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Nevada Vital Statistics 2001 - 2003 Center for Health Data and Research
Table 171. Cancer Mortality Rates by Type of Cancer,
Nevada Residents, 2003
Type of Cancer Deaths
Percent of Total
Cancer Deaths
Crude
Rate
Age-Adjusted
Rate
Trachea, Bronchus and Lung 1,303 32.1% 56.89 61.18
Colon, Rectum and Anus 395 9.7% 17.25 19.75
Female Breast* 293 7.2% 26.00 25.92
Pancreas 218 5.4% 9.52 10.40
Prostate 203 5.0% 17.45 25.98
Leukemia 145 3.6% 6.33 7.32
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 134 3.3% 5.85 6.81
Urinary Bladder 105 2.6% 4.58 5.38
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Ducts 98 2.4% 4.28 4.59
Brain and Other Central Nervous System 98 2.4% 4.28 4.60
Esophagus 96 2.4% 4.19 4.35
Ovary 96 2.4% 8.52 8.55
Kidney and Renal Pelvis 91 2.2% 3.97 4.14
Stomach 82 1.9% 3.26 3.48
Skin 67 1.6% 2.93 3.08
Lip, Oral Cavity and Pharynx 64 1.6% 2.79 2.99
Multiple Myeloma and Immunoproliferative Neoplasms 63 1.5% 2.75 3.11
Corpus Uteri and Uterus, Part Unspecified 28 0.7% 2.48 2.47
Cervix Uteri 24 0.6% 2.13 2.13
Larynx 18 0.4% 0.79 0.82
Hodgkin's Disease 11 0.3% 0.48 0.50
Other and Unspecified Cancers 430 10.6% 18.77 20.99
Total 4,065 100.0% 177.48 195.68
*Female Breast represents female cases only, however, the small amount of male cases are included in the Total.
Note: Mortality rates are per 100,000 population. Age-adjusted mortality rates are adjusted to the 2000 U.S. Standard
population distribution. Breast, Cervix uteri, Corpus uteri and Uterus, part unspecified, and Ovary Mortality Rates are per
100,000 Female population. Prostate Cancer Mortality Rates are per 100,000 Male population.
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