Cancer
Profile for McLennan County
Date: 10/27/2002
|
Cancer's
Rank as Cause of Death in McLennan County in
2000 |
|
|
2000
Deaths from: |
All
Causes |
Cancer |
% |
Heart
Disease |
% |
|
Texas |
149,763 |
33,298 |
22.2% |
42,968 |
28.7% |
|
McLennan
County |
1,990 |
470 |
23.6% |
587 |
29.5% |
|
2000 Cancer Deaths by
Major Sites for McLennan County | ||||||||||
|
Cancer
Site |
Total
All Races |
% |
Non-Hispanic
White |
% |
African
American |
% |
Hispanic |
% |
Other
Races |
% |
|
Total
Cancers |
470 |
100% |
368 |
100% |
73 |
100% |
29 |
100% |
0 |
100% |
|
Lung
& Bronchus |
141 |
30.0% |
116 |
31.5% |
21 |
28.8% |
4 |
13.8% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Colon
& Rectum |
52 |
11.1% |
39 |
10.6% |
7 |
9.6% |
6 |
20.7% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Breast |
23 |
4.9% |
17 |
4.6% |
5 |
6.8% |
1 |
3.4% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Prostate |
25 |
5.3% |
18 |
4.9% |
5 |
6.8% |
2 |
6.9% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Other |
229 |
48.7% |
178 |
48.4% |
35 |
47.9% |
16 |
55.2% |
0 |
0.0% |
|
Population
Group |
McLennan
County |
Texas |
|
Total
Population |
213,517 |
20,851,820 |
|
%
Male |
48.5% |
49.6% |
|
%
Female |
51.5% |
50.4% |
|
%
Age < 20 |
31.5% |
31.4% |
|
%
Age 50+ |
26.1% |
24.6% |
|
%
Non-Hispanic White |
65.2% |
53.1% |
|
%
African American |
15.3% |
11.6% |
|
%
Hispanic |
17.9% |
32.0% |
|
%
Other Races |
1.6% |
3.3% |