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. 2007 Nov 27;19(3):227–256. doi: 10.1007/s10552-007-9088-3

Appendix 2 Age-adjusted mortality ratesa for major cancersb by race/ethnicity and sex, 1998–2002

Count Rate based on single race/ethnicity alone denominator Rate based on one or more race/ethnicities denominator
Rateb 95% CI Rateb 95% CI
LL UL LL UL
Asian Indian/Male
All Sites 852 82.8 75.7 90.5 72.1 66.0 78.8
Lung and bronchus 160 17.2 14.1 21.1 15.0 12.3 18.4
Prostate 62 10.6 7.8 14.2 9.1 6.7 12.2
Pancreas 53 5.8 4.1 8.3 5.1 3.6 7.2
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 54 5.3 3.6 7.7 4.6 3.1 6.7
Leukemia 73 4.8 3.3 7.1 4.2 2.9 6.1
Colon and rectum 48 4.1 2.6 6.3 3.6 2.3 5.4
Stomach 44 3.7 2.5 5.7 3.3 2.2 5.0
Urinary bladder 21 3.7 2.1 6.1 3.2 1.8 5.3
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 40 3.7 2.4 5.7 3.2 2.1 5.0
Esophagus 33 3.5 2.2 5.7 3.1 1.9 4.9
Brain and other nervous system 55 3.3 2.3 5.1 2.9 2.0 4.4
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 36 2.9 1.7 4.8 2.5 1.5 4.2
Myeloma 27 2.2 1.4 3.8 1.9 1.2 3.3
Asian Indian/Female
All Sites 821 67.4 62.2 73.1 58.7 54.2 63.6
Breast 178 11.2 9.4 13.5 9.9 8.3 11.8
Lung and bronchus 70 6.4 4.8 8.5 5.6 4.2 7.4
Colon and rectum 55 5.3 3.8 7.3 4.6 3.3 6.3
Ovary 66 5.0 3.7 6.8 4.3 3.2 5.9
Pancreas 37 3.5 2.4 5.2 3.1 2.1 4.5
Leukemia 48 3.5 2.4 5.1 3.0 2.1 4.4
Esophagus 28 2.8 1.7 4.4 2.4 1.5 3.7
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 29 2.6 1.7 4.1 2.3 1.4 3.5
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 29 2.6 1.7 4.0 2.3 1.5 3.5
Stomach 24 2.4 1.4 4.0 2.1 1.2 3.4
Brain and other nervous system 29 2.4 1.5 3.8 2.1 1.3 3.3
Cervix Uteri 28 2.2 1.4 3.6 1.9 1.2 3.1
Myeloma 25 2.1 1.3 3.4 1.8 1.1 2.9
Corpus and uterus, NOS 22 1.6 1.0 2.7 1.4 0.8 2.4
Gallbladder 20 1.5 0.9 2.6 1.3 0.8 2.3
Chinese/Male
All Sites 5,807 167.8 163.4 172.4 156.2 152.0 160.4
Lung and bronchus 1,603 47.0 44.7 49.5 43.9 41.7 46.2
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 761 20.3 18.8 21.9 18.8 17.4 20.2
Colon and rectum 657 19.5 18.0 21.2 18.2 16.8 19.7
Stomach 404 11.7 10.5 12.9 10.9 9.8 12.1
Prostate 292 10.4 9.2 11.7 9.8 8.7 11.0
Pancreas 291 8.5 7.5 9.6 7.9 7.0 9.0
Leukemia 216 6.1 5.3 7.1 5.7 4.9 6.5
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 205 6.0 5.2 6.9 5.6 4.8 6.4
Nasopharynx 192 4.5 3.9 5.2 4.1 3.5 4.7
Esophagus 134 3.8 3.1 4.5 3.5 2.9 4.2
Urinary bladder 109 3.6 3.0 4.4 3.4 2.8 4.2
Kidney and renal pelvis 102 2.9 2.3 3.5 2.7 2.2 3.3
Brain and other nervous system 94 2.5 2.0 3.1 2.3 1.8 2.8
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 65 1.8 1.4 2.4 1.7 1.3 2.2
Myeloma 58 1.7 1.3 2.2 1.6 1.2 2.1
Larynx 33 0.9 0.6 1.3 0.9 0.6 1.2
Gallbladder 24 0.7 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.4 1.0
Melanoma of the skin 21 0.6 0.3 0.9 0.5 0.3 0.8
Chinese/Female
All Sites 4,537 107.7 104.5 110.9 99.6 96.6 102.5
Lung and bronchus 984 23.8 22.4 25.4 22.1 20.8 23.6
Colon and rectum 524 12.8 11.7 13.9 11.9 10.9 12.9
Breast 564 12.3 11.3 13.4 11.3 10.4 12.3
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 308 7.4 6.5 8.2 6.8 6.1 7.6
Stomach 305 7.3 6.5 8.2 6.8 6.1 7.6
Pancreas 273 6.7 6.0 7.6 6.3 5.6 7.1
Ovary 229 5.2 4.6 6.0 4.8 4.2 5.5
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 172 4.1 3.5 4.8 3.8 3.2 4.4
Leukemia 132 3.1 2.6 3.7 2.8 2.4 3.4
Cervix Uteri 93 2.2 1.8 2.7 2.0 1.6 2.5
Corpus and uterus, NOS 89 2.1 1.6 2.5 1.9 1.5 2.3
Brain and other nervous system 81 1.8 1.4 2.3 1.6 1.3 2.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 63 1.6 1.2 2.0 1.5 1.1 1.9
Nasopharynx 65 1.4 1.1 1.8 1.3 1.0 1.7
Myeloma 49 1.2 0.9 1.6 1.2 0.9 1.5
Esophagus 45 1.1 0.8 1.5 1.0 0.7 1.4
Urinary bladder 38 1.0 0.7 1.4 0.9 0.7 1.3
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 34 0.8 0.6 1.1 0.8 0.5 1.1
Gallbladder 28 0.7 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.4 1.0
Thyroid 20 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.8
Filipino/Male
All Sites 3,890 155.6 150.6 160.8 142.3 137.7 147.0
Lung and bronchus 1,200 47.9 45.1 50.8 43.8 41.3 46.5
Prostate 377 17.8 16.1 19.8 16.6 14.9 18.3
Colon and rectum 411 16.1 14.6 17.8 14.8 13.3 16.3
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 304 11.3 10.1 12.7 10.3 9.1 11.6
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 226 9.1 7.9 10.4 8.3 7.2 9.5
Pancreas 171 7.0 6.0 8.2 6.5 5.5 7.5
Leukemia 155 5.7 4.8 6.7 5.1 4.3 6.0
Stomach 123 4.9 4.1 5.9 4.5 3.7 5.4
Myeloma 77 3.2 2.5 4.0 2.9 2.3 3.7
Kidney and renal pelvis 80 3.0 2.3 3.7 2.7 2.1 3.4
Brain and other nervous system 74 2.7 2.1 3.4 2.4 1.9 3.1
Esophagus 66 2.6 2.0 3.3 2.4 1.8 3.0
Urinary bladder 43 2.0 1.4 2.7 1.9 1.3 2.5
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 46 1.8 1.3 2.5 1.7 1.2 2.3
Nasopharynx 45 1.5 1.1 2.1 1.4 1.0 1.9
Larynx 20 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.2
Thyroid 21 0.8 0.5 1.3 0.8 0.5 1.2
Gallbladder 18 0.7 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.4 1.1
Filipino/Female
All Sites 3,429 96.1 92.8 99.5 88.4 85.3 91.5
Breast 693 17.2 15.9 18.6 15.7 14.5 17.0
Lung and bronchus 592 17.2 15.8 18.7 15.9 14.6 17.3
Colon and rectum 314 9.0 8.0 10.1 8.3 7.3 9.3
Pancreas 207 6.3 5.4 7.2 5.8 5.0 6.7
Ovary 212 5.6 4.9 6.5 5.2 4.5 6.0
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 143 4.4 3.7 5.3 4.1 3.4 4.9
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 127 3.9 3.3 4.7 3.7 3.0 4.4
Stomach 101 3.2 2.6 3.9 2.9 2.4 3.6
Leukemia 112 3.1 2.5 3.8 2.8 2.3 3.4
Cervix Uteri 113 2.8 2.3 3.5 2.6 2.1 3.2
Corpus and uterus, NOS 106 2.8 2.3 3.4 2.5 2.1 3.1
Myeloma 80 2.4 1.9 3.0 2.2 1.8 2.8
Kidney and renal pelvis 52 1.4 1.1 1.9 1.3 1.0 1.8
Brain and other nervous system 50 1.4 1.0 1.9 1.2 0.9 1.7
Thyroid 41 1.2 0.8 1.6 1.1 0.8 1.5
Urinary bladder 20 0.7 0.4 1.1 0.6 0.4 1.0
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 22 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.0
Gallbladder 21 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.4 1.0
Esophagus 21 0.6 0.4 1.0 0.6 0.3 0.9
Nasopharynx 17 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.7
Guamanian/Male
All Sites 60 147.0 106.5 201.8 111.8 81.6 152.4
Lung and bronchus 23 47.4 28.4 81.0 37.4 22.7 62.8
Guamanian/Female
All Sites 48 98.5 69.5 138.8 73.4 52.4 101.9
Native Hawaiian/Malec
All Sites 790 _ _ _ 263.7 243.7 285.4
Lung and bronchus 257 _ _ _ 87.7 76.4 100.7
Colon and rectum 81 _ _ _ 26.9 20.8 34.9
Prostate 48 _ _ _ 21.9 15.7 30.1
Stomach 44 _ _ _ 14.1 9.9 20.2
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 38 _ _ _ 11.8 7.9 17.7
Pancreas 38 _ _ _ 11.4 7.8 16.9
Leukemia 29 _ _ _ 9.0 5.6 14.3
Esophagus 27 _ _ _ 8.4 5.4 13.4
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 26 _ _ _ 8.0 4.9 13.2
Myeloma 18 _ _ _ 5.2 3.0 9.5
Brain and other nervous system 16 _ _ _ 3.9 2.1 7.8
Native Hawaiian/Femalec
All Sites 738 _ _ _ 198.9 184.4 214.4
Lung and bronchus 173 _ _ _ 47.6 40.6 55.6
Breast 132 _ _ _ 33.5 27.9 40.1
Pancreas 61 _ _ _ 16.8 12.7 21.8
Colon and rectum 48 _ _ _ 13.1 9.5 17.7
Stomach 36 _ _ _ 10.3 7.1 14.6
Ovary 30 _ _ _ 8.4 5.6 12.3
Corpus and uterus, NOS 26 _ _ _ 6.7 4.3 10.2
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 24 _ _ _ 6.6 4.2 10.2
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 22 _ _ _ 6.4 3.9 10.0
Myeloma 18 _ _ _ 5.2 3.1 8.5
Cervix Uteri 21 _ _ _ 5.2 3.2 8.3
Leukemia 18 _ _ _ 4.6 2.7 7.7
Japanese/Male
All Sites 3,327 173.7 167.7 179.9 162.7 157.1 168.4
Lung and bronchus 777 39.5 36.7 42.5 37.3 34.7 40.0
Colon and rectum 497 25.8 23.6 28.3 24.2 22.1 26.5
Stomach 315 16.6 14.8 18.7 15.6 13.9 17.5
Prostate 284 15.2 13.5 17.3 14.6 12.9 16.5
Pancreas 234 12.2 10.6 14.0 11.5 10.0 13.1
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 170 9.1 7.8 10.8 8.5 7.2 9.9
Esophagus 142 7.8 6.6 9.3 7.2 6.1 8.5
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 146 7.5 6.3 8.9 7.0 5.9 8.3
Leukemia 111 5.9 4.9 7.3 5.4 4.4 6.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 89 4.7 3.8 5.9 4.3 3.5 5.4
Urinary bladder 88 4.6 3.6 5.8 4.3 3.5 5.4
Brain and other nervous system 45 2.6 1.9 3.7 2.2 1.6 2.9
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 37 1.9 1.4 2.9 1.8 1.3 2.5
Myeloma 30 1.4 1.0 2.2 1.4 0.9 2.0
Japanese/Female
All Sites 3,276 117.0 112.9 121.4 109.2 105.4 113.2
Lung and bronchus 585 19.7 18.1 21.5 18.6 17.1 20.3
Colon and rectum 421 15.3 13.8 17.0 14.4 13.0 15.9
Breast 385 15.1 13.6 16.9 13.9 12.5 15.4
Pancreas 314 10.6 9.4 12.1 10.1 9.0 11.3
Stomach 289 10.2 9.0 11.6 9.6 8.5 10.8
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 196 6.5 5.6 7.7 6.1 5.2 7.0
Ovary 134 5.1 4.2 6.2 4.7 3.9 5.6
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 143 5.0 4.2 6.1 4.7 4.0 5.6
Leukemia 104 4.0 3.2 5.1 3.6 3.0 4.4
Corpus and uterus, NOS 83 3.1 2.5 4.1 2.9 2.3 3.6
Cervix Uteri 40 1.7 1.2 2.5 1.5 1.1 2.1
Myeloma 47 1.6 1.2 2.3 1.5 1.1 2.0
Urinary bladder 42 1.4 1.0 2.2 1.4 1.0 1.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 37 1.3 0.9 2.1 1.2 0.9 1.8
Brain and other nervous system 28 1.2 0.8 2.0 1.0 0.7 1.5
Esophagus 33 1.1 0.8 1.8 1.1 0.7 1.6
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 25 0.9 0.6 1.6 0.9 0.6 1.3
Gallbladder 23 0.8 0.5 1.4 0.7 0.5 1.1
Korean/Male
All Sites 1,762 196.5 186.2 207.4 188.6 178.6 199.0
Lung and bronchus 415 50.6 45.3 56.5 48.6 43.6 54.3
Stomach 302 31.5 27.5 36.0 30.2 26.4 34.6
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 288 26.3 23.0 30.2 25.2 22.0 28.9
Colon and rectum 151 17.6 14.6 21.3 16.9 14.0 20.5
Pancreas 105 11.4 9.1 14.3 11.0 8.8 13.8
Prostate 43 6.8 4.7 9.5 6.5 4.6 9.2
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 53 6.2 4.4 8.5 5.9 4.2 8.2
Leukemia 58 5.5 4.0 7.5 5.2 3.8 7.2
Urinary bladder 30 4.1 2.6 6.2 3.9 2.5 6.0
Esophagus 34 3.7 2.4 5.7 3.6 2.3 5.5
Gallbladder 20 3.1 1.8 5.2 3.0 1.7 5.0
Kidney and renal pelvis 28 3.0 1.9 4.7 2.9 1.9 4.5
Brain and other nervous system 27 2.0 1.3 3.4 1.9 1.2 3.3
Korean/Female
All Sites 1,561 108.2 102.6 114.1 104.2 98.8 109.9
Lung and bronchus 276 20.7 18.2 23.4 20.0 17.6 22.6
Stomach 211 14.5 12.5 16.8 14.0 12.1 16.2
Colon and rectum 171 12.1 10.3 14.2 11.7 9.9 13.7
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 169 11.7 9.9 13.7 11.3 9.6 13.2
Breast 144 7.8 6.5 9.3 7.5 6.3 8.9
Pancreas 97 7.5 6.1 9.3 7.3 5.9 9.0
Ovary 71 4.5 3.5 5.8 4.3 3.3 5.6
Cervix Uteri 53 3.1 2.3 4.2 3.0 2.2 4.0
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 39 2.9 2.1 4.1 2.8 2.0 4.0
Leukemia 43 2.6 1.8 3.6 2.5 1.7 3.5
Gallbladder 27 2.2 1.4 3.3 2.1 1.4 3.2
Corpus and uterus, NOS 26 1.7 1.1 2.6 1.6 1.0 2.5
Kidney and renal pelvis 20 1.7 1.0 2.6 1.6 1.0 2.5
Brain and other nervous system 23 1.5 0.9 2.3 1.4 0.9 2.2
Myeloma 18 1.4 0.8 2.3 1.4 0.8 2.2
Samoan/Male
All Sites 193 293.9 247.6 348.6 240.0 202.5 284.1
Lung and bronchus 54 74.0 53.6 102.9 61.2 44.4 84.6
Stomach 22 40.9 24.1 67.6 33.6 19.9 55.0
Prostate 14 36.2 18.9 64.4 29.2 15.3 51.5
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 22 32.9 19.3 56.1 26.8 15.8 44.9
Colon and rectum 19 31.6 17.2 56.0 25.2 13.9 44.1
Samoan/Female
All Sites 172 209.3 176.5 248.2 170.7 144.0 202.1
Lung and bronchus 29 42.0 27.1 63.7 34.1 22.2 51.4
Breast 32 36.2 24.0 54.9 29.7 19.7 44.7
Vietnamese/Male
All Sites 1,398 159.9 149.9 170.7 150.6 141.1 160.7
Lung and bronchus 368 43.9 38.7 49.9 41.4 36.5 46.9
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 335 33.8 29.6 38.8 31.9 27.9 36.6
Stomach 95 12.7 9.8 16.4 11.9 9.2 15.4
Pancreas 76 8.9 6.6 11.9 8.4 6.3 11.2
Colon and rectum 84 8.8 6.6 11.7 8.3 6.3 11.0
Leukemia 58 7.2 5.1 10.1 6.7 4.8 9.4
Prostate 30 6.7 4.3 10.0 6.2 4.0 9.4
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 53 5.2 3.6 7.5 4.9 3.4 7.1
Oral cavity (excl nasopharynx) 30 3.6 2.2 5.9 3.4 2.0 5.5
Brain and other nervous system 31 2.9 1.7 4.9 2.7 1.6 4.6
Kidney and renal pelvis 18 2.6 1.3 4.8 2.4 1.3 4.5
Esophagus 19 2.6 1.4 4.7 2.4 1.3 4.4
Urinary bladder 18 2.0 1.1 3.8 1.9 1.1 3.6
Nasopharynx 22 1.7 1.0 3.3 1.6 0.9 3.1
Vietnamese/Female
All Sites 992 97.8 91.2 104.9 92.0 85.8 98.6
Lung and bronchus 181 20.2 17.1 23.7 19.0 16.1 22.3
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 102 10.9 8.8 13.6 10.3 8.2 12.8
Breast 102 7.6 6.1 9.5 7.2 5.7 9.0
Colon and rectum 73 7.4 5.6 9.7 7.0 5.3 9.1
Stomach 72 7.0 5.3 9.2 6.6 5.0 8.7
Pancreas 62 6.2 4.7 8.3 5.9 4.4 7.8
Ovary 54 4.5 3.3 6.2 4.3 3.1 5.9
Cervix Uteri 52 4.4 3.2 6.1 4.2 3.0 5.8
Leukemia 51 4.2 3.0 5.8 3.9 2.8 5.4
Lymphoma–Non-Hodgkin 34 4.0 2.7 5.9 3.8 2.6 5.5
Myeloma 13 1.6 0.8 3.0 1.5 0.8 2.8
Brain and other nervous system 17 1.5 0.8 2.6 1.4 0.8 2.4
Corpus and uterus, NOS 17 1.4 0.8 2.6 1.4 0.8 2.4
Non − HispanicWhite/Mend
All Sites 349,031 241.3 240.5 242.1
Lung and bronchus 106,623 72.2 71.8 72.7
Prostate 37,137 27.7 27.4 28.0
Colon and rectum 35,261 24.6 24.3 24.8
Pancreas 18,399 12.6 12.4 12.8
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 15,368 10.6 10.5 10.8
Leukemia 15,119 10.6 10.4 10.8
Urinary bladder 11,682 8.4 8.2 8.6
Esophagus 11,536 7.7 7.6 7.9
Brain and other nervous system 9,477 6.3 6.2 6.4
Kidney and renal pelvis 9,135 6.2 6.1 6.3
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 9,091 6.1 6.0 6.3
Stomach 8,395 5.8 5.7 5.9
Melanoma of the skin 6,998 4.7 4.6 4.8
Myeloma 6,454 4.5 4.4 4.6
Oral cavity a(excluding Nasopharynx) 5,605 3.7 3.6 3.8
Larynx 3,316 2.2 2.2 2.3
Lymphoma—Hodgkin 936 0.6 0.6 0.7
Gallbladder 683 0.5 0.4 0.5
Thyroid 673 0.5 0.4 0.5
Breast 504 0.3 0.3 0.4
Testis 475 0.3 0.3 0.4
Nasopharynx 383 0.3 0.2 0.3
Non − HispanicWhite/Womend
All Sites 341,117 171.7 171.1 172.2
Lung and bronchus 87,084 44.5 44.2 44.8
Breast 53,534 27.8 27.5 28.0
Colon and rectum 36,430 17.3 17.1 17.5
Ovary 18,962 9.8 9.6 9.9
Pancreas 19,471 9.5 9.4 9.6
Lymphoma—Non-Hodgkin 14,024 6.8 6.7 7.0
Leukemia 12,132 6.0 5.9 6.1
Corpus and uterus, NOS 8,368 4.2 4.1 4.3
Brain and other nervous system 7,602 4.2 4.1 4.3
Myeloma 5,948 2.9 2.8 3.0
Stomach 5,930 2.8 2.8 2.9
Kidney and renal pelvis 5,611 2.8 2.7 2.9
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct 5,546 2.7 2.7 2.8
Urinary bladder 5,228 2.4 2.3 2.5
Cervix Uteri 4,206 2.4 2.3 2.5
Melanoma of the skin 4,075 2.2 2.1 2.2
Corpus Uteri 3,822 1.9 1.9 2.0
Esophagus 3,766 1.8 1.8 1.9
Oral cavity a(excluding Nasopharynx) 3,142 1.6 1.5 1.6
Gallbladder 1,675 0.8 0.8 0.9
Larynx 992 0.5 0.5 0.6
Lymphoma—Hodgkin 800 0.5 0.4 0.5
Thyroid 917 0.5 0.4 0.5
Nasopharynx 245 0.1 0.1 0.1

aRates are average annual per 100,000 age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population for the following States: CA, HI, IL, NJ, NY, TX, and WA

bCancers are sorted in descending order of the rate within each race/ethnic and sex group

cRates for Native Hawaiians are calculated using only the one or more race/ethnicities population denominator (See Materials and methods)

dRates for Non-Hispanic Whites are calculated using the bridged single-race population denominator (See Materials and methods)