Table 1. Observed Cancer Deaths (All Sites Combined) and Percentage Change From Population Risk, Growth, and Aging by Sex and Race, 1975–2009.
| Death Year | Male |
Female |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Risk | Growth | Aging | Total | Risk | Growth | Aging | |
| White | ||||||||
| 1975 | 175,299 | NA | NA | NA | 148,711 | NA | NA | NA |
| 1980 | 198,189 | 5,994 | 7,635 | 9,261 | 169,970 | 5,486 | 6,781 | 8,993 |
| 1990 | 232,617 | 7,602 | 22,391 | 27,325 | 208,986 | 14,315 | 18,864 | 27,096 |
| 2000 | 247,396 | −14,631 | 39,464 | 47,265 | 232,608 | 7,558 | 34,396 | 41,943 |
| 2009 | 255,040 | −37,613 | 47,063 | 70,292 | 231,947 | −11,284 | 41,053 | 53,467 |
| % Change 1975–2009 | 45.5 | −21.5 | 26.8 | 40.1 | 56.0 | −7.6 | 27.6 | 36.0 |
| Black | ||||||||
| 1975 | 21,884 | NA | NA | NA | 15,747 | NA | NA | NA |
| 1980 | 25,855 | 1,841 | 2,024 | 106 | 19,173 | 1,193 | 1,562 | 671 |
| 1990 | 31,993 | 4,053 | 6,325 | −269 | 25,082 | 2,524 | 4,554 | 2,258 |
| 2000 | 32,815 | −592 | 10,615 | 908 | 29,127 | 1,072 | 8,228 | 4,080 |
| 2009 | 33,441 | −4,666 | 11,749 | 4,474 | 31,204 | −1,123 | 9,573 | 7,007 |
| % Change 1975–2009 | 52.8 | −21.3 | 53.7 | 20.4 | 98.2 | −7.1 | 60.8 | 44.5 |
Abbreviations: NA, not applicable.