LINE CHART: Age-Adjusted Malignant Lung/Bronchus Cancer and Colon/Rectal Cancer Rates Among Females, by Race, 1975-2002

1975: Lung/Bronchus Black 24.7, White 24.9 ; Colon/Rectal White 54, Black 54.7

1978: Lung/Bronchus Black 31.6, White 29.9 ; Colon/Rectal White 55.5, Black 60.6

1981: Lung/Bronchus Black 37.2, White 35.5 ; Colon/Rectal White 57.1, Black 55.9

1984: Lung/Bronchus Black 44.8, White 39.6 ; Colon/Rectal White 56.7, Black 57.8

1987: Lung/Bronchus Black 43.2, White 45.5 ; Colon/Rectal White 52.6, Black 58.9

1990: Lung/Bronchus Black 52.1, White 48.9 ; Colon/Rectal White 51, Black 61.5

1993: Lung/Bronchus Black 52.2, White 50.7 ; Colon/Rectal White 47.8, Black 55.1

1996: Lung/Bronchus Black 54.8, White 53 ; Colon/Rectal White 46.3, Black 52.8

1999: Lung/Bronchus Black 58.3, White 54.2 ; Colon/Rectal White 47.2, Black 57.8

2002: Lung/Bronchus Black 59.9, White 52.4 ; Colon/Rectal White 44.8, Black 54.5

Source: Ries LAG, Eisner MP, Kosary CL, Hankey BF, Miller BA, Clegg L, Mariotto A, Feuer EJ, Edwards BK (eds). SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2002. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute. http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2002/.