Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates for the 10 Primary Sites with the Highest Rates within Race- and Ethnic-Specific Categories (Table 4.1.F2)* Rates are per 100,000 persons and are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130).













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Top 10 Cancer Sites: 2011, Female, United States *
Rates per 100,000 †

 All RacesWhiteBlackAsian/Pacific Islander ‡American Indian/Alaska Native ‡Hispanic ‡§
1 Lung and Bronchus
37.0		 Lung and Bronchus
38.2		 Lung and Bronchus
35.5		 Lung and Bronchus
18.5		 Lung and Bronchus
24.1		 Female Breast
14.1
2 Female Breast
21.5		 Female Breast
20.9		 Female Breast
30.2		 Female Breast
11.2		 Female Breast
11.0		 Lung and Bronchus
13.4
3 Colon and Rectum
12.8		 Colon and Rectum
12.3		 Colon and Rectum
17.7		 Colon and Rectum
9.3		 Colon and Rectum
10.2		 Colon and Rectum
9.6
4 Pancreas
9.5		 Pancreas
9.4		 Pancreas
12.1		 Pancreas
7.5		 Pancreas
6.2		 Pancreas
7.7
5 Ovary
7.5		 Ovary
7.8		 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
8.0		 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
6.3		 Ovary
4.4		 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
5.6
6 Leukemias
5.2		 Leukemias
5.4		 Ovary
6.6		 Ovary
4.5		 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
4.2		 Ovary
5.3
7 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
4.6		 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
4.8		 Myeloma
5.3		 Stomach
4.4		 Kidney and Renal Pelvis
3.2		 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
4.2
8 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
4.5		 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
4.1		 Leukemias
4.9		 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
3.4		 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
2.8		 Stomach
4.0
9 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
3.6		 Brain and Other Nervous System
3.8		 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
4.5		 Leukemias
3.2		 Leukemias
2.4		 Leukemias
3.8
10 Brain and Other Nervous System
3.4		 Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct
3.4		 Stomach
4.3		 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
2.8		 Stomach
2.3		 Corpus and Uterus, NOS
3.6

   
(Table 4.1.F2) Age-Adjusted Cancer Death Rates for the 10 Primary Sites with the Highest Rates within Race- and Ethnic-Specific Categories 

Footnotes

* Data are from the National Vital Statistics System (NVSS).

† Rates are age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (19 age groups – Census P25–1130).

‡ Data for specified racial or ethnic populations other than white and black should be interpreted with caution. See Technical Notes.

§ Hispanic origin is not mutually exclusive from race categories (white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native).

~ Rates are suppressed and not ranked if case counts are fewer than 16 or if the population of the specific category (race, ethnicity) is less than 50,000.

Confidence interval (CI): Range of values for a rate that will include the true value of the rate a given percentage of the time. Example: 95% CI includes the true value of the rate 95% of the time. 

Notes: ONS – Other Nervous System; NOS – Not Otherwise Specified; IBD – Intrahepatic Bile Duct. Urinary bladder cases include invasive and in situ

Glossary 

U.S. Cancer Statistics Working Group. United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2011 Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and National Cancer Institute; 2014.