3-4.
Reduce the death rate from cancer of the uterine cervix.
| | |
3-4. | |
Reduce the death rate from cancer of the uterine cervix. |
Target: 2.0 deaths per 100,000 females.
Baseline: 3.0 cervical cancer deaths per 100,000 females occurred in 1998 (age adjusted to the year 2000 standard population).
Target setting method: Better than the best.
Data source: National Vital Statistics System (NVSS), CDC, NCHS.
|
Females, 1998 |
Cervical Cancer Deaths |
|
Rate per 100,000 |
|
|
TOTAL |
3.0 |
|
Race and ethnicity |
|
|
American Indian or Alaska Native |
2.5 |
|
Asian or Pacific Islander |
3.3 |
|
Asian |
DNC |
|
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander |
DNC |
|
Black or African American |
6.0 |
|
White |
2.7 |
|
|
|
|
Hispanic or Latino |
3.3 |
|
Not Hispanic or Latino |
3.0 |
|
Black or African American |
6.2 |
|
White |
2.6 |
|
Education level (aged 25 to 64 years) |
|
|
Less than high school |
7.2 |
|
High school graduate |
4.8 |
|
At least some college |
2.1 |
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.