U.S. Cancer Mortality Surveillance by State, Sex, and Race/Ethnicity, 1990-2000

Mortality data from the CDC for 1990-2000, used to calculate death rates and trends for all cancer sites and the four leading fatal cancers. The dataset is categorized by state, sex, and race/ethnicity, and includes analyses of statistically significant trends. It was authored by Sherri L. Stewart of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.

Use Cases

• Analyzing cancer mortality trends over time based on the 1990-2000 reporting period.
• Comparing mortality rates by geographic location based on state-level categorization.
• Investigating disparities in cancer mortality based on sex and race/ethnicity categories.
• Studying trends for specific cancer sites like lung/bronchus, colorectal, prostate, and breast based on the described focus.

Strengths

• Data covers an 11-year period from 1990 to 2000.
• Analyses are presented for all cancer sites combined and for the four leading fatal cancers.
• Mortality rates are presented for the 10 primary cancer sites with the highest age-adjusted rates for each state and sex.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Collection Method

Mortality data from CDC were used to calculate death rates and trends.

Time Range

1990-2000

Geography

United States (including the District of Columbia)