01/2012. Rates based on counts less than 16 are unstable. Use with caution. Cases may not sum to totals due to unknown or other values. Rates are calculated using the bridged-race population estimates obtained from the National Center for Health Statistics available online at www. cdc.gov/nchs/nvss/bridged_race/data_documentation. htm#vintage2010.