United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

Death Rates by Cause 79
No. 117. D e a t h R a t e s F r o m C a n c e r , b y S e x , Age, a n d T y p e o f C a n c e r : 1940 t o 1979
[Deaths per 100,000 population In the specified age groups. See headnote, table 118)
AGE AT OEATH ANO SELECTED
t y p e OF CANCER
MALE
FEMALE
1940 1950 1960 1970 1975 1979 1940 1950 1960 1970 1975 1979
Total U.S. rate1.................................. 114.1 142.9 162.5 182.1 192,3 205.6 126.4 136.8 136.4 144,4 152.1 162.1
25-44 years............................................... 24.6 31.0 34.2 33.9 28.7 26.2 50.3 49.1 45.8 40.3 33.4 30.2
45-54 years............................................... 135.3 156.2 170.8 183.5 187.4 169.6 204.1 194.0 183.0 181.5 176.6 173.4
55-64 years............................................... 352.2 413.1 459.9 511.8 512.3 520.7 384.1 368.2 337.7 343.2 357.7 366.5
65 years and over....................................... 696.2 968.9 1,066.2 1,221.2 1,301.1 1,364.3 792.3 755.7 709.1 708.3 725.2 759.9
Persons, 45-54 years old:
Respiratory, intrathoracic........................ 23.3 39.3 54.7 72.1 78.2 79.8 6.2 6.7 10.1 22.2 2 3 .1 3 3 .5
Digestive organs, peritoneum.................. 70.7 59.9 53.2 45.9 44.8 44.6 56.6 47.0 38.9 32.5 29.7 28.4
Breast....................... .3 .4 .2 .4 .2 .1 47.5 46.9 51.4 52.6 50.4 48.9
Genital organs........................................ 5.6 4.8 4.0 3.4 3.3 3.3 69.2 59.0 44.8 34.4 2 9 .9 25.1
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues,
excl. leukemia........ (NA) 9.7 11.8 12.8 11.0 10.6 (NA) 5.7 7.1 8.3 7.4 6.6
Urinary organs........... 9.1 8.7 8.3 8.0 8.1 8.3 4.5 3.8 3.5 3 .5 3 .3 3 .2
Up, oral cavity, and pharynx................... $.0 6.3 7.9 7.9 8.2 8.4 1.6 1.8 2.8 2.8 3.0 2.8
Leukemia.................. 35.6 6.5 7.2 6.6 5.9 6.0 *4.6 5.1 5.3 4.9 4.4 4,9
Persons, 55-64 years old:
Respiratory, inlrathoracic......................... 45.7 94.2 150.2 202.3 214.1 224.4 12.8 15.4 17.0 38.9 58.3 72.3
Digestive organs, peritoneum.................. 195.3 174.8 163.7 139.0 129.5 132.4 149.1 125.1 102.2 88.0 83.5 62.9
Breast................................................... .8 .8 1.0 .6 .8 .5 74.9 69.9 70.8 77.6 79.2 79.8
Genital organs........................................ 30.7 26.2 23.5 22.8 23.3 23.2 100.9 87.4 73.0 58.2 53.0 48.4
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues,
excl. leukemia..................................... (NA) 18.2 23.1 27.1 26.7 24.0 (NA) 11.5 15.7 17.7 17.5 16.5
Urinary organs....................................... 23.7 26.9 25.9 26.4 24.8 22.7 11.8 11.2 9.3 9.4 9.0 9.0
Up, oral cavity, and pharynx............... . 16.1 16,2 16.3 20.1 18.S 18.1 3.0 3.3 3.8 6.2 6.8 6.8
Leukemia............................................... 210.6 14.1 16.1 15.4 14.9 14.5 a7.S 10.1 10.6 9.0 8.6 9.0
Persons, 65 years and older:
Respiratory, intrathoracic........................ 50.7 112.5 208.4 336.5 394.2 435.1 17.7 30.9 30.4 49.9 69,0 93.5
Digestive organs, peritoneum.................. 479.8 449.4 412.0 374.0 369.6 375.0 403.6 346.7 301.0 262.0 251 .S 259.9
Breast................................................... 2.1 2.2 1.4 1.0 . 1.8 1.5 122.8 112.7 107.S 109.7 113.5 115.6
Genital organs....................................... 166.8 166.5 169.4 181.6 188.6 199.1 135.3 119.2 106.1 93.5 88.2 85.5
Lymphatic and hematopoietic tissues,
(NA) 23.5 39.6 57.7 60.6 60.3 (NA) 16.8 26.5
57.3
60.5 81.4 80.5 32.1 32.0 31.3 30.9
39.9 42.6 42.7
Urinary organs....................................... 63.3 71.5
30.0 29.8
51.7 38.4 31.5 30.t 30.C 28.7 12.3
Leukemia............................................... 215.5 30.4 41.6 47.9 49.8 50.6 210.5
NA Not available. 'Includes persons under 2 5 y e a rs old, not shown separately. 2 Not classifed as cancer in the fifth
revision; therefore, not included in totals for cancer.
Source: U.S, National Center for Health Statistics, V ita I S ta tis tic s o f th e U n ite d S ta te s , annual; and unpublished data.
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No. 118. D e a t h R a t e s F r o m A c c i d e n t s a n d V i o l e n c e : i960 t o 1979
[Deaths per 100,000 population. Beginning 1970, excludes deaths of nonresidents of (he U.S. Deaths lor 1979 classified
according to Vie ninth revision of the In te rn a tio n a l C la s s ific a tio n o f D is e a s e s , for earlier years classified according to the revision
In use at the time; see text, p. 57. See Appendix III]
SEX, CAUSE OF DEATH, AND AGE
WHITE
BLACK
1960 1970 1975 1970 1979 1960 1970 1975 1978 1979
Male, total *............................................ 91.3 101.9 96.9 97.7 98.6 137.1 183.2 164,5 147.9 153.4
Motor vehicle accidents................................. 31.5 39.1 32.2 36.2 37.3 33.2 44.3 32.7 32.7 32.0
All other accidents......................................... 38.6 38.2 35.5 32.1 31.2 60.8 63.3 52.2 45.7 45.2
Suicide.,., 17.6 18.0 20.1 20-2 20.0 6.4 6.0 10.0 10.8 11.6
Homicide 3.6 6.8 9.1 9 .2 10.1 36.7 67.6 69.6 58.7 64.6
15-24 years 105.2 130.7 129.7 138.3 142.2 144.2 234.3 182.9 156.3 157.7
25-44 years 86.5 107.1 103.4 104.5 107.5 205.6 301.1 279.1 241.9 253.9
45-64 years 118.6 121.4 104.0 95.2 93.2 188.4 249.7 214,8 186.7 190.5
65 years ana over.......................................... 223.5 216.9 185.3 173.2 168.9 190.1 220.0 203.0 194.7 202.7
Female, total1................ ....................... 38.3 42.4 38.3 38.2 37.2 80.6 S1.7 45.9 42.6 42.5
Motor vehicle accidents................................. 11.2 14.8 11.4 13.1 13.0 9.7 13.4 9.3 9.7 8.9
All other accidents 20.4 18.3 16.7 15.4 14.6 29.1 2 2 .5 18,9 17.2 17.0
Suicide....... ..... 5.3 7.1 7.4 6.9 6.6 1.6 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.8
Homicide......... 1.4 2.1 2.9 2.9 3.0 10.4 13.3 15.1 13.0 13.6
15-24 years..... 23.5 34,9 33.1 36.7 36.2 31.6 45.5 4 2 .7 36.1 3 6 .7
25-44 years............ ..................................... 24.0 33.6 31.1 30.6 29.9 51.7 60.5 55.1 47.7 47.4
45-64 years.................................................. 37.7 44.6 38.2 35.7 34.8 54.5 55.9 51.9 46.5 45.0
65 years and over......................................... 149.1 122.4 100.7 91.9 88.3 113.9 107.9 85.7 80.4 66.9
'Includes persons under 15 years old, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, V ita l S ta tis tic s o f th e U n ite d S ta te s , annual; and unpublished data.