Texas Cancer Deaths and Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates

Texas Cancer Information provides cancer death and age-adjusted mortality rates for 85 cancer sites for every county in Texas. The database, which is updated annually, currently includes annual cancer deaths for 1990 through 2007. For each year, cancer death totals are provided by racial/ethnic group, by sex, by age and by general/specific cancer sites.

Cancer incidence and mortality data have been provided by the Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, Texas, 78756, http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tcr/default.shtm, or (512) 458-7523.

Population data (which can be found on the TCI website Population page) are based on US Census Bureau Population Estimates Program and modified by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) using special processing procedures for counties affected by Hurricanes Rita & Katrina. The racial/ethnic groups represented are: White, Non-Hispanic White, Hispanic White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic. Deaths in persons of unknown race are not reflected in race/ethnicity breakdown. Hispanic ethnicity is not mutually exclusive from White, Black, Asian/Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native (AI) or other race. Hispanic ethnicity derived from North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) Hispanic Identification Algorithm and may be of any race. AI incidence data are based on linkage with US Department of Health and Human Services Indian Health Service patient registration files. For more information on the changes in racial/ethnic groupings, visit the Race Recode page on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) website.

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. Deaths in unknown age groups are not included.

Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 US Standard Population (19 age groups - Census P25-1130) with 95% confidence intervals. Rates should not be compared with previously published mortality rates that were adjusted to the 1970 standard. Age-adjusted mortality rates per 100,000 and confidence intervals for total (both sexes), males and females are displayed to the right of the total deaths for all ages for each sex. For more information on age-adjusted rates and confidence intervals, visit the glossary on the Texas Cancer Information Web site at http://www.texascancer.info/glossary.html.

Cancer mortality statistics are available for several geographic areas, including: County, State Planning Region, Public Health Region, and Texas. Regions specified are regions of residence of the deceased. Cancer deaths were grouped according to the National Cancer Institute's Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER) Cause of Death Recode 1969+ (9/17/2004), using ICD-10, available at: http://seer.cancer.gov/codrecode/1969+_d09172004/index.html.

Please note: The new age-adjusted rates displayed here should not be compared with mortality rates published previously, unless the older rates are revised to use the same standard population and the same age categories for age-adjustment, the same coding system, and the same race/ethnic categories for race/ethnic-specific rates. Please contact Dr. David Risser, Statistical Data Requests, at the Texas Cancer Registry at call 1-800-252-8059 (within Texas) or (512) 458-7523, ext. 3610 for additional information or assistance in comparing rates.

Texas Cancer Deaths and Age-Adjusted Mortality Rates Search Criteria

Select region, year(s), race(s)/ethnic group(s) and cancer site and click on the Submit Query button.

Texas Region:	Texas Public Health Region -- select number -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 State Planning Region -- select number -- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 County -- select name -- Anderson Andrews Angelina Aransas Archer Armstrong Atascosa Austin Bailey Bandera Bastrop Baylor Bee Bell Bexar Blanco Borden Bosque Bowie Brazoria Brazos Brewster Briscoe Brooks Brown Burleson Burnet Caldwell Calhoun Callahan Cameron Camp Carson Cass Castro Chambers Cherokee Childress Clay Cochran Coke Coleman Collin Collingsworth Colorado Comal Comanche Concho Cooke Coryell Cottle Crane Crockett Crosby Culberson Dallam Dallas Dawson Deaf Smith Delta Denton DeWitt Dickens Dimmit Donley Duval Eastland Ector Edwards Ellis El Paso Erath Falls Fannin Fayette Fisher Floyd Foard Fort Bend Franklin Freestone Frio Gaines Galveston Garza Gillespie Glasscock Goliad Gonzales Gray Grayson Gregg Grimes Guadalupe Hale Hall Hamilton Hansford Hardeman Hardin Harris Harrison Hartley Haskell Hays Hemphill Henderson Hidalgo Hill Hockley Hood Hopkins Houston Howard Hudspeth Hunt Hutchinson Irion Jack Jackson Jasper Jeff Davis Jefferson Jim Hogg Jim Wells Johnson Jones Karnes Kaufman Kendall Kenedy Kent Kerr Kimble King Kinney Kleberg Knox Lamar Lamb Lampasas LaSalle Lavaca Lee Leon Liberty Limestone Lipscomb Live Oak Llano Loving Lubbock Lynn McCulloch McLennan McMullen Madison Marion Martin Mason Matagorda Maverick Medina Menard Midland Milam Mills Mitchell Montague Montgomery Moore Morris Motley Nacogdoches Navarro Newton Nolan Nueces Ochiltree Oldham Orange Palo Pinto Panola Parker Parmer Pecos Polk Potter Presidio Rains Randall Reagan Real Red River Reeves Refugio Roberts Robertson Rockwall Runnels Rusk Sabine San Augustine San Jacinto San Patricio San Saba Schleicher Scurry Shackelford Shelby Sherman Smith Somervell Starr Stephens Sterling Stonewall Sutton Swisher Tarrant Taylor Terrell Terry Throckmorton Titus Tom Green Travis Trinity Tyler Upshur Upton Uvalde Val Verde Van Zandt Victoria Walker Waller Ward Washington Webb Wharton Wheeler Wichita Wilbarger Willacy Williamson Wilson Winkler Wise Wood Yoakum Young Zapata Zavala
Year(s):	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Race(s)/Ethnic Group(s):	Total (all races) White Non-Hispanic White Hispanic White Black Asian/Pacific Islander American Indian/Alaska Native Hispanic
Cancer Site:	Total (all cancer sites) Oral Cavity and Pharynx --Lip --Tongue --Salivary Gland --Floor of Mouth --Gum and Other Mouth --Nasopharynx --Tonsil --Oropharynx --Hypopharynx --Other Oral Cavity and Pharynx Digestive System --Esophagus --Stomach --Small Intestine --Colon and Rectum ----Colon excluding Rectum ----Rectum and Rectosigmoid Junction --Anus, Anal Canal and Anorectum --Liver and Intrahepatic Bile Duct ----Liver ----Intrahepatic Bile Duct --Gallbladder --Other Biliary --Pancreas --Retroperitoneum --Peritoneum, Omentum and Mesentery --Other Digestive Organs Respiratory System --Nose, Nasal Cavity and Middle Ear --Larynx --Lung and Bronchus --Pleura --Trachea, Mediastinum and Other Respiratory Bones and Joints Soft Tissue including Heart Skin excluding Basal and Squamous --Melanoma of the Skin --Other Non-Epithelial Skin Breast Female Genital System --Cervix Uteri --Corpus and Uterus, NOS ----Corpus Uteri ----Uterus, NOS --Ovary --Vagina --Vulva --Other Female Genital Organs Male Genital System --Prostate --Testis --Penis --Other Male Genital Organs Urinary System --Urinary Bladder --Kidney and Renal Pelvis --Ureter --Other Urinary Organs Eye and Orbit Brain and Other Nervous System Endocrine System --Thyroid --Other Endocrine including Thymus Lymphoma --Hodgkin Lymphoma --Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Myeloma Leukemia --Lymphocytic Leukemia ----Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ----Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ----Other Lymphocytic Leukemia --Myeloid and Monocytic Leukemia ----Acute Myeloid Leukemia ----Acute Monocytic Leukemia ----Chronic Myeloid Leukemia ----Other Myeloid/Monocytic Leukemia --Other Leukemia ----Other Acute Leukemia ----Aleukemic, Subleukemic and NOS Mesothelioma (ICD-10 only) Kaposi Sarcoma (ICD-10 only) Miscellaneous Malignant Cancer