3-2.
Reduce the lung cancer death rate.
3-2. | |
Reduce the lung cancer death rate. |
Target: 44.9 deaths per 100,000 population.
Baseline: 57.6 lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: 22 percent improvement.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Total Population, 1998 |
Lung Cancer Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
57.6 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
38.2 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
29.3 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
66.7 |
|
White |
57.5 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
22.7 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
59.6 |
|
Black or African American |
68.6 |
|
White |
59.6 |
|
Gender |
|
|
Female |
41.5 |
|
Male |
79.9 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
49.0 |
|
High school graduate |
41.8 |
|
At least some college |
17.6 |
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.