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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol. 2018 Feb 22;53:178–183. doi: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.02.003

Table 2.

Risk difference (RD) and annual excess Non-Hispanic Black deaths by age group for the US and the 10 study cities with statistically significant rate ratios, 1999–2013. All confidence intervals that include 0 do not display a statistically significant result.

< 40
40–49
50–64
65+
RD CI RD CI RD CI RD CI
US 1.55 −0.41 to 3.51 14.43 12.47–16.39 22.65 20.69–24.61 18.02 16.07–19.99
Baltimore, MD 4.28 2.32–6.24 9.03 7.11–11.03 11.77 9.94–13.86 −30.64 −34.58–−30.66
Chicago, IL 1.99 0.03–3.95 17.44 15.5–19.42 30.02 28.16–32.08 21.82 20.28–24.20
Dallas, TX 2.13 0.17–4.09 18.60 16.69–20.61 25.98 24.23–28.15 45.44 46.72–50.64
Detroit, MI 2.37 0.41–4.33 9.62 7.71–11.63 14.35 12.71–16.63 1.30 −0.52 to 3.40
Houston, TX 1.57 −0.39 to 3.53 22.79 20.9–24.82 32.31 30.66–34.58 19.01 17.91–21.83
Los Angeles, CA 2.19 0.23–4.15 20.52 18.61–22.53 33.29 31.63–35.55 39.25 38.91–42.83
Memphis, TN 2.31 0.35–4.27 25.79 23.9–27.82 29.31 27.69–31.61 57.55 59.64–63.56
New York City, NY 1.34 −0.62 to 3.30 10.13 8.17–12.09 11.27 9.32–13.24 −2.13 −4.10 to −0.18
Philadelphia, PA 1.75 −0.21 to 3.71 9.87 7.92–11.84 19.12 17.27–21.19 9.18 7.48–11.40
Washington, DC 2.41 0.45–4.37 23.43 21.54–25.46 24.99 23.31–27.23 −8.02 −10.80 to −6.88
Excess Death
< 40 40–49 50–64 65+




US 2832 6479 10,775 5583
Baltimore, MD 119 72 −137
Chicago, IL 93 197 418 234
Dallas, TX 33 68 107 117
Detroit, MI
Houston, TX 39 131 219 82
Los Angeles, CA 37 96 182 174
Memphis, TN 50 125 156 183
New York City, NY 182 266 338
Philadelphia, PA 81 81 180
Washington, DC 51 92 128

“–“ No Statistically significant NHB/NHW rate ratio (see Table 2).

*

A negative number means there were no excess deaths among NHB women as they had s statistically significant lower mortality rate. The death rate was per 100,000 women.