Diseases: Data Presentation

Rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases per 100,000 Population

NR stands for Not Reported.
Year	Syphilis	Gonorrhea	Chlamydia	HIV/AIDS
1941	368.2	146.7	NR	NR
1942	363.4	160.9	NR	NR
1943	447.0	213.6	NR	NR
1944	367.9	236.5	NR	NR
1945	282.3	225.8	NR	NR
1946	271.7	275.0	NR	NR
1947	252.3	270.0	NR	NR
1948	218.2	239.8	NR	NR
1949	175.3	217.3	NR	NR
1950	146.0	192.5	NR	NR
1951	116.1	168.9	NR	NR
1952	110.2	160.8	NR	NR
1953	95.9	153.9	NR	NR
1954	82.9	153.5	NR	NR
1955	76.2	147.0	NR	NR
1956	78.7	135.7	NR	NR
1957	73.5	127.4	NR	NR
1958	66.4	135.6	NR	NR
1959	69.2	137.6	NR	NR
1960	68.8	145.4	NR	NR
1961	68.8	145.8	NR	NR
1962	68.7	143.6	NR	NR
1963	66.6	149.2	NR	NR
1964	60.4	159.0	NR	NR
1965	58.9	169.6	NR	NR
1966	54.4	181.9	NR	NR
1967	52.5	207.3	NR	NR
1968	48.8	235.7	NR	NR
1969	46.3	268.6	NR	NR
1970	45.3	297.2	NR	NR
1971	46.9	327.2	NR	NR
1972	43.9	369.7	NR	NR

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Rate of Sexually Transmitted Diseases per 100,000 Population [Continued]

Year	Syphilis	Gonorrhea	Chlamydia	HIV/AIDS
1973	41.7	402.0	NR	NR
1974	39.6	428.2	NR	NR
1975	37.6	467.7	NR	NR
1976	33.2	464.1	NR	NR
1977	29.6	459.5	NR	NR
1978	29.4	459.7	NR	NR
1979	30.1	450.3	NR	NR
1980	30.5	445.1	NR	NR
1981	32.0	435.2	NR	NR
1982	32.9	417.9	NR	NR
1983	32.1	387.6	NR	NR
1984	29.8	374.8	NR	NR
1985	28.5	384.3	NR	NR
1986	28.3	372.8	NR	NR
1987	35.9	323.6	NR	NR
1988	42.5	300.3	NR	NR
1989	46.6	297.1	NR	13.6
1990	54.3	278.0	NR	16.7
1991	51.0	247.1	NR	17.3
1992	44.2	196.7	NR	17.8
1993	39.7	172.4	NR	40.2
1994	32.0	168.4	NR	30.1
1995	26.2	149.5	182.6	27.2
1996	20.0	122.8	188.1	25.2
1997	17.4	121.4	196.8	21.9
1998	14.2	132.9	236.6	17.2
1999	13.1	133.2	254.1	16.7
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Data for 1999 and HIV/AIDS data from Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 1999. MMWR 1999; 48 (No. 53). Data from 1941 through 1993 available at http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/STD/OSTD3202/Table_1.html.

AIDS Deaths by Sex and Type of Exposure to the Disease [Continued]

Year	Number of Cases						Percent of Cases in Year
	By Sex			By Exposure			By Sex		By Exposure
	Both Sexes1	Men	Women	Men Having Sex With Men	Heterosexual Contact	Injecting Drug Use	Men	Women	Men Having Sex With Men	Heterosexual Contact	Injecting Drug Use	All Other Exposures
1993	45,598	38,908	6,146	27,144	4,262	12,477	85.3	13.5	59.5	9.3	27.4	3.8
1994	50,418	42,322	7,510	29,062	5,502	14,167	83.9	14.9	57.6	10.9	28.1	3.3
1995	51,117	42,434	8,144	28,471	6,388	14,668	83.0	15.9	55.7	12.5	28.7	3.1
1996	38,025	30,636	6,960	19,445	5,550	11,840	80.6	18.3	51.1	14.6	31.1	3.1
1997	21,999	17,212	4,567	10,113	3,761	7,483	78.2	20.8	46.0	17.1	34.0	2.9
1998	18,397	14,241	4,033	8,310	3,256	6,376	77.4	21.9	45.2	17.7	34.7	2.5
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AIDS Deaths by Sex and Type of Exposure to the Disease [Continued]

Year	Number of Cases						Percent of Cases in Year
	By Sex			By Exposure			By Sex		By Exposure
	Both Sexes1	Men	Women	Men Having Sex With Men	Heterosexual Contact	Injecting Drug Use	Men	Women	Men Having Sex With Men	Heterosexual Contact	Injecting Drug Use	All Other Exposures
1999	17,172	12,991	4,063	7,412	3,289	6,039	75.7	23.7	43.2	19.2	35.2	2.5
2000	15,245	11,514	3,656	6,559	3,117	5,213	75.5	24.0	43.0	20.4	34.2	2.3
Source: Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, National Center for HIV, STD and TB prevention, www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1301/table30.htm. Notes: 1. Both sexes includes children, not specifically shown. Number of exposures do not total to both sexes because miscellaneous exposures are not shown.

Selected Childhood Diseases

NR stands for Not Reported.
Year	Total Number of Occurrences Reported
	Diphtheria	Measles (Rubeola)	Mumps	Pertussis (Whooping Cough)	Poliomyelitis	Rubella (German Measles)
	1944	14,150	630,291	NR	109,873	19,029	NR
1945	18,675	146,013	NR	133,792	13,624	NR
1946	16,354	659,843	NR	109,860	25,698	NR
1947	12,262	222,375	NR	156,517	10,827	NR
1948	9,493	615,104	NR	74,715	27,726	NR
1949	7,969	625,281	NR	69,479	42,033	NR
1950	5,796	319,124	NR	120,718	33,300	NR
1951	3,983	530,118	NR	68,687	28,386	NR
1952	2,960	683,077	NR	45,030	57,879	NR
1953	2,355	449,146	NR	37,129	35,592	NR
1954	2,041	682,720	NR	60,886	38,476	NR
1955	1,984	555,156	NR	62,786	28,985	NR
1956	1,568	611,936	NR	31,732	15,140	NR
1957	1,211	486,799	NR	28,295	5,485	NR
1958	918	763,094	NR	32,148	5,787	NR
1959	934	406,162	NR	40,005	8,425	NR
1960	918	441,703	NR	14,809	3,190	NR
1961	617	423,919	NR	11,468	1,312	NR
1962	444	481,530	NR	17,749	910	NR
1963	314	385,156	NR	17,135	449	NR
1964	293	458,083	NR	13,005	122	NR
1965	164	261,904	NR	6,799	72	NR
1966	209	204,136	NR	7,717	113	46,975
1967	219	62,705	NR	9,718	41	46,888
1968	260	22,231	152,209	4,810	53	49,371
1969	241	25,826	90,918	3,285	20	57,686
1970	435	47,351	104,953	4,249	33	56,552
1971	215	75,290	124,939	3,036	21	45,086
1972	152	32,275	74,215	3,287	31	25,507
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Selected Childhood Diseases [Continued]

Year	Total Number of Occurrences Reported
	Diphtheria	Measles (Rubeola)	Mumps	Pertussis (Whooping Cough)	Poliomyelitis	Rubella (German Measles)
	1973	228	26,690	69,612	1,759	8	27,804
1974	272	22,094	59,128	2,402	7	11,917
1975	307	24,374	59,647	1,738	8	16,652
1976	128	41,126	38,492	1,010	14	12,491
1977	84	57,345	21,436	2,177	18	20,395
1978	76	26,871	16,817	2,063	15	18,269
1979	59	13,597	14,225	1,623	34	11,795
1980	3	13,506	8,576	1,730	9	3,904
1981	5	3,124	4,941	1,248	6	2,077
1982	2	1,714	5,270	1,895	8	2,325
1983	5	1,497	3,355	2,463	15	970
1984	1	2,587	3,021	2,276	8	752
1985	3	2,822	2,982	3,589	7	630
1986	-	6,282	7,790	4,195	9	551
1987	3	3,655	12,848	2,823	9	306
1988	2	3,396	4,866	3,450	9	225
1989	3	18,193	5,712	4,157	9	396
1990	4	27,786	5,292	4,570	6	1,125
1991	5	9,643	4,264	2,719	9	1,401
1992	4	2,237	2,572	4,083	6	160
1993		312	1,692	6,586	3	192
1994	2	963	1,537	4,617	8	227
1995	-	309	906	5,137	7	128
1996	2	508	751	7,796	5	238
1997	4	138	683	6,564	5	181
1998	1	100	666	7,405	1	364
1999	1	100	387	7,288	-	267
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 1999. MMWR 1999 and earlier years.

Historical Diseases That Still Plague Us

Year	Total Number of Occurrences Reported
	Cholera	Leprosy	Malaria	Plague	Syphillis	Tuberculosis	Typhoid Fever
1944	-	37	57,626	1	467,755	126,294	4,599
1945	-	40	62,763	-	359,114	114,931	4,211
1946	-	43	48,610	-	963,647	119,256	3,268
1947	-	56	15,116	1	355,592	134,946	3,075
1948	-	63	9,606	-	314,313	137,006	2,840
1949	-	41	4,151	3	256,463	134,865	2,795
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Historical Diseases That Still Plague Us

Year	Total Number of Occurrences Reported
	Cholera	Leprosy	Malaria	Plague	Syphillis	Tuberculosis	Typhoid Fever
1950	-	44	2,184	3	217,558	121,742	2,484
1951	-	57	5,600	1	174,924	118,491	2,128
1952	-	57	7,023	-	167,762	86,700	2,341
1953	-	60	1,310	-	148,573	84,304	2,252
1954	-	56	715	-	130,697	79,775	2,169
1955	-	75	522	-	122,392	77,368	1,704
1956	-	52	234	1	130,201	69,895	1,700
1957	-	36	132	1	123,758	67,149	1,231
1958	-	39	85	-	113,884	63,534	1,043
1959	-	44	71	4	120,824	57,535	859
1960	-	54	72	2	122,538	55,494	816
1961	-	63	73	3	124,658	53,726	814
1962	-	80	118	-	126,245	53,315	608
1963	-	103	99	1	124,137	54,042	566
1964	-	97	93	-	114,325	50,874	501
1965	2	96	147	8	112,842	49,016	454
1966	-	109	565	5	105,159	47,767	378
1967	-	81	2,022	3	102,581	45,647	396
1968	-	123	2,317	3	96,271	42,623	395
1969	-	98	3,102	5	92,162	39,120	364
1970	-	129	3,051	13	91,382	37,137	346
1971	1	131	2,375	2	95,997	35,217	407
1972	-	130	742	1	91,149	32,882	398
1973	1	146	237	2	87,469	30,998	680
1974	-	118	293	8	83,771	30,122	437
1975	-	162	373	20	80,356	33,989	375
1976	-	145	471	16	71,761	32,105	419
1977	3	151	547	18	64,621	30,145	398
1978	12	168	731	12	64,875	28,521	505
1979	1	185	894	13	67,049	27,669	528
1980	9	223	2,062	18	68,832	27,749	510
1981	19	256	1,388	13	72,799	27,373	584
1982	-	250	1,056	19	75,579	25,520	425
1983	1	259	813	40	74,637	23,846	507
1984	1	290	1,007	31	69,888	22,255	390
1985	4	361	1,049	17	67,563	22,201	402
1986	23	270	1,123	10	68,215	22,768	362
1987	6	238	944	12	86,545	22,517	400
1988	8	184	1,099	15	103,437	22,436	436
1989	-	163	1,277	4	110,797	23,495	460
1990	6	198	1,292	2	134,255	25,701	552
1991	26	154	1,278	11	128,569	26,283	501
1992	103	172	1,087	13	112,581	26,673	414
1993	18	187	1,411	10	101,259	25,313	440
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Historical Diseases That Still Plague Us [Continued]

Year	Total Number of Occurrences Reported
	Cholera	Leprosy	Malaria	Plague	Syphillis	Tuberculosis	Typhoid Fever
1994	39	136	1,229	17	81,696	24,361	441
1995	23	144	1,419	9	68,953	22,860	369
1996	4	112	1,800	5	52,976	21,337	396
1997	6	122	2,001	4	46,540	19,851	365
1998	17	108	1,611	9	37,977	18,361	375
1999	6	108	1,666	9	35,628	17,531	346
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 1999. MMWR 1999 and earlier years.

Selected Diseases Identified in the Second Half of the 20th Century

Blanks are left where no data are available.
Year		Total Number of Occurrences Reported
AIDS	Hepatitis A	Hepatitis B	Hepatitis C	Legionaire's Disease	Lyme Disease	Toxic Shock Syndrome
1964		37,740
1965		33,856
1966		32,859	1,497
1967		38,909	2,458
1968		45,893	4,829
1969		48,416	5,909
1970		56,797	8,310
1971		59,606	9,556
1972		54,074	9,402
1973		50,749	8,451
1974		40,358	10,631
1975		35,855	13,121
1976		33,288	14,973		235
1977		31,153	16,831		359
1978		29,500	15,016		761
1979		30,407	15,452		593
1980		29,087	19,015		475
1981		25,802	21,152		408
1982		23,403	22,177		654
1983		21,532	24,318	3,470	852		502
1984	4,445	22,040	26,115	3,871	750		482
1985	8,249	23,210	26,611	4,184	830		384
1986	12,932	23,430	26,107	3,634	948		412
1987	21,070	25,280	25,916	2,999	1,038		372
1988	31,001	28,507	23,177	2,619	1,085		390
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Selected Diseases Identified in the Second Half of the 20th Century [Continued]

Year		Total Number of Occurrences Reported
AIDS	Hepatitis A	Hepatitis B	Hepatitis C	Legionaire's Disease	Lyme Disease	Toxic Shock Syndrome
1989	33,722	35,821	23,419	2,529	1,190		400
1990	41,595	31,441	21,102	2,553	1,370		322
1991	43,672	24,378	18,003	3,582	1,317	9,465	280
1992	45,472	23,112	16,126	6,010	1,339	9,895	244
1993	103,533	24,238	13,361	4,786	1,280	8,257	212
1994	78,279	26,796	12,517	4,470	1,615	13,043	192
1995	71,547	31,582	10,805	4,576	1,241	11,700	191
1996	66,885	31,032	10,637	3,716	1,198	16,455	145
1997	58,492	30,021	10,416	3,816	1,163	12,801	157
1998	46,521	23,229	10,258	3,518	1,355	16,801	138
1999	45,104	17,047	7,694	3,111	1,108	16,273	113
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Summary of notifiable diseases, United States, 1999. MMWR 1999 and earlier years.

Depression as Measured by Visits to Physicians

Diagnoses are not available for all the years. Drug mentions are also reported only spottily. Blanks are left where no data are available.
Year	Physician Visits			Diagnoses Recorded			Drug Mentions Recorded
All Causes	Depression	Depr. % of All Visits	Major depression	Neurotic Depression	Major as % of Total	Prozac	Zoloft	Anti-depressants
1989	692,702	7,350	1.06
1990	704,604	7,000	0.99
1991	669,689	7,060	1.05
1992	762,045	8,344	1.09
1993	717,191	8,758	1.22				6,462		6,462
1994	681,457	13,180	1.93				5,989		5,989
1995	697,082	9,011	1.29	6,002	2,863	66.6
1996	734,493	8,169	1.11	5,582	2,897	68.3	6,613		6,613
1997	959,300	12,003	1.25	8,275	3,691	68.9	8,225	7,607	15,832
1998	829,280	9,708	1.17				8,152	8,364	16,516
1999	756,734	9,664	1.28				7,922	8,351	16,273
2000	823,542	10,043	1.22					9,183	9,183
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, 1989 through 2000, accessible at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/ahcd/adata.htm.

Attention Deficit Disorder and Learning Disability-1997-1998

ADD stands for Attention Deficit Disorder; LD stands for Learning Disability.-is used to indicate that data did not meet precision standards.
Characteristics	Percent of All Children 6-11 Years			Boys			Girls
ADD/noLD	LD/noADD	Both	ADD/noLD	LD/noADD	Both	ADD/noLD	LD/noADD	Both
Total	3.3	4.2	3.5	4.7	4.7	4.9	1.7	3.7	2.0
Age
6 to 8	2.3	3.4	2.7	3.3	3.8	4.0	1.3	2.9	1.5
9 to 11	4.2	5.0	4.2	6.1	5.6	5.7	2.2	4.4	2.6
Race/ethnicity
White	4.1	3.9	3.6	6.0	4.2	5.0	2.1	3.7	2.2
Black	1.8	5.4	4.1	2.7	7.6	6.5	-	3.2	-
Hispanic	1.4	4.6	2.6	1.8	4.8	3.1	-	4.5	-
Family structure
Mother and Father	3.0	3.5	2.9	4.4	4.0	3.8	1.5	3.0	2.0
Mother only	3.8	6.1	4.6	5.4	6.6	7.0	-	5.7	2.0
Source: Pastor, P.N., Reuben, C.A.Attention deficit disorder and learning disability: United States, 1997-98. National Center for Health Statistics. Vital Health Statistics 10(206). 2002, accessible at http://www/cdc/gove/nchs/data/sereies/sr_10/sr10_206.pdf.

Trends in Cancer Mortality, 1979 to 1998

Data are intended to show that cancer death rates have changed very little over a span of 20 years.
Year	Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population
	All Cancers	Trachea, Bronchus, Lung	Prostate	Breast (Females)	Colorectal	Lymphoid, leukemia	Ovarian	Pancreatic	Stomach
1979	204.0	47.9	32.1	31.2	27.2	18.4	9.4	10.7	7.5
1980	207.9	49.9	32.8	31.9	27.4	18.9	9.4	10.7	7.4
1981	206.4	50.3	32.7	32.0	26.7	18.5	9.3	10.7	7.2
1982	208.3	51.7	32.9	32.2	26.5	19.0	9.3	10.6	7.0
1983	209.1	52.6	33.4	32.1	26.4	19.1	9.2	10.7	6.8
1984	210.8	53.6	33.6	32.9	26.7	19.2	9.1	10.8	6.8
1985	211.3	54.6	33.4	33.0	26.3	19.5	9.1	10.6	6.5
1986	211.5	55.2	34.4	32.8	25.6	19.6	9.2	10.6	6.3
1987	211.7	56.4	34.6	32.7	25.4	19.4	9.2	10.6	6.2
1988	212.5	57.2	35.4	33.2	24.8	19.6	9.3	10.5	6.1
1989	214.2	58.1	36.6	33.2	24.6	20.2	9.3	10.6	6.2
1990	216.0	59.3	38.4	33.3	24.5	20.4	9.4	10.7	6.1
1991	215.8	59.4	38.9	32.8	23.8	20.8	9.5	10.7	6.0
1992	214.3	59.2	38.9	31.8	23.5	20.7	9.5	10.7	5.7
1993	214.6	59.5	39.1	31.5	23.2	20.9	9.1	10.7	5.7
1994	213.1	59.0	38.3	31.1	22.9	21.2	9.4	10.7	5.4
1995	211.7	58.9	37.1	30.8	22.7	21.3	9.2	10.5	5.4
1996	208.7	58.4	35.6	29.8	21.9	21.2	9.0	10.5	5.2

[Continued]

Trends in Cancer Mortality, 1979 to 1998 [Continued]

Year	Age-Adjusted Death Rates per 100,000 Population
	All Cancers	Trachea, Bronchus, Lung	Prostate	Breast (Females)	Colorectal	Lymphoid, leukemia	Ovarian	Pancreatic	Stomach
1997	205.7	58.1	33.8	28.6	21.6	21.2	9.1	10.6	5.0
1998	202.4	57.6	32.0	27.9	21.2	20.8	8.8	10.6	4.8
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm, May 29, 2002.

Five-Year Relative Cancer Survival Rates for Selected Cancer Sites

Data are based on the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program's population-based registries in Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle-Puget Sound, San Francisco-Oakland, Connecticut, Iowa, New Mexico, Utah, and Hawaii.
Sex and site	Percent of Patients
	White					Black
	1974-79	1980-82	1983-85	1986-88	1989-97	1974-79	1980-82	1983-85	1986-88	1989-97
Both sexes
All sites	50.9	52.1	53.8	56.7	62.0	39.2	39.7	39.7	42.6	49.7
Oral cavity and pharynx	54.9	55.6	55.2	55.2	57.1	36.6	31.0	35.2	34.6	33.7
Esophagus	5.5	7.3	9.3	10.8	13.8	3.3	5.4	6.2	7.2	9.0
Stomach	15.2	16.5	16.3	19.1	19.8	15.9	19.4	19.0	19.1	21.6
Colon	51.9	55.7	58.4	61.5	62.6	47.3	49.2	49.4	52.8	52.4
Rectum	49.8	53.1	55.9	59.1	61.0	40.4	38.4	43.7	51.4	53.0
Pancreas	2.4	2.8	2.9	3.2	4.2	3.2	4.5	5.2	6.0	3.9
Lung and bronchus	13.1	13.5	13.8	13.5	14.7	11.3	12.1	11.4	11.9	11.4
Urinary bladder	74.9	78.9	78.2	80.7	82.1	51.5	58.7	59.3	62.3	63.8
Non-Hodgkińs lymphoma	48.2	51.8	54.4	52.8	53.5	50.3	50.0	45.1	50.2	43.0
Leukemia	36.6	39.5	41.9	44.1	45.9	30.8	33.1	32.9	37.6	35.7
Male
All sites	43.4	46.7	48.5	51.7	60.8	32.1	34.3	34.5	37.7	49.6
Oral cavity and pharynx	54.3	54.6	54.3	52.2	55.0	31.2	26.5	29.9	29.3	28.2
Esophagus	5.1	6.5	7.8	11.3	13.7	2.3	4.6	5.0	7.0	8.9
Stomach	13.8	15.6	14.6	16.2	17.4	15.3	18.5	18.5	15.0	20.1
Colon	51.0	56.0	58.9	62.4	63.2	45.3	46.7	48.3	52.5	52.5
Rectum	49.0	51.7	55.2	58.8	60.6	36.7	36.1	43.1	46.6	52.7
Pancreas	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.9	3.9	2.4	3.2	4.4	6.4	4.0
Lung and bronchus	11.6	12.2	12.0	12.0	13.1	10.0	10.9	10.3	11.9	10.0
Prostate gland	70.3	74.5	76.2	82.7	94.9	60.7	64.7	63.8	69.3	88.1
Urinary bladder	76.0	79.9	79.5	82.3	84.2	58.9	63.3	64.8	67.5	67.4
Non-Hodgkińs lymphoma	47.2	50.9	53.4	50.0	49.8	44.7	47.2	43.6	46.9	38.9
Leukemia	35.5	39.5	41.6	45.4	47.1	30.9	30.1	31.8	36.5	34.0
Female
All sites	57.4	57.1	58.8	61.4	63.3	46.8	46.0	45.3	47.8	49.9
Colon	52.6	55.4	58.0	60.7	61.9	48.8	51.1	50.2	53.1	52.4
Rectum	50.8	54.6	56.7	59.5	61.5	43.8	41.3	44.2	56.2	53.3
Pancreas	2.2	3.0	3.2	3.4	4.4	4.1	5.8	5.8	5.6	3.7
Lung and bronchus	16.7	16.2	17.0	15.8	16.7	15.5	15.5	14.1	11.8	13.9
Melanoma of skin	85.8	88.3	89.3	91.2	91.8	69.9	1	70.1	1	76.2
Breast	75.4	77.1	79.2	83.9	86.6	63.1	65.9	63.4	69.3	71.7

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Five-Year Relative Cancer Survival Rates for Selected Cancer Sites [Continued]

Sex and site	Percent of Patients
	White					Black
	1974-79	1980-82	1983-85	1986-88	1989-97	1974-79	1980-82	1983-85	1986-88	1989-97
Cervix uteri	69.7	68.1	70.5	71.8	71.8	62.9	61.2	60.0	55.3	60.0
Corpus uteri	87.6	82.8	84.5	84.4	85.7	59.3	54.8	54.2	57.0	58.5
Ovary	37.2	38.7	40.2	42.0	51.0	40.3	39.1	41.2	38.6	47.4
Non-Hodgkińs lymphoma	49.2	52.8	55.4	56.1	58.0	57.5	53.3	47.0	54.4	49.9
Source: National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, shown inHealth United States 2002.Note: 1. Data for population groups with fewer than 25 annual cases are not shown.

Death Rates for Selected Leading Causes of Death Among Persons Age 65 or Older

Data show the diseases likely to carry off the Baby Boom Generation. Rates are age-adjusted death rates per 100,000 population.
Year	Heart Disease	Cancer	Stroke	Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases	Pneumonia & Influenza
1980	2,629	1,052	669	179	214
1981	2,547	1,056	625	186	207
1982	2,503	1,069	587	186	181
1983	2,512	1,078	566	204	207
1984	2,450	1,087	548	211	214
1985	2,431	1,091	533	226	243
1986	2,372	1,101	508	228	245
1987	2,316	1,106	497	230	237
1988	2,306	1,114	491	240	263
1989	2,172	1,133	465	240	253
1990	2,092	1,142	449	245	258
1991	2,049	1,151	436	252	245
1992	1,995	1,154	427	253	233
1993	2,032	1,164	437	275	249
1994	1,963	1,161	437	273	239
1995	1,941	1,160	442	273	239
1996	1,894	1,150	438	278	236
1997	1,832	1,133	426	281	237
1998	1,795	1,125	414	288	248
Source: National Institute on Aging, drawing data from the National Vital Statistics System, National Center for Health Statistics, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. NIA is accessible at http://www.nia.nih.gov/.

Death Rates from Alzheimer's Disease, 1979 to 1998

Data show that the disease came to be recognized only in the late 1980s. Rates are age-adjusted death rates per 100,000 population.
	Death Rate of those Aged:
65-74	75-84	85+
1979	2.1	3.0	4.3
1980	3.2	4.8	7.6
1981	3.8	7.2	12.2
1982	5.1	12.2	17.9
1983	7.8	21.4	37.8
1984	9.3	31.8	59.8
1985	10.5	42.2	86.1
1986	10.8	46.9	103.7
1987	11.1	54.7	135.4
1988	11.3	57.2	151.2
1989	10.6	58.6	170.4
1990	10.2	58.6	187.8
1991	9.9	57.4	190.7
1992	9.6	55.7	199.0
1993	9.7	63.9	227.6
1994	11.0	66.7	251.8
1995	11.1	73.4	274.7
1996	11.0	72.8	284.7
1997	10.8	73.3	299.2
1998	10.4	70.0	299.5
Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System, accessed at http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/default.htm, May 29, 2002.