Table 2.

Age-standardized death rates per 100,000, expected, excess deaths (%) in counties with medium- and low- educational attainment, among colorectal cancer decedents ages 50–74 years by sex, and race/ethnicity (2008 through 2012)

Race/ethnicity	County-level educational attainment
	High	Medium			Low			Middle and Low
	Rate	Rate	Exp. deaths	Excess deaths (%)	Rate	Exp. deaths	Excess deaths (%)	Excess deaths (%)
Males
All	30.4	36.5	21,311	4,341 (16.9%)	41.5	24,484	8,995 (26.9%)	13,336 (22.6%)
NHW	29.2	34.3	14,761	2,614 (15. 0%)	40.1	19,403	7,284 (27.3%)	9,898 (22.5%)
NHB	52.3	60.1	4,080	618 (13.2%)	63.2	3,505	749 (17.6%)	1,367 (15.3%)
Hispanic	25.2	32.4	1,921	552 (22.3%)	34.5	1,331	504 (27.5%)	1,056 (24.5%)
Females
All	20.4	23.7	16,207	2,651 (14.1%)	26.2	17,813	5,055 (22.1%)	7,706 (18.5%)
NHW	19.6	22.4	10,842	1,549 (12.5%)	25.6	13,890	4,194 (23.2%)	5,743 (18.8%)
NHB	33.1	38.2	3,392	496 (12.8%)	38.6	2,696	461 (14.6%)	960 (13.6%)
Hispanic	16.3	18.3	1,487	189 (11.3%)	17.4	959	69 (6.7%)	258 (9.5%)

Abbreviation: Exp., expected