Table 2

Descriptive statistics for cancer mortality rates used in the analysis. Mortality rates reported are per 100,000 age-, sex-, and race-adjusted to 1940 standard US population

Cancer mortality rate
Number of records
Minimum
Maximum
Mean
Standard Deviation

White male lung cancer
774
9.41
119.29
58.9193
14.46512
White male colorectal cancer
654
7.52
25.46
16.1918
3.07422
White male prostate cancer
730
6.46
27.2
15.218
2.53059
White female lung cancer
684
8.61
49.36
24.7711
5.65126
White female breast cancer
699
9.46
37.31
21.5052
3.23601
White female colorectal cancer
622
4.3
21.18
11.0973
2.12812
Black male lung cancer
290
0
245.2
88.2525
20.70256
Black male colorectal cancer
114
0
36.89
21.3869
4.7887
Black male prostate cancer
244
0
61.38
35.7475
8.09248
Black female lung cancer
153
0
56.06
24.8152
9.62457
Black female breast cancer
158
0
43.21
26.3151
7.58142
Black female colorectal cancer
131
0
29.48
15.0637
4.82983

Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9