Time dependent ethnic convergence in colorectal cancer survival in hawaii

BMC Cancer

Table 1 Frequency of Colorectal Cancer Cases Diagnosed in Hawaii from 1960–2000.

ETHNICITY	Caucasian			Japanese			Hawaiian			Filipino			Chinese			TOTAL
COHORT	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3	1	2	3
STAGE
local	318	588	994	403	901	1668	59	178	299	90	246	440	79	171	299	949	2084	3700
regional	338	671	712	500	945	1210	57	143	279	116	236	334	97	167	191	1108	2162	2726
distant	240	324	360	208	390	453	58	102	153	83	139	146	59	86	69	648	1041	1181
missing	78	122	168	62	68	106	11	14	37	12	34	60	11	20	22	174	258	393
AGE
< 65	545	649	804	600	1033	1026	107	256	417	153	227	359	121	153	154	1526	2318	2760
≥ 65	429	1056	1430	573	1271	2411	78	181	351	148	428	621	125	291	427	1353	3227	5240
SEX
male	488	935	1299	669	1392	1985	99	266	427	259	495	637	153	248	299	1668	3336	4647
female	486	770	935	504	912	1452	86	171	341	42	160	343	93	196	282	1211	2209	3353
DEATH
cr cancer	331	567	506	422	859	775	93	182	246	142	251	234	99	161	124	1087	2020	1885
other	537	810	636	607	839	764	82	167	156	129	284	248	122	196	127	1477	2296	1931
censored	106	328	1092	144	606	1898	10	88	366	30	120	498	25	87	330	315	1229	4184
TOTAL	974	1705	2234	1173	2304	3437	185	437	768	301	655	980	246	444	581	2879	5545	8000

Notes. Cohort relates years of diagnosis, where cohort 1 is 1960–1974, cohort 2 is 1975–1987, and cohort 3 is 1988–2000. Death relates cause of death information, where cr cancer indicates colorectal cancer, other indicates any other cause, and censored indicates alive or missing. Stage is SEER staging.

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