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2001 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 | 122 | 3.5 | 77 | 1.7 | 199 | 2.5 |
| Esophagus | 231 | 6.7 | 93 | 2.0 | 324 | 4.1 |
| Stomach | 172 | 5.2 | 160 | 3.4 | 332 | 4.2 |
| Colon/Rectum | 742 | 23.1 | 790 | 16.9 | 1,532 | 19.5 |
| Liver | 214 | 6.4 | 113 | 2.5 | 327 | 4.1 |
| Gallbladder | 11 | 0.3 | 34 | 0.7 | 45 | 0.6 |
| Pancreas | 420 | 12.6 | 437 | 9.4 | 857 | 10.9 |
| Larynx | 94 | 2.8 | 17 | 0.4 | 111 | 1.4 |
| Lung/Bronchus | 3,020 | 90.7 | 1,875 | 41.3 | 4,895 | 61.5 |
| Bone | 15 | 0.4 | 18 | 0.4 | 33 | 0.4 |
| Soft Tissue | 55 | 1.6 | 51 | 1.1 | 106 | 1.3 |
| Melanoma (Skin) | 144 | 4.3 | 97 | 2.2 | 241 | 3.0 |
| Female Breast | . | . | 1,154 | 25.5 | 1,154 | 25.5 |
| Cervix Uteri | . | . | 125 | 2.8 | 125 | 2.8 |
| Corpus Uteri | . | . | 192 | 4.2 | 192 | 4.2 |
| Ovary | . | . | 382 | 8.4 | 382 | 8.4 |
| Prostate | 913 | 33.1 | . | . | 913 | 33.1 |
| Testes | 13 | 0.3 | . | . | 13 | 0.3 |
| Bladder | 190 | 6.5 | 95 | 2.0 | 285 | 3.7 |
| Kidney | 246 | 7.3 | 132 | 2.8 | 378 | 4.8 |
| Endocrine | 31 | 0.9 | 22 | 0.5 | 53 | 0.7 |
| Multiple Myeloma | 164 | 5.2 | 185 | 4.0 | 349 | 4.5 |
| Leukemia | 311 | 9.7 | 272 | 5.9 | 583 | 7.4 |
| Brain/Other CNS | 180 | 4.9 | 165 | 3.7 | 345 | 4.3 |
| Hodgkin's Disease | 14 | 0.4 | 18 | 0.4 | 32 | 0.4 |
| Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma | 324 | 10.0 | 285 | 6.2 | 609 | 7.7 |
| Other Cancers | 857 | 26.9 | 775 | 16.6 | 1,632 | 20.8 |
| All Cancers | 8,483 | 263.0 | 7,564 | 164.9 | 16,047 | 203.1 |
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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