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Texas Cancer information provides easy access to data on the population of the state of Texas. The population database currently includes data for 1990 through 2004 and contains resident population data by age, sex, and race/ethnicity for each Texas county, State Planning Region, Public Health Region, and Texas as a whole. Data are updated as available from the U.S. Census Bureau for decennial counts and from the Texas State Data Center, (210) 458-6543 and the Center for Health Statistics, Texas Department of State Health Services, (512) 458-7261.
The racial/ethnic groups represented are: Non-Hispanic White, African American, Hispanic, and Other Races. Age categories are divided into 19 age groups: one group for ages less than 1 year, 16 five-year intervals for ages 5 through 84 years of age, and one group for ages 85 and above.
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For additional information regarding the population data presented here and for additional population data, contact
Select region, year(s) and race(s)/ethnic group(s) and click on the Submit Query button. The year 2004 has been pre-selected to correspond with the year of the most recent cancer mortality data.
