Race - Mortality Rate

The graph below shows the 10 cancer types with the highest mortality rates from the dataset, including one for all cancer types, and is separated by race (White, Black, Hispanic, American Indian/Alaskan Native, and Asian/Pacific Islander). The races who typically have the highest mortality rates for cancers tend to be black people.

We can see that there as been an overall decrease in incidence rate over time and black people consistently are the group with the highest mortality rates in nearly every form of cancer on the graph. This is interesting as white people tended to have higher incidence rates (refer to Top 10 Cancer Incidence Rate versus Race) but lower mortality rates.

The mortality rate can be interpreted as follows, using the example of black people in 1999 for all cancer types: For every 100,000 black people in the United States, around 259 black people died due to a form of cancer in 1999.

Race and Age - Mortality Rate

It's important to examine mortality rates by age and race. The chart reveals that, similar to incidence rates, White and Black individuals tend to have the highest mortality rates across all age groups. For instance, in the 75-84 age group, Black individuals have the highest mortality rate, followed by White individuals, Hispanics, American Indian/Alaska Natives, and Asian/Pacific Islanders.