Top Ten Causes of Cancer Deaths in Harris County, 2000

Top Ten Causes of Cancer Deaths in Harris County, 2000

(Based on Age-adjusted Mortality Rates)

Region: Harris County
Year: 2000
Race/Ethnicity: Total (all races)
Sex / Cancer Site / Rate* / Deaths
Males / Lung and Bronchus / 75.9 / 716
Prostate / 29.7 / 201
Colon and Rectum / 26.4 / 233
Pancreas / 11.5 / 111
Leukemias / 10.3 / 105
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct / 9.9 / 110
Esophagus / 9.5 / 87
Non-Hodgkins Lymphomas / 7.8 / 75
Urinary Bladder / 7.5 / 55
Stomach / 6.2 / 59
Females / Lung and Bronchus / 41.7 / 517
Breast / 26.9 / 364
Colon and Rectum / 18.1 / 226
Pancreas / 9.1 / 113
Ovary / 8.0 / 104
Non-Hodgkins Lymphomas / 6.8 / 88
Leukemias / 6.1 / 79
Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct / 4.7 / 58
Stomach / 4.6 / 58
Corpus and Uterus, NOS / 4.2 / 53