Table 1.

Top 5 sites of cancer-related mortality – as a proportion of all cancer deaths – by Race/Ethnicity (2003–2011)

Males	NHW	Aggregate Asian	Asian Indian	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese
1	Lung 31.0%	Lung 26.8%	Lung 19.0%	Lung 28.13%	Lung 30.7%	Lung 23.9%	Lung 22.8%	Lung 28.1%
2	Prostate 9.2%	Colorectal 10.5%	Colorectal 8.3%	Liver 11.7%	Colorectal 10.8%	Colorectal 13.1%	Stomach 14.6%	Liver 22.3%
3	Colorectal 9.1%	Liver 10.3%	Prostate 8.1%	Colorectal 10.4%	Prostate 8.9%	Prostate 8.9%	Liver 12.9%	Colorectal 7.9%
4	Pancreas 5.8%	Pancreas 6.3%	Pancreas 7.0%	Stomach 6.5%	Liver 7.6%	Stomach 8.8%	Colorectal 11.0%	Stomach 6.5%
5	Leukemia 4.4%	Prostate 6.3%	Leukemia 6.3%	Pancreas 5.9%	Pancreas 5.7%	Pancreas 8.4%	Pancreas 7.4%	Pancreas 4.4%
Females	NHW	Aggregate Asian	Asian Indian	Chinese	Filipino	Japanese	Korean	Vietnamese
1	Lung 27.3%	Lung 19.6%	Breast 19.8%	Lung 22.2%	Breast 19.5%	Lung 21.4%	Lung 18.5%	Lung 21.7%
2	Breast 14.6%	Breast 13.7%	Ovary 9.7%	Breast 11.8%	Lung 18.1%	Colorectal 12.9%	Stomach 11.6%	Breast 10.3%
3	Colorectal 9.6%	Colorectal 10.8%	Lung 9.3%	Colorectal 11.9%	Colorectal 9.0%	Breast 10.7%	Colorectal 11.4%	Colorectal 9.6%
4	Pancreas 6.2%	Pancreas 7.5%	Colorectal 6.8%	Pancreas 7.2%	Pancreas 6.7%	Pancreas 9.6%	Pancreas 8.2%	Liver 9.3%
5	Ovary 5.6%	Stomach 5.6%	Pancreas 5.9%	Stomach 5.4%	Ovary 6.0%	Stomach 6.5%	Liver 7.2%	Stomach 6.3%