Table 3.
Proportion of deaths by selected cancer type, 1990–2000
| Hispanic |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuban | Mexican | Puerto Rican |
Other Hispanic |
White non- Hispanic |
|
| Men | |||||
| Total number of decedents, n | 10,075 | 373 | 1,745 | 2502 | 183,474 |
| Lung | 30.1 | 23.6 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 34.2 |
| Prostate | 13.3 | 8.6 | 11.7 | 15.3 | 11.8 |
| Colorectal | 10.7 | 10.2 | 12.1 | 9.3 | 10 |
| Pancreas | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 3.5 | 4.8 | 6.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 |
| Bladder | 3.5 | 1.3 | 1.9 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Stomach | 2.9 | 4.8 | 6 | 5.7 | 2.5 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
| Lip, oral cavity and pharynx | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 2 |
| Kidney-renal | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| All other cancers | 24.3 | 33.8 | 27.7 | 26.7 | 25 |
| Women | |||||
| Total number of decedents, n | 7,832 | 263 | 1,473 | 2,461 | 156,515 |
| Breast | 18.8 | 20.5 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 15.5 |
| Colorectal | 15.1 | 7.2 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 10.9 |
| Lung | 13.4 | 8.7 | 13.3 | 11.9 | 28.1 |
| Pancreas | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.4 | 5.6 |
| Ovary | 5.6 | 4.6 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 5.4 |
| Liver and intrahepatic bile duct | 3.4 | 5.7 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 1.4 |
| Brain and other nervous system | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| Stomach | 2.6 | 5.3 | 5 | 4.9 | 1.8 |
| Cervix | 1.6 | 9.1 | 3.1 | 4.3 | naa |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 1.2 | 3.8 | naa | naa | 1.4 |
| Bladder | naa | naa | naa | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| All other cancers | 29.4 | 26.6 | 29.5 | 31.1 | 26.1 |
a
“na” indicates not available. In this table, we list the top 10 cancers in each ethnic group. If that particular cancer was not one of the top 10 cancers it was not listed and thus is included in the proportion for “all other cancers” category. For example, deaths due to cancer of the cervix were not in the top 10 for the White non-Hispanic group, thus the cell contains “na” and the proportion of cancer deaths due to cancer of the cervix is included within the “all other cancers” category