During 1990-2010,the age-adjusted esophageal cancer death rate decreased 38% for black men and 47% for black women aged 65 years and over. For white men in this age group, the rates increased 26% during 1990-2002 and stabilized during the rest of the decade; for white women the rates stayed nearly the same. In 2010, and esophageal cancer death rates were nearly 40 per 100000 population for white and black men aged 65 years and over and nearly 10 per 100000 population for white and black women in the same age group.
Source: cdc.gov