Age-standardized incidence and mortality rates of oral and pharyngeal cancer in Puerto Rico and among Non-Hispanics Whites, Non-Hispanic Blacks, and Hispanics in the USA

Table 1 ASR(World) for incidence and mortality (per 100,000) for oral and pharyngeal cancer during 1998–2002.

	Age Standardized Rate (ASR)				Standardized Relative Ratio^a (SRR)
	PR	USH	NHW	NHB	PR vs. USH^b	PR vs. NHW^b	PR vs. NHB^b
Incidence ^c
Male	18.5	9.5	16.3	17.3	1.96 (1.69, 2.22)	1.14 (1.05, 1.22)	1.08 (0.96, 1.19)
Female	5.2	4.3	7.1	5.4	1.20 (1.00, 1.45)	0.74 (0.65, 0.83)	0.95 (0.81, 1.12)
SRR Men vs. Women^b	3.56 (3.10, 4.12)	2.20 (1.83, 2.65)	2.30 (2.21, 2.41)	3.17 (2.79, 3.45)
Mortality ^c
Male	7.9	3.5	4.4	6.8	2.27 (1.92, 2.70)	1.79 (1.59, 2.00)	1.15 (1.01, 1.30)
Female	2.3	1.2	2	2.1	1.82 (1.41, 2.33)	1.10 (0.88, 1.35)	1.09 (0.86, 1.33)
SRR Men vs. Women^b	3.50 (2.78, 4.47)	2.80 (2.36, 3.35)	2.17 (2.10, 2.23)	3.29 (3.03, 3.46)

^a The ratio of two ASR (World) with 95% confidence interval between parentheses.
^b Reference group
^c ×100,000

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