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Table 2 Relative lung cancer mortality rates in US White and Black people by gender, year and age^a

From: Systematic review of the epidemiological evidence comparing lung cancer risk in smokers of mentholated and unmentholated cigarettes

			White people		Black people		Black/White
Gender	Year	Age	Deaths	Rate	Deaths	Rate	Rate
Male	2000	35-44	1133	6.1	361	13.3	2.19
		45-54	5588	35.7	1383	70.7	1.98
		55-64	15173	150.7	2436	223.4	1.48
		65-74	27516	374.7	3340	488.7	1.30
		75-84	23406	529.7	2118	641.3	1.21
	2005	35-44	943	5.3	203	7.6	1.43
		45-54	5803	33.2	1334	56.9	1.71
		55-64	15510	123.4	2721	199.1	1.61
		65-74	24627	331.7	3011	408.6	1.23
		75-84	24598	519.7	2066	564.3	1.09
Female	2000	35-44	957	5.2	222	7.3	1.40
		45-54	3941	24.8	746	32.8	1.33
		55-64	10304	96.0	1289	95.3	0.99
		65-74	18663	213.1	1885	194.1	0.91
		75-84	18299	272.5	1315	224.2	0.82
	2005	35-44	907	5.2	184	6.1	1.17
		45-54	4230	24.0	914	33.5	1.40
		55-64	10947	82.6	1489	87.8	1.06
		65-74	17883	207.1	1899	184.5	0.89
		75-84	19816	288.3	1632	253.2	0.88

^aDerived from the National Center for Health Statistics website (http://wonder.cdc.gov).

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