3-1.
Reduce the overall cancer death rate.
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3-1. | |
Reduce the overall cancer death rate. |
Target: 159.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 202.4 cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: 21 percent improvement.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Cancer Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
202.4 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
129.3 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
124.2 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
255.1 |
|
White |
199.3 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
123.7 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
206.6 |
|
Black or African American |
261.8 |
|
White |
203.0 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
169.2 |
|
Male |
252.4 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
137.8 |
|
High school graduate |
139.7 |
|
At least some college |
79.6 |
DNA = Data have not been analyzed. DNC = Data are not
collected. DSU = Data are statistically unreliable.
Note: Age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population.