Orange County Firearm-related deaths Homicide
California
4.5 2.0
7.6 5.0
Healthy People 2020 9.3 5.5
Source: California Department of Public Health, Vital Statistics Query System, County Health Status Profiles 2018. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/CDPHHome.aspx
Cancer Deaths The five-year average cancer mortality age-adjusted rate for all cancer sites in Orange County was 137.8 per 100,000 persons, age-adjusted, which is lower than the California age-adjusted cancer death rate of 146.6 per 100,000 persons. The highest rates of cancers occurred with lung and bronchus, breast, prostate, colon and rectum. Orange County has higher death rates than the state from cancer of the pancreas, ovarian cancer, brain cancer, leukemia and melanoma of the skin. Cancer Mortality Rates, Age-Adjusted, per 100,000 Persons, 2011-2015 Orange County All sites
California 137.8
146.6
Lung and bronchus
29.6
31.9
Breast (females)
18.7
20.1
Prostate (males)
18.2
19.6
Colon and rectum
11.6
13.2
Pancreas
10.7
10.3
Ovary (females)
7.4
7.1
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct
6.9
7.6
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
4.7
5.4
Brain
4.5
4.3
Urinary bladder
3.9
3.9
Stomach
3.7
4.0
Myeloid and monocytic leukemia
3.5
3.3
Kidney and renal pelvis
3.1
3.5
Melanoma of the skin
2.8
2.4
Oral Cavity and Pharynx
2.2
2.4
Lymphocytic leukemia
1.9
1.9
Cervix uteri (females)
1.6
2.2
Thyroid
0.5
0.6
Testis (males)
0.3
0.3
Source: California Cancer Registry, Cancer Surveillance Section, California Department of Public Health, 2011-2015. http://www.cancer-rates.info/ca/
When examined by race/ethnicity, blacks have the highest rate of cancer mortality (157.8 per 100,000 persons), followed by whites (148.9), Hispanics have a lower rate (122.9), and Asians/Pacific Islanders have the lowest rate of cancer mortality (106.0 per UCI Medical Center Community Health Needs Assessment
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