Metadata:
  Identification_Information:
    Citation:
      Citation_Information:
        Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
        Publication_Date: 200008
        Title: Cancer Mortality in the United States: 1970-1994
        Publication_Information:
          Publication_Place: Reston, VA
          Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
        Online_Linkage: <http://nationalatlas.gov/atlasftp.html>

    Description:
      Abstract:
        This data set contains 1970-1994 cancer mortality information for counties
        in the United States.  Included are death rates, number of deaths,
        confidence levels, and expected number of deaths for white males and white
        females for 20 cancers.  The data are from a cancer mapping project in the
        National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Division of Cancer Epidemiology and
        Genetics (DCEG).

      Purpose:
        These data are intended for geographic display and analysis at the
        national level, and for large regional areas.  The data should be
        displayed and analyzed at scales appropriate for 1:2,000,000-scale data.
        No responsibility is assumed by the U.S. Geological Survey in the use of
        these data.

      Supplemental_Information:
        These data come from Devesa, S.S., D.J. Grauman, W.J. Blot, G.A. Pennello,
        R.N. Hoover, J.F. Fraumeni, Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United
        States, 1950-94.  National Institutes of Health (NIH) Publication. No.
        (PHS) 99-4564. Bethesda, MD: National Cancer Institute, September 1999.
        Additional information may be obtained from the home page of the U.S.
        Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health,
        National Cancer Institute, at <http://cancer.gov/>.

    Time_Period_of_Content:
      Time_Period_Information:
        Range_of_Dates/Times:
          Beginning_Date: 1970
          Ending_Date: 1994
      Currentness_Reference: Ground condition

    Status:
      Progress: Complete
      Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: None planned

    Spatial_Domain:
      Bounding_Coordinates:
        West_Bounding_Coordinate: 172
        East_Bounding_Coordinate: -66
        North_Bounding_Coordinate: 72
        South_Bounding_Coordinate: 18

    Keywords:
      Theme:
        Theme_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Theme_Keyword: Death
        Theme_Keyword: Death rates
        Theme_Keyword: Mortality
        Theme_Keyword: Human mortality
        Theme_Keyword: Cancer
        Theme_Keyword: All cancers
        Theme_Keyword: Bladder cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Brain and other nervous system cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Breast cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Cervix uteri cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Colon cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Esophagus cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Leukemia cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Oral cavity and pharynx cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Other and unspecified cancers cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Ovary cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Pancreas cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Prostate cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Rectum cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Stomach cancer
        Theme_Keyword: Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified cancer

      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
          U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of
          Special Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions
          (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, DC,
          National Institute of Standards and Technology.
        Place_Keyword: United States
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus: None
        Place_Keyword: USA
      Place:
        Place_Keyword_Thesaurus:
          U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the
          States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United
          States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard
          5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.
        Place_Keyword: Alabama
        Place_Keyword: Alaska
        Place_Keyword: Arizona
        Place_Keyword: Arkansas
        Place_Keyword: California
        Place_Keyword: Colorado
        Place_Keyword: Connecticut
        Place_Keyword: Delaware
        Place_Keyword: District of Columbia
        Place_Keyword: Florida
        Place_Keyword: Georgia
        Place_Keyword: Hawaii
        Place_Keyword: Idaho
        Place_Keyword: Illinois
        Place_Keyword: Indiana
        Place_Keyword: Iowa
        Place_Keyword: Kansas
        Place_Keyword: Kentucky
        Place_Keyword: Louisiana
        Place_Keyword: Maine
        Place_Keyword: Maryland
        Place_Keyword: Massachusetts
        Place_Keyword: Michigan
        Place_Keyword: Minnesota
        Place_Keyword: Mississippi
        Place_Keyword: Missouri
        Place_Keyword: Montana
        Place_Keyword: Nebraska
        Place_Keyword: Nevada
        Place_Keyword: New Hampshire
        Place_Keyword: New Jersey
        Place_Keyword: New Mexico
        Place_Keyword: New York
        Place_Keyword: North Carolina
        Place_Keyword: North Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Ohio
        Place_Keyword: Oklahoma
        Place_Keyword: Oregon
        Place_Keyword: Pennsylvania
        Place_Keyword: Rhode Island
        Place_Keyword: South Carolina
        Place_Keyword: South Dakota
        Place_Keyword: Tennessee
        Place_Keyword: Texas
        Place_Keyword: Utah
        Place_Keyword: Vermont
        Place_Keyword: Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Washington
        Place_Keyword: West Virginia
        Place_Keyword: Wisconsin
        Place_Keyword: Wyoming

    Access_Constraints: None
    Use_Constraints:
      None.  Acknowledgment of the National Atlas of the United States of America
      and (or) the U.S. Geological Survey would be appreciated in products derived
      from these data.

    Point_of_Contact:
      Contact_Information:
        Contact_Person_Primary:
          Contact_Person: Gita Urban-Mathieux
          Contact_Organization: U.S. Geological Survey
        Contact_Address:
          Address_Type: Mailing address
          Address: 521 National Center
          City: Reston
          State_or_Province: VA
          Postal_Code: 20192
        Contact_Voice_Telephone: 703-648-5175
        Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: atlasmail@usgs.gov

  Data_Quality_Information:
    Logical_Consistency_Report:
      The data set was checked for topological consistency using the Arc/INFO
      command BUILD.  No other checks for logical consistency were performed on
      this data set.
    Completeness_Report: This data set includes cancer mortality data for all 50 States.

    Lineage:
      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: U.S. Geological Survey
            Publication_Date: 200003
            Title: County Boundaries of the United States
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Reston, VA
              Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
        Type_of_Source_Media: Internal database
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 1972
              Ending_Date: 1980
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: COUNTY1980
        Source_Contribution: Spatial information

      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: National Cancer Institute
            Publication_Date: 199909
            Title: Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Bethesda, MD
              Publisher:
                Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
                Health, National Cancer Institute
        Type_of_Source_Media: Online
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 1970
              Ending_Date: 1994
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: CANCER
        Source_Contribution: Attribute information

      Source_Information:
        Source_Citation:
          Citation_Information:
            Originator: National Cancer Institute
            Publication_Date: 199909
            Title: Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94
            Publication_Information:
              Publication_Place: Bethesda, MD
              Publisher:
                Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
                Health, National Cancer Institute
        Type_of_Source_Media: Electronic mail system
        Source_Time_Period_of_Content:
          Time_Period_Information:
            Range_of_Dates/Times:
              Beginning_Date: 1970
              Ending_Date: 1994
          Source_Currentness_Reference: Ground condition
        Source_Citation_Abbreviation: SPARSE_DATA
        Source_Contribution: Attribute information

      Process_Step:
        Process_Description:
          Several counties and independent cities in Montana, New York, Virginia,
          and Wisconsin from the National Atlas 1980 county dataset, COUNTY1980,
          were merged into adjacent counties to form the NCI units. The Arc/INFO
          Dissolve command was used to perform the merging of counties.  Polygons
          for Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Great Lakes were deleted.

          The white male and white female, county-based cancer database files,
          CANCER, were downloaded from
          <http://www3.cancer.gov/atlasplus/download.html>.  An additional file,
          SPARSE_DATA, drawn from the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United
          States, 1950-94, and containing cancer rates for mapping purposes was
          received via electronic mail.  The field names in the database files
          were changed to create unique names, and the files were merged into a
          single database file.  The database file was joined to the spatial
          dataset described above.
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: COUNTY1980
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: CANCER
        Source_Used_Citation_Abbreviation: SPARSE_DATA
        Process_Date: 2000

  Spatial_Data_Organization_Information:
    Indirect_Spatial_Reference:
      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1995, Countries, Dependencies, Areas of Special
      Sovereignty, and Their Principal Administrative Divisions. (Federal
      Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 10-4): Washington, DC, National
      Institute of Standards and Technology.

      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987, Codes for the Identification of the
      States, the District of Columbia and the Outlying Areas of The United
      States, and Associated Areas (Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS)
      5-2): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards and Technology.

      U.S. Department of Commerce, 1990, Counties and Equivalent Entities of The
      United States, Its Possessions, and Associated Areas (Federal Information
      Processing Standard 6-4): Washington, DC, National Institute of Standards
      and Technology.

    Direct_Spatial_Reference_Method: Vector
    Point_and_Vector_Object_Information:
      SDTS_Terms_Description:
        SDTS_Point_and_Vector_Object_Type: GT-polygon composed of chains
        Point_and_Vector_Object_Count: 5905

  Spatial_Reference_Information:

    Horizontal_Coordinate_System_Definition:
      Geographic:
        Latitude_Resolution: 0.000278
        Longitude_Resolution: 0.000278
        Geographic_Coordinate_Units: Decimal degrees
      Geodetic_Model:
        Horizontal_Datum_Name: North American Datum of 1983
        Ellipsoid_Name: GRS1980
        Semi-major_Axis: 6378137
        Denominator_of_Flattening_Ratio: 298.257222

  Entity_and_Attribute_Information:
    Detailed_Description:
      Entity_Type:
        Entity_Type_Label: Cancer mortality data (described by Cancerp020.dbf)
        Entity_Type_Definition: Information on deaths due to various types of cancer.
        Entity_Type_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Shape
        Attribute_Definition: The representation of the entity in the data.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey.
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: Polygon
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: 2-dimensional element
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: ESRI GIS software
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Area
        Attribute_Definition: The area of the polygon in coverage units.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.000
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 267.38
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Perimeter
        Attribute_Definition: The perimeter of the area in coverage units.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.012
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 374.477
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Cancerp020
        Attribute_Definition: Internal feature number
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 2
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 5906
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: State
        Attribute_Definition: The 2-character FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Codeset_Domain:
            Codeset_Name:
              Codes for the Identification of the States, the District of Columbia
              and the Outlying Areas of the United States, and Associated Areas,
              FIPS 5-2.
            Codeset_Source:
              U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
              Technology
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Nci_unit
        Attribute_Definition:
          The name of the reporting unit used by the National Cancer Institute.
          For most of the data these are counties.  Alaska and Hawaii are each a
          single reporting unit.  In Montana, New York, and Wisconsin some
          counties were combined to create the NCI reporting unit.  In Virginia
          independent cities were combined with the surrounding counties to create
          the NCI reporting unit.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Codeset_Domain:
            Codeset_Name:
              Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its
              Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990.
            Codeset_Source:
              U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
              Technology
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: State_Fips
        Attribute_Definition: The 2-digit FIPS code of the State or State equivalent.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Codeset_Domain:
            Codeset_Name:
              Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its
              Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990.
            Codeset_Source:
              U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
              Technology
      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: Nci_fips
        Attribute_Definition:
          The 5-digit county FIPS code of the reporting unit used by the National
          Cancer Institute.  For most of the data the reporting units are
          counties.  In Montana, New York, and Wisconsin some counties were
          combined to create the NCI reporting unit.  In Virginia independent
          cities were combined with the surrounding counties to create the NCI
          reporting unit.  Data for Alaska and Hawaii were available at the State
          level only.  Alaska and Hawaii were coded as 02999 and 15999,
          respectively, and were considered as counties in the maps.
        Attribute_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: 02999
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State of Alaska
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Enumerated_Domain:
            Enumerated_Domain_Value: 15999
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition: State of Hawaii
            Enumerated_Domain_Value_Definition_Source: U.S. Geological Survey
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Codeset_Domain:
            Codeset_Name:
              Counties and Equivalent Entities of the United States, Its
              Possessions, and Associated Areas, FIPS 6-4, 1990.
            Codeset_Source:
              U.S. Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and
              Technology

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_rate
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the death rate due to cancer XXX (see table below) per 100,000
          population for gender Y (see table below).  The numbers are age-adjusted
          to the 1970 U.S. population.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the rate applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the rate applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 892.90

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_cnt
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the number of deaths due to cancer XXX (see table below) for
          gender Y (see table below).
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the number applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the number applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 151853

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_lb
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval on the mortality
          rate due to cancer XXX (see table below) for gender Y (see table below).
          The 95% confidence interval determines whether the mortality rate for a
          particular county is significantly different from the total U.S. rate.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the lower bound applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the lower bound applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0.00
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 786.1

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_ub
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval on the mortality
          rate due to cancer XXX (see table below) for gender Y (see table below).
          The 95% confidence interval determines whether the mortality rate for a
          particular county is significantly different from the total U.S. rate.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the upper bound applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the upper bound applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 87.72
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 999.71

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_lbuus
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval on cancer
          mortality minus the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval on the
          U.S. mortality rate where XXX (see table below) is the cancer and Y (see
          table below) is the gender.  This value is used to determine whether the
          rate for a specific county is based on sparse data, as defined in the
          National Cancer Institute's Atlas of Cancer Mortality  in the United
          States, 1950-94.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the rate applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the rate applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: -209.66
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 576.44

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_lusub
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the lower bound of the 95% confidence interval on U.S. mortality
          rate minus the upper bound of the 95% confidence interval on the cancer
          mortality rate where XXX (see table below) is the cancer and Y (see
          table below) is the gender.  This value is used to determine whether the
          mortality rate for a specific county is based on sparse data, as defined
          in the National Cancer Institute's Atlas of Cancer Mortality  in the
          United States, 1950-94.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the rate applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the rate applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: -790.42
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 80.89

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_ecnt
        Attribute_Definition:
          This is the expected number of deaths due to cancer XXX  (see table
          below) for gender Y (see table below) based on U.S. mortality rates.
          >XXX indicates the cancer to which the number applies, where:
          >  acc - All cancers
          >  bla - Bladder
          >  bra - Brain and other nervous system
          >  bre - Breast (only reported for females)
          >  cer - Cervix uteri (only reported for females)
          >  col - Colon
          >  eso - Esophagus
          >  kid - Kidney, renal pelvis, and ureter
          >  leu - Leukemia
          >  lgb - Liver, gallbladder, and other biliary tract
          >  lun - Lung, trachea, bronchus, and pleura
          >  nhl - Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
          >  ora - Oral cavity and pharynx
          >  oth - Other and unspecified cancers
          >  ova - Ovary (only reported for females)
          >  pan - Pancreas
          >  pro - Prostate (only reported for males)
          >  rec - Rectum
          >  sto - Stomach
          >  ute - Corpus uteri and uterus not otherwise specified
          >        (only reported for females)
          >Y indicates the gender to which the number applies, where:
          >   f = White females
          >   m = White males
        Attribute_Definition_Source:
          U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of
          Health, National Cancer Institute
        Attribute_Domain_Values:
          Range_Domain:
            Range_Domain_Minimum: 0
            Range_Domain_Maximum: 152166

      Attribute:
        Attribute_Label: XXXY_sp
        Attribute_Definition:
          This field was used to create the maps in the National Atlas of the
          United States and the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States:
          1950-94.  It is the death rate excluding areas considered unstable by
          the National Cancer Institute.  The rates are for cancer XXX (see table
          below) per 100,000 population for gender Y (see table below).  The
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          >  rec - Rectum
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          >   m = White males
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