Endometrial cancer in Puerto Rico: incidence, mortality and survival (1992-2003)

BMC Cancer

Table 2 Age-adjusted and age-specific mortality^a rates and trends from endometrial cancer by racial/ethnic group, 1992-2003^b

	Puerto Rico	NHW	NHB	Hispanics
Year: 1992
Age-adjusted rate × 100,000
(95% CI)^{b, c}	5.5 (4.2-7.1)	5.7 (5.5-5.8)	10.0 (9.4-10.7)	4.3 (3.7-4.9)
Age-specific rate (95% CI)
20-34 years	0.7 (0.2-2.2)	0.1 (0.0-0.1)	0.3 (0.1-0.5)	0.1 (0.0-0.3)
35-49 years	1.1 (0.3-2.9)	0.8 (0.7-0.9)	1.2 (0.8-1.6)	1.2 (0.8-1.8)
50-64 years	4.5 (2.2-8.1)	5.9 (5.5-6.5)	11.4 (9.9-13.1)	5.4 (4.1-7.0)
65-79 years	18.6 (12.4-26.9)	20.2 (19.4-21.0)	38.1 (34.7-41.8)	13.7 (10.8-17.1)
80+ years	31.1 (17.0-52.2)	32.2 (30.6-33.9)	46.7 (40.0-54.2)	19.4 (13.1-27.7)
Year: 2003
Age-adjusted rate × 100,000
(95% CI)^{b, c}	6.9 (5.6-8.4)	5.6 (5.4-5.7)	10.0 (9.4-10.6)	4.2 (3.7-4.7)
Age-specific rate (95% CI)
20-34 years	0.2 (0.0-1.3)	0.1 (0.0-0.1)	0.2 (0.1-0.4)	0.1 (0.0-0.2)
35-49 years	2.7 (1.3-4.8)	0.9 (0.8-1.0)	1.3 (1.0-1.7)	1.0 (0.7-1.4)
50-64 years	6.8 (4.3-10.2)	6.6 (6.3-7.0)	11.5 (10.2-12.9)	4.6 (3.7-5.7)
65-79 years	21.8 (15.7-29.4)	19.0 (18.2-19.8)	38.0 (34.7-41.4)	13.1 (10.9-15.7)
80+ years	35.3 (22.6-52.5)	29.6 (28.2-31.1)	45.4 (39.7-51.7)	24.5 (19.0-31.0)
Period: 1992-2003
Age-adjusted trend (APC %)^c	-1.5	-0.1	0.1	0.1
Age-specific trend (APC %)
20-34 years	†	†	†	†
35-49 years	-3.6	2.1*	1.3	-1.0
50-64 years	0.1	0.9*	-0.5	-0.4
65-79 years	-1.1	-0.7*	0.2	-0.1
80+ years	-1.4	-0.6*	-0.1	1.6

^a Mortality statistics were based on Corpus and Uterus, NOS Cancer; ^b Annual rates presented for selected years; ^c Standardized to the United States 2000 Standard population using the direct method; *p-value < 0.05;
^† Not enough cases to make estimate as no cases were reported for some years; ^Period 1992-1997 the APC = 4.1* and 1997-2003 the APC = -3.8*.

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