Cancer Deaths

Firearm-related deaths

Orange County California Healthy People 2020

4.5 7.6 9.3

Homicide 2.0 5.0

Source: California Department of Public Health, Vital Statistics Query System, County Health Status Profiles 2018. https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/CDPHHome.aspx 5.5

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 California

All sites Lung and bronchus Breast (females) Prostate (males) Colon and rectum 137.8 29.6 18.7 18.2 11.6

Pancreas Ovary (females) Liver and intrahepatic bile duct Non-Hodgkin lymphoma Brain 10.7 7.4 6.9 4.7 4.5

Urinary bladder Stomach 3.9 3.7

Myeloid and monocytic leukemia Kidney and renal pelvis Melanoma of the skin 3.5 3.1 2.8

Oral Cavity and Pharynx Lymphocytic leukemia Cervix uteri (females) 2.2 1.9 1.6

Thyroid 0.5

Testis (males) 0.3

Source: California Cancer Registry, Cancer Surveillance Section, California Department of Public Health, 2011-2015. http://www.cancer-rates.info/ca/ 146.6 31.9 20.1 19.6 13.2 10.3 7.1 7.6 5.4 4.3 3.9 4.0 3.3 3.5 2.4 2.4 1.9 2.2 0.6 0.3

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

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100,000 persons). Exceptions are Asians, who have high rates of mortality from cancers of the stomach and liver and bile duct.

Cancer Mortality Rates, Age-Adjusted, per 100,000 Persons, by Race for Orange County Hispanic White Asian/PI Black Orange County

Cancer all sites 122.9 148.9 106.0 157.8 137.8

Lung and Bronchus Breast (female) Prostate (males) Colon and Rectum 15.4 34.5 24.5 32.3 29.7 17.0 20.9 11.5 30.8 18.7 20.0 20.3 7.1 49.4 18.2 11.9 11.8 10.3 12.0 11.6

Pancreas Ovary (female) Liver and Bile Duct 11.0 11.1 8.9 11.1 10.7 6.2 8.5 4.5 0.00 7.4 9.3 4.8 11.5 7.2 6.9

Miscellaneous

7.5 9.1 5.4 0.00 6.2 Leukemia* 5.2 6.6 4.1 7.5 6.2 Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma 5.6 5.3 4.0 0.0 5.1 Urinary Bladder 2.1 4.7 2.0 0.0 3.9 Stomach 6.1 2.1 6.3 0.0 3.7 Uterine** (female) 3.4 3.2 0.0 0.0 3.1 Kidney & Renal Pelvis 3.5 3.3 1.9 0.0 3.1 Esophagus 1.8 3.9 1.5 0.0 3.1 Myeloma 3.4 3.1 1.8 9.4 3.0 Oral Cavity and Pharynx 1.7 2.4 1.6 0.0 2.4 Skin Melanoma 0.7 4.3 0.0 0.0 2.4 Cervical (female) 2.4 1.4 0.0 0.0 1.6

Source: California Cancer Registry, California Department of Public Health, 2008-2012; Age-adjusted to 2000 U.S. Standard. http://www.cancer-rates.info/ca/ *Myeloid & Monocytic + Lymphocytic + "Other" Leukemias **Uterus, NOS + Corpus Uteri

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