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Table 4 Mortality Rate Ratiosa for Selected Cancers by Latino Ethnicity and Birthplace, CA and TX, 2008–2012

From: High cancer mortality for US-born Latinos: evidence from California and Texas

  

California

Texas

 

Non-Latino White

All Latino

US-born Latino

Foreign-born Latino

All Latino

US-born Latino

Foreign-born Latino

 

Referent

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

RR

95% CI

Male

Oral Cavity and Pharynx

1.00

0.57

(0.50–0.64)

0.74

(0.63–0.87)

0.46

(0.39–0.54)

0.62

(0.54–0.69)

0.79

(0.68–0.91)

0.42

(0.34–0.51)

Esophagus

1.00

0.56

(0.51–0.61)

0.74

(0.66–0.84)

0.45

(0.39–0.50)

0.65

(0.59–0.72)

0.86

(0.77–0.96)

0.41

(0.35–0.48)

Stomach

1.00

2.01

(1.86–2.18)

1.91

(1.66–2.18)

2.05

(1.82–2.30)

2.33

(2.13–2.55)

2.82

(2.55–3.13)

1.75

(1.54–1.99)

Colorectum

1.00

0.92

(0.88–0.97)

1.25

(1.17–1.34)

0.71

(0.66–0.76)

1.02

(0.96–1.07)

1.36

(1.28–1.45)

0.60

(0.55–0.66)

Liver

1.00

1.80

(1.69–1.92)

2.83

(2.52–3.18)

1.21

(1.07–1.37)

1.94

(1.68–2.25)

2.73

(2.22–3.36)

1.06

(0.85–1.32)

Gallbladder

1.00

2.14

(1.65–2.78)

2.59

(1.85–3.64)

1.83

(1.32–2.56)

2.07

(1.56–2.76)

2.40

(1.72–3.35)

1.67

(1.11–2.52)

Pancreas

1.00

0.83

(0.78–0.88)

0.99

(0.91–1.08)

0.73

(0.67–0.79)

0.87

(0.82–0.93)

1.09

(1.01–1.17)

0.62

(0.56–0.69)

Lung

1.00

0.48

(0.44–0.53)

0.57

(0.54–0.61)

0.44

(0.42–0.47)

0.46

(0.40–0.52)

0.56

(0.48–0.64)

0.34

(0.29–0.39)

Prostate

1.00

0.85

(0.81–0.89)

0.95

(0.88–1.02)

0.77

(0.73–0.83)

0.94

(0.88–1.00)

1.01

(0.92–1.09)

0.86

(0.78–0.95)

Kidney

1.00

1.06

(0.98–1.15)

1.44

(1.30–1.61)

0.82

(0.73–0.92)

1.09

(1.00–1.18)

1.45

(1.32–1.59)

0.67

(0.58–0.77)

Bladder

1.00

0.43

(0.38–0.47)

0.52

(0.44–0.60)

0.37

(0.32–0.42)

0.41

(0.36–0.46)

0.49

(0.42–0.57)

0.31

(0.25–0.38)

Brain

1.00

0.51

(0.46–0.56)

0.55

(0.48–0.64)

0.49

(0.43–0.55)

0.56

(0.50–0.62)

0.61

(0.53–0.70)

0.49

(0.42–0.58)

CUP

1.00

0.69

(0.64–0.75)

0.82

(0.74–0.92)

0.61

(0.55–0.67)

0.76

(0.71–0.82)

0.96

(0.88–1.05)

0.53

(0.47–0.60)

NHL

1.00

0.89

(0.82–0.96)

0.94

(0.84–1.04)

0.86

(0.78–0.94)

0.90

(0.83–0.98)

1.15

(1.00–1.31)

0.65

(0.56–0.76)

Leukemia

1.00

0.60

(0.56–0.66)

0.71

(0.63–0.81)

0.56

(0.49–0.63)

0.71

(0.65–0.79)

0.90

(0.79–1.02)

0.51

(0.44–0.60)

All-sites-combined

1.00

0.75

(0.58–0.96)

0.92

(0.90–0.94)

0.64

(0.63–0.65)

0.78

(0.76–0.80)

1.01

(0.93–1.09)

0.55

(0.51–0.60)

Female

Oral Cavity and Pharynx

1.00

0.55

(0.46–0.67)

0.72

(0.56–0.91)

0.44

(0.34–0.57)

0.49

(0.40–0.61)

0.65

(0.51–0.83)

0.30

(0.20–0.43)

Esophagus

1.00

0.42

(0.34–0.51)

0.61

(0.47–0.79)

0.28

(0.20–0.38)

0.64

(0.52–0.78)

0.76

(0.59–0.97)

0.47

(0.33–0.66)

Stomach

1.00

2.52

(2.29–2.77)

2.37

(2.05–2.75)

2.65

(2.28–3.08)

2.86

(2.56–3.18)

3.24

(2.87–3.66)

2.37

(2.05–2.74)

Colorectum

1.00

0.70

(0.66–0.74)

0.85

(0.79–0.92)

0.58

(0.54–0.63)

0.77

(0.73–0.82)

1.00

(0.93–1.07)

0.49

(0.44–0.55)

Liver

1.00

2.04

(1.86–2.23)

2.25

(1.95–2.60)

1.81

(1.57–2.08)

1.98

(1.68–2.34)

2.36

(2.00–2.79)

1.51

(1.28–1.81)

Gallbladder

1.00

2.76

(2.33–3.28)

2.05

(1.58–2.66)

3.28

(2.70–3.98)

2.16

(1.77–2.64)

2.30

(1.82–2.91)

2.00

(1.52–2.60)

Pancreas

1.00

0.87

(0.82–0.92)

0.94

(0.86–1.02)

0.82

(0.76–0.89)

0.88

(0.82–0.94)

1.03

(0.94–1.11)

0.69

(0.62–0.77)

Lung

1.00

0.35

(0.32–0.39)

0.45

(0.40–0.50)

0.29

(0.26–0.33)

0.32

(0.28–0.37)

0.35

(0.31–0.41)

0.27

(0.23–0.32)

Breast

1.00

0.63

(0.60–0.66)

0.73

(0.68–0.78)

0.55

(0.52–0.59)

0.79

(0.75–0.83)

0.92

(0.87–0.98)

0.64

(0.59–0.68)

Cervix

1.00

1.51

(1.34–1.69)

1.45

(1.23–1.71)

1.61

(1.41–1.83)

1.57

(1.38–1.79)

1.81

(1.46–2.24)

1.41

(1.11–1.78)

Endometrium

1.00

0.88

(0.81–0.96)

1.00

(0.89–1.13)

0.79

(0.71–0.89)

1.20

(1.03–1.39)

1.44

(1.22–1.70)

0.90

(0.74–1.09)

Ovary

1.00

0.71

(0.67–0.76)

0.81

(0.73–0.89)

0.65

(0.59–0.71)

0.78

(0.72–0.84)

0.93

(0.85–1.02)

0.59

(0.53–0.67)

Kidney

1.00

1.29

(1.16–1.44)

1.60

(1.39–1.84)

1.07

(0.92–1.23)

1.27

(1.14–1.41)

1.52

(1.34–1.72)

0.95

(0.80–1.12)

Bladder

1.00

0.54

(0.46–0.64)

0.67

(0.54–0.82)

0.45

(0.36–0.56)

0.63

(0.53–0.74)

0.76

(0.62–0.93)

0.45

(0.34–0.61)

Brain

1.00

0.57

(0.51–0.63)

0.60

(0.51–0.71)

0.55

(0.48–0.63)

0.57

(0.50–0.64)

0.78

(0.63–0.91)

0.42

(0.32–0.55)

CUP

1.00

0.71

(0.66–0.77)

0.80

(0.72–0.90)

0.64

(0.58–0.72)

0.78

(0.72–0.85)

0.89

(0.81–0.93)

0.64

(0.56–0.72)

NHL

1.00

1.00

(0.92–1.09)

1.14

(1.02–1.28)

0.90

(0.80–1.00)

0.96

(0.87–1.05)

1.05

(0.94–1.17)

0.83

(0.73–0.96)

Leukemia

1.00

0.72

(0.65–0.81)

0.74

(0.64–0.86)

0.64

(0.56–0.73)

0.73

(0.64–0.83)

0.87

(0.74–1.03)

0.58

(0.48–0.70)

All-sites-combined

1.00

0.73

(0.58–0.92)

0.80

(0.78–0.82)

0.64

(0.63–0.66)

0.76

(0.74–0.77)

0.89

(0.86–0.91)

0.60

(0.58–0.62)

  1. Abbreviations: CUP cancers of unknown primary, NHL non-Hodgkin lymphoma; All-sites-combined includes all cancers, not only those listed here
  2. a Negative binomial regression rate ratios adjusted for age groups 40+ years
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