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1999 Cancer Mortality Rates by Sex
per 100,000 Population
Age-Adjusted to the 2000 US Census
| Primary Site | All Males | All Females | Total | |||
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| Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | Cases | Rate | |
| Oral Cavity | 125 | 3.7 | 84 | 1.9 | 209 | 2.7 |
| Esophagus | 231 | 6.9 | 75 | 1.7 | 306 | 3.9 |
| Stomach | 201 | 6.5 | 143 | 3.1 | 344 | 4.5 |
| Colon/Rectum | 741 | 24.2 | 767 | 16.6 | 1,508 | 19.8 |
| Liver | 165 | 5.0 | 101 | 2.2 | 266 | 3.4 |
| Gallbladder | 18 | 0.5 | 34 | 0.7 | 52 | 0.7 |
| Pancreas | 395 | 12.5 | 405 | 8.8 | 800 | 10.4 |
| Larynx | 100 | 3.1 | 24 | 0.5 | 124 | 1.6 |
| Lung/Bronchus | 2,906 | 90.6 | 1,758 | 38.9 | 4,664 | 59.8 |
| Bone | 14 | 0.5 | 13 | 0.3 | 27 | 0.4 |
| Soft Tissue | 58 | 1.8 | 52 | 1.2 | 110 | 1.4 |
| Melanoma(Skin) | 148 | 4.4 | 64 | 1.4 | 212 | 2.7 |
| Female Breast | . | . | 1,162 | 26.4 | 1,162 | 26.4 |
| Cervix Uteri | . | . | 139 | 3.2 | 139 | 3.2 |
| Corpus Uteri | . | . | 167 | 3.6 | 167 | 3.6 |
| Ovary | . | . | 400 | 8.9 | 400 | 8.9 |
| Prostate | 908 | 34.7 | . | . | 908 | 34.7 |
| Testes | 12 | 0.3 | . | . | 12 | 0.3 |
| Bladder | 207 | 7.4 | 111 | 2.4 | 318 | 4.2 |
| Kidney | 212 | 6.6 | 130 | 2.9 | 342 | 4.4 |
| Endocrine | 29 | 0.9 | 22 | 0.5 | 51 | 0.7 |
| Multiple Myeloma | 179 | 6.1 | 156 | 3.4 | 335 | 4.4 |
| Leukemia | 294 | 9.5 | 278 | 6.1 | 572 | 7.5 |
| Brain/Other CNS | 198 | 5.9 | 173 | 4.0 | 371 | 4.8 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 14 | 0.4 | 16 | 0.4 | 30 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 315 | 10.1 | 282 | 6.1 | 597 | 7.8 |
| Other Cancers | 914 | 29.8 | 812 | 17.8 | 1,726 | 22.6 |
| All Cancers | 8,384 | 271.6 | 7,368 | 163.3 | 15,752 | 204.6 |
Produced by the NC Central Cancer Registry, 8/2002
Numbers are subject to change as files are updated
Rates based on counts of less than 10 are unstable.
Use with caution.
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