TABLE 6.
Sex, Race, and Ethnicityb | Deaths by Race, %c | Deaths by Sex, %c | Median Age at Death, y | Total No. of PYLLd | PYLL by Race, %d | PYLL by Sex, %d | Average PYLL Deathd |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 100 | 65 | 379,464 | 100 | 19 | ||
Men | 73 | 63 | 270,741 | 74 | 19 | ||
Women | 27 | 72 | 93,294 | 26 | 17 | ||
Non-Hispanic, white | 53 | 66 | 192,278 | 51 | 18 | ||
Men | 73 | 64 | 137,046 | 74 | 18 | ||
Women | 27 | 73 | 47,180 | 26 | 17 | ||
Non-Hispanic, black | 13 | 61 | 55,030 | 15 | 22 | ||
Men | 76 | 60 | 40,038 | 76 | 21 | ||
Women | 24 | 64 | 12,733 | 24 | 21 | ||
Non-Hispanic, API | 15 | 68 | 56,248 | 15 | 18 | ||
Men | 69 | 65 | 39,543 | 73 | 19 | ||
Women | 31 | 75 | 14,570 | 27 | 16 | ||
Hispanic | 18 | 64 | 70,588 | 19 | 20 | ||
Men | 73 | 62 | 50,486 | 74 | 20 | ||
Women | 27 | 71 | 17,308 | 26 | 18 |
Abbreviations: API, Asian/Pacific Islander; PYLL, person-years of life lost.
Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-18 areas covering about 28% of the US population (10 state registries [Connecticut, Georgia, Greater California, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Utah], 3 Native American registries [the Alaska Native Tumor Registry, Arizona Indians, and the Cherokee Nation Cancer Registry], and 5 metropolitan area registries [metropolitan Atlanta and rural Georgia, San Francisco-Oakland and San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Detroit, and Seattle-Puget Sound]).
The table excludes individuals of unknown Hispanic and Hispanic other/unknown race.
Values indicate incidence-based mortality.
PYLL and average PYLL estimates are 5-year totals estimated by using overall, male, and female all-races life tables.