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The Burden of Oral Disease

Figure III.  Oral Cancer Death Rate*, by Sex and Race/Hispanic Origin, <STATE> and United States, 1997–2001 (combined)

  Rate per 100,000
Hispanic Non-Hispanic
White
Non-Hispanic
Black
U.S. Male 2.9 4.0 7.5
<STATE> Male 3.8 5.1 10.0
U.S. Female 0.9 1.7 2.0
<STATE> Female 0.8 1.9 2.7

*Per 100,000, age-adjusted to 2000 U.S. population
Source: National Cancer Institute, SEER
For more information on cancer profiles and for cancer data categorized by site, race, and gender, see: NCI state cancer profiles at http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/.
CDC's NPCR Web site is available at http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/index.asp?Year=2001.
<State Data Source(s)>

Note: The figure is not in a format that can be edited. The state data points given above are provided as place holders.

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Date last reviewed: September 1, 2009
Date last modified: September 1, 2009
Content source: Division of Oral Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

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