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Table 2 Descriptive statistics for cancer mortality rates used in the analysis. Mortality rates reported are per 100,000 age-, sex-, and race-adjusted to 1940 standard US population

From: Socioeconomic inequality of cancer mortality in the United States: a spatial data mining approach

Cancer mortality rate

Number of records

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Standard Deviation

White male lung cancer

774

9.41

119.29

58.9193

14.46512

White male colorectal cancer

654

7.52

25.46

16.1918

3.07422

White male prostate cancer

730

6.46

27.2

15.218

2.53059

White female lung cancer

684

8.61

49.36

24.7711

5.65126

White female breast cancer

699

9.46

37.31

21.5052

3.23601

White female colorectal cancer

622

4.3

21.18

11.0973

2.12812

Black male lung cancer

290

0

245.2

88.2525

20.70256

Black male colorectal cancer

114

0

36.89

21.3869

4.7887

Black male prostate cancer

244

0

61.38

35.7475

8.09248

Black female lung cancer

153

0

56.06

24.8152

9.62457

Black female breast cancer

158

0

43.21

26.3151

7.58142

Black female colorectal cancer

131

0

29.48

15.0637

4.82983