Atlas of Cancer Mortality -- Table 1a

Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 1950-94

Table 1a. Number of deaths and annual mortality rates¹ by race and cancer, United States, 1970-94

	White males		White females		Black males		Black females
	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate	Number	Rate
All cancers	5,076,130	209.47	4,447,015	135.88	664,255	294.16	506,881	159.54
Lip	2,672	0.11	516	0.01	40	0.02	40	0.01
Salivary glands	8,703	0.36	5,575	0.16	702	0.30	482	0.15
Nasopharynx	8,611	0.35	4,427	0.14	1,314	0.53	542	0.17
Other oral cavity and pharynx	96,782	3.99	45,996	1.41	19,505	8.30	5,977	1.94
Esophagus	116,575	4.80	41,879	1.24	34,488	14.98	11,456	3.75
Stomach	177,132	7.33	120,836	3.41	33,394	14.94	20,399	6.31
Colon	486,151	20.13	529,256	14.97	47,988	21.63	56,862	17.75
Rectum	106,338	4.40	89,133	2.54	9,986	4.45	8,906	2.78
Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract	115,351	4.76	118,241	3.40	16,823	7.31	12,195	3.81
--Liver	80,872	3.33	56,875	1.66	14,406	6.22	7,853	2.45
--Gallbladder	13,702	0.57	38,651	1.10	1,080	0.49	2,826	0.89
--Other biliary tract	20,777	0.86	22,715	0.64	1,337	0.6	1,516	0.47
Pancreas	247,625	10.21	236,921	6.84	31,297	13.96	30,805	9.72
Nose, nasal cavity, and sinuses	6,557	0.27	4,688	0.14	1,092	0.47	537	0.17
Larynx	60,572	2.49	13,031	0.42	11,401	4.96	2,303	0.76
Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura	1,690,373	69.40	752,779	23.93	214,308	94.08	73,930	23.87
Bones and joints	17,034	0.71	12,864	0.44	2,051	0.78	1,582	0.47
Connective tissue	27,030	1.10	27,278	0.89	3,129	1.19	4,094	1.26
Melanoma of skin	73,365	2.96	49,846	1.61	1,099	0.47	1,210	0.37
Other skin	28,187	1.17	15,611	0.43	2,747	1.14	1,406	0.44
Breast	6,095	0.25	836,318	26.89	933	0.42	90,913	28.64
Cervix uteri	-	-	96,657	3.22	-	-	27,774	8.63
Corpus uteri and uterus NOS ²	-	-	124,993	3.72	-	-	20,671	6.52
Ovary	-	-	262,478	8.38	-	-	21,248	6.75
Vagina	-	-	7,907	0.23	-	-	1,265	0.39
Vulva	-	-	12,794	0.34	-	-	1,127	0.35
Prostate gland	523,854	22.01	-	-	99,011	47.21	-	-
Testis	12,417	0.46	-	-	563	0.19	-	-
Penis	4,101	0.17	-	-	933	0.42	-	-
Bladder	157,285	6.56	70,673	1.87	11,761	5.44	8,879	2.76
Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter	118,694	4.90	74,028	2.24	10,078	4.33	6,348	1.98
Eye	3,401	0.14	3,469	0.11	168	0.06	152	0.04
Brain and other nervous system	127,553	5.22	104,098	3.55	7,938	3.04	6,633	2.03
Thyroid gland	8,086	0.33	14,512	0.42	641	0.28	1,502	0.47
Other endocrine glands	7,599	0.32	6,841	0.25	977	0.34	893	0.27
Hodgkin's disease	28,115	1.10	20,438	0.67	2,675	0.95	1,668	0.48
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	171,267	7.03	160,172	4.76	11,983	4.89	9,480	2.93
Multiple myeloma	75,075	3.10	71,494	2.08	14,392	6.49	13,994	4.43
Leukemia	211,764	8.80	168,740	5.16	18,543	7.59	15,376	4.64
Other and unspecified cancers	351,766	14.51	342,526	10.01	52,295	23.00	46,232	14.50

[ 1970-1994 | 1950-1969 ]

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Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States: 1950-94

Table 1a. Number of deaths and annual mortality rates1 by race and cancer, United States, 1970-94

Table 1a. Number of deaths and annual mortality rates¹ by race and cancer, United States, 1970-94