Appendix C. Baselines for Age-Adjusted Mortality Objectives Using Rates Age Adjusted to 1940 and to 2000 Standards: United States, 1998

Objective

 Total population

Male

Female

White

Black or

  African American

American Indian or Alaska Native

 Asian or Pacific Islander

   Hispanic

     or Latino1

number

Short objective text

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

1940

2000

  3.1

All cancer

123.6

202.4

147.7

252.4

105.5

169.2

121.0

199.3

161.2

255.1

83.4

129.3

74.8

124.2

76.1

123.7

  3.2

Lung cancer

37.0

57.6

49.5

79.9

27.0

41.5

36.8

57.5

44.6

66.7

25.1

38.2

17.2

29.3

13.6

22.7

  3.3

Female breast cancer

18.8

27.9

...

...

18.8

27.9

18.3

27.3

25.3

35.7

10.3

14.2

9.8

13.1

12.1

16.8

  3.4

Cervical cancer

2.3

3.0

...

...

2.3

3.0

2.1

2.7

4.4

6.0

1.7

2.5

2.2

3.3

2.5

3.3

  3.5

Colorectal cancer

11.8

21.2

14.3

25.4

9.9

18.2

11.5

20.8

16.5

28.2

8.2

13.3

7.8

13.7

7.4

12.8

  3.6

Oropharyngeal cancer

2.0

3.0

3.1

4.5

1.1

1.7

1.8

2.8

3.3

4.5

1.4

2.1

1.5

2.2

1.2

1.8

  3.7

Prostate cancer

13.2

32.0

13.2

32.0

...

...

12.0

29.4

30.3

68.7

7.4

15.9

4.7

12.4

9.0

20.9

  3.8

Melanoma

1.9

2.8

2.7

4.1

1.2

1.8

2.2

3.1

0.3

0.5

 *

 *

0.2

0.3

0.5

0.8

  5.5

Diabetes-related2

40.7

75.2

47.2

87.1

35.6

66.7

37.0

69.8

76.3

129.9

66.4

106.5

30.7

61.6

48.3

86.3

12.1

Coronary heart disease

96.8

208.3

131.8

264.9

68.0

165.2

94.1

206.0

133.2

252.0

70.1

126.2

53.6

123.3

68.3

144.7

12.7

Stroke

25.1

59.6

26.6

60.1

23.6

58.3

23.3

57.6

41.4

80.3

19.6

37.7

22.7

50.6

19.0

39.2

13.14

HIV infection

4.6

4.9

7.2

7.7

2.2

2.3

2.6

2.7

20.6

22.1

2.2

2.3

0.8

0.8

6.2

6.7

15.3

Firearm-related injuries

11.3

11.3

19.6

20.1

3.3

3.3

9.5

10.0

22.7

20.3

12.0

11.3

4.4

4.2

10.4

9.7

15.8

Poisoning

6.3

6.8

9.0

9.6

3.8

4.1

6.5

6.9

7.3

7.9

7.9

8.1

1.5

1.6

5.6

5.9

15.9

Suffocation

3.5

4.1

5.2

6.0

1.8

2.4

3.5

4.1

3.5

4.2

7.2

7.6

2.9

3.5

2.8

3.1

15.13

Unintentional injuries

29.3

35.0

42.1

49.4

17.1

22.1

29.1

34.8

34.3

39.5

54.9

59.9

14.0

17.6

27.4

30.2

15.15a

Motor vehicle crashes

15.2

15.6

20.9

21.6

9.6

10.1

15.2

15.6

16.2

16.8

30.3

30.4

8.5

9.3

14.6

14.7

15.25

Fire

1.0

1.2

1.3

1.6

0.8

0.9

0.8

1.0

2.4

3.0

1.8

2.1

0.2

0.3

0.7

0.9

15.27

Falls

2.3

4.7

3.4

6.4

1.4

3.5

2.4

4.9

1.9

3.1

3.1

4.4

1.5

3.4

2.2

3.7

15.29

Drowning

1.6

1.6

2.7

2.7

0.6

0.6

1.5

1.5

2.4

2.3

3.0

3.1

1.5

1.5

1.6

1.5

15.32

Homicide

7.1

6.5

11.0

10.0

3.2

3.1

4.3

4.0

24.8

22.6

9.5

9.1

3.6

3.5

9.7

8.8

18.1

Suicide

10.4

11.3

17.2

19.2

4.0

4.3

11.2

12.2

5.9

5.8

13.4

12.6

5.9

6.6

6.0

6.3

24.10

Chronic obstructive 

    pulmonary deaths (aged

    45 years and older)

78.1

119.4

95.4

153.7

66.2

98.8

81.0

124.3

61.3

85.3

57.3

79.6

26.8

48.6

30.4

52.5

26.2

Cirrhosis

7.2

9.5

10.3

13.4

4.4

6.0

7.1

9.4

8.0

9.9

22.0

25.9

2.4

3.5

11.7

15.4

26.3

Drug-induced

5.9

6.3

8.2

8.6

3.6

3.9

5.8

6.1

8.1

8.8

6.7

7.0

1.2

1.2

5.9

6.2