What data are included on the Web site?
Death rates are presented by race and gender for the following time periods, 1950-94, 1950-69, 1970-94, and the nine 5-year time periods from 1950-54 through 1990-94. Rates are available for all ages combined, and for the age groups 0-19, 20-49, 50-74, 75+. Rates are calculated for all cancers combined and for approximately 40 cancers separately. Maps and graphs are presented at the level of county (3,055), state economic area (SEA) (508), and state (50 + the District of Columbia). (SEAs consist of individual counties or groups of counties within a state with similar economic and cultural characteristics). Mortality data are not available for all races because there are few annual population estimates on a county level for nonwhites other than blacks. Mortality data for whites are available for the entire time period, 1950-94, whereas data for blacks are available only from 1970 onward. Data are not available specifically for Asians, Hispanics, or Native Americans. The entire contents
