Table 2:

Potential Years of Lives Lost (PYLL) based on a fixed life expectancy for all cancer deaths by Hispanic group and sex, 2003-2012

Sex	Group	Premature Cancer Deaths1	Crude PYLL Rate per 1,000 person-years2	Age-Adjusted PYLL Rate per 1,000 person-years3	Average Age of Cancer Death4
Female	Non-Hispanic White	1,444,0801	24.7	19.6	71
Female	Mexican	64,999	10.0	15.1	64
Female	Cuban	9,968	17.5	14.5	72
Female	Puerto Rican	14,425	12.8	15.7	66
Female	Central or South American	11,420	8.5	9.6	64
Male	Non-Hispanic White	1,321,012	20.3	16.5	71
Male	Mexican	66,384	8.0	12.6	65
Male	Cuban	11,594	17.3	15.0	71
Male	Puerto Rican	15,702	12.3	16.5	65
Male	Central or South American	8,806	5.9	7.6	62

^1.Count of “premature” cancer deaths is the total number of decedents who died before reaching the age of the fixed life expectancy.

^2.The crude PYLL was determined by using a fixed life expectancy limit to find the difference between age of cancer death and expected age of death. For NHWs, age 81 was used as a benchmark for females, and age 76 for males. For Hispanics, age 83 was used for females, and 78 for males. PYLL’s are calculated as the difference between the age of death and the fixed age expectancy, summed across all age groups and reported as a rate per 1,000 person-years.

^3.Age-adjusted PYLL was determined by directly standardizing the crude PYLL to the age distribution of the 2000 U.S. population.

^4.The average age of cancer death was calculated for each sex within each Hispanic group by summing the product of category median age and age-specific death counts and then dividing by the total death count in that group.