TABLE 1.
1999–2001 Cancer Mortality Rates for Asian and Pacific Islander Ethnicities for Seven States (CA, HI, IL, NJ, NY, TX, and WA) Based on 2000 Census Populations
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Female
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| Upper boundary | Lower boundary | Upper boundary | Lower boundary | |||||||
| Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Deaths | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Deaths | |
| Asian Indian | ||||||||||
| &All cancers | 81.7 | 4.8 | 71.2 | 4.1 | 497 | 66.0 | 3.5 | 57.4 | 3.0 | 477 |
| Brain | 3.9 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 19 |
| Breast | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 11.9 | 1.3 | 10.4 | 1.1 | 109 |
| Cervix | 2.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 17 | |||||
| Colorectum | 4.7 | 1.2 | 4.1 | 1.0 | 31 | 5.4 | 1.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 30 |
| Endometrium | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 13 | |||||
| Esophagus | 4.2 | 1.1 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 22 | 2.9 | 0.8 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 19 |
| Gallbladder | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 14 |
| Leukemia | 5.3 | 1.2 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 47 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 26 |
| Liver | 5.1 | 1.2 | 4.4 | 1.0 | 32 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 17 |
| Lung | 17.4 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 1.8 | 99 | 5.4 | 1.0 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 37 |
| Myeloma | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 15 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 17 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 3.4 | 0.9 | 3.0 | 0.7 | 24 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 16 |
| Oral cavity | 3.0 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 21 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Ovary | 4.5 | 0.9 | 3.9 | 0.8 | 35 | |||||
| Pancreas | 5.7 | 1.2 | 5.0 | 1.1 | 29 | 3.7 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 23 |
| Prostate | 10.0 | 2.0 | 8.6 | 1.7 | 34 | |||||
| Stomach | 3.5 | 0.9 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 24 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 0.6 | 14 |
| Urinary bladder | 3.6 | 1.2 | 3.1 | 1.1 | 11 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Chinese | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 170.9 | 3.0 | 159.0 | 2.8 | 3539 | 109.5 | 2.1 | 101.2 | 2.0 | 2771 |
| Brain | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 48 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 47 |
| Breast | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 11.9 | 0.7 | 10.8 | 0.6 | 328 |
| Cervix | 2.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 0.3 | 53 | |||||
| Colorectum | 19.0 | 1.0 | 17.8 | 1.0 | 381 | 12.7 | 0.7 | 11.8 | 0.7 | 313 |
| Endometrium | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 58 | |||||
| Esophagus | 3.8 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 84 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 21 |
| Gallbladder | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 19 |
| Kidney | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 67 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 32 |
| Leukemia | 6.5 | 0.6 | 6.0 | 0.5 | 137 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.3 | 87 |
| Liver | 20.4 | 1.0 | 18.8 | 0.9 | 460 | 7.5 | 0.6 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 189 |
| Lung | 49.8 | 1.6 | 46.5 | 1.5 | 1011 | 24.5 | 1.0 | 22.7 | 0.9 | 604 |
| Melanoma | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 11 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Myeloma | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 37 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 26 |
| Nasopharynx | 4.8 | 0.4 | 4.4 | 0.4 | 126 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 40 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 6.2 | 0.6 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 125 | 3.9 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 98 |
| Oral cavity | 6.3 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.5 | 160 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 59 |
| Ovary | 5.4 | 0.5 | 5.0 | 0.4 | 143 | |||||
| Pancreas | 8.4 | 0.7 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 173 | 7.2 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 0.5 | 175 |
| Prostate | 10.5 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 175 | |||||
| Stomach | 12.0 | 0.8 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 251 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 7.0 | 0.5 | 189 |
| Thyroid | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15 |
| Urinary bladder | 3.4 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 59 | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 24 |
| Filipino | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 154.5 | 3.3 | 141.3 | 3.0 | 2324 | 95.6 | 2.2 | 88.0 | 2.0 | 2046 |
| Brain | 2.8 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 45 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 29 |
| Breast | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 16.7 | 0.9 | 15.2 | 0.8 | 401 |
| Cervix | 2.9 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 70 | |||||
| Colorectum | 15.1 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 0.9 | 236 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 187 |
| Endometrium | 2.9 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 66 | |||||
| Esophagus | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 33 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 15 |
| Gallbladder | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 10 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 14 |
| Kidney | 2.5 | 0.4 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 43 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 31 |
| Leukemia | 5.7 | 0.6 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 94 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 57 |
| Liver | 11.6 | 0.9 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 189 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 73 |
| Lung | 46.5 | 1.8 | 42.6 | 1.6 | 708 | 17.5 | 1.0 | 16.2 | 0.9 | 360 |
| Myeloma | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 44 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 53 |
| Nasopharynx | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 24 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 10 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 9.7 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 142 | 3.7 | 0.4 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 74 |
| Oral cavity | 3.6 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 59 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 27 |
| Ovary | 5.9 | 0.5 | 5.4 | 0.5 | 136 | |||||
| Pancreas | 7.1 | 0.7 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 104 | 6.2 | 0.6 | 5.7 | 0.5 | 121 |
| Prostate | 18.6 | 1.2 | 17.2 | 1.1 | 234 | |||||
| Stomach | 4.8 | 0.6 | 4.4 | 0.5 | 74 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 57 |
| Thyroid | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 18 |
| Urinary bladder | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 13 |
| Japanese | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 172.8 | 4.0 | 161.9 | 3.7 | 1992 | 117.6 | 2.8 | 109.6 | 2.5 | 1971 |
| Brain | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 18 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 17 |
| Breast | 15.5 | 1.0 | 14.2 | 0.9 | 237 | |||||
| Cervix | 2.0 | 0.4 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 27 | |||||
| Colorectum | 24.9 | 1.5 | 23.3 | 1.4 | 283 | 15.3 | 1.0 | 14.3 | 0.9 | 253 |
| Endometrium | 2.5 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 40 | |||||
| Esophagus | 7.0 | 0.8 | 6.5 | 0.7 | 77 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.3 | 21 |
| Kidney | 4.1 | 0.6 | 3.8 | 0.6 | 47 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 21 |
| Leukemia | 5.4 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 0.6 | 60 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.5 | 60 |
| Liver | 8.9 | 0.9 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 100 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 6.1 | 0.6 | 119 |
| Lung | 38.4 | 1.8 | 36.3 | 1.7 | 461 | 19.4 | 1.1 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 345 |
| Myeloma | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 17 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 28 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 6.4 | 0.8 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 75 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 4.7 | 0.5 | 85 |
| Oral cavity | 2.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 25 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 14 |
| Ovary | 5.5 | 0.6 | 5.1 | 0.6 | 86 | |||||
| Pancreas | 12.9 | 1.1 | 12.1 | 1.0 | 148 | 10.6 | 0.8 | 10.1 | 0.7 | 190 |
| Prostate | 16.2 | 1.2 | 15.5 | 1.2 | 182 | |||||
| Stomach | 18.4 | 1.3 | 17.3 | 1.2 | 211 | 10.5 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 0.8 | 179 |
| Thyroid | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 10 |
| Urinary bladder | 5.0 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.6 | 57 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 21 |
| Korean | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 202.9 | 7.0 | 194.7 | 6.8 | 1084 | 111.5 | 3.8 | 107.5 | 3.7 | 962 |
| Brain | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 12 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 13 |
| Breast | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 7.8 | 0.8 | 7.5 | 0.8 | 90 |
| Cervix | 3.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 0.5 | 31 | |||||
| Colorectum | 18.9 | 2.2 | 18.2 | 2.2 | 94 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 10.7 | 1.2 | 96 |
| Endometrium | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 14 | |||||
| Esophagus | 3.1 | 0.8 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 19 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Gallbladder | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 11 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 15 |
| Kidney | 3.4 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.8 | 19 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 13 |
| Leukemia | 6.0 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 1.1 | 37 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 24 |
| Liver | 24.7 | 2.2 | 23.7 | 2.1 | 158 | 13.1 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 1.2 | 114 |
| Lung | 54.6 | 3.7 | 52.4 | 3.5 | 273 | 21.0 | 1.7 | 20.3 | 1.6 | 168 |
| Myeloma | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 11 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 6.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 30 | 3.3 | 0.7 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 25 |
| Oral cavity | 3.3 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 18 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Ovary | 4.6 | 0.7 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 43 | |||||
| Pancreas | 11.1 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 1.5 | 61 | 8.2 | 1.1 | 7.9 | 1.0 | 64 |
| Prostate | 8.4 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 1.6 | 30 | |||||
| Stomach | 32.4 | 2.8 | 31.1 | 2.6 | 187 | 15.6 | 1.4 | 15.0 | 1.4 | 135 |
| Urinary bladder | 3.8 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 1.0 | 16 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Vietnamese | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 164.9 | 6.9 | 155.2 | 6.5 | 853 | 96.2 | 4.4 | 90.5 | 4.1 | 590 |
| Brain | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 17 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 10 |
| Breast | 7.5 | 1.1 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 61 | |||||
| Cervix | 4.5 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 0.8 | 31 | |||||
| Colorectum | 8.5 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 1.5 | 44 | 7.5 | 1.2 | 7.1 | 1.2 | 46 |
| Endometium | 1.8 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 13 | |||||
| Esophagus | 3.5 | 1.1 | 3.3 | 1.1 | 14 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Kidney | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2.8 | 0.9 | 13 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Leukemia | 7.4 | 1.6 | 7.0 | 1.5 | 32 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 4.4 | 0.9 | 34 |
| Liver | 34.3 | 3.0 | 32.4 | 2.8 | 199 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 9.9 | 1.4 | 60 |
| Lung | 43.0 | 3.5 | 40.5 | 3.3 | 221 | 18.8 | 2.0 | 17.7 | 1.9 | 102 |
| Nasopharynx | 2.3 | 0.7 | 2.2 | 0.6 | 17 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Non-Hodgkin | 6.0 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 34 | 3.9 | 0.9 | 3.7 | 0.8 | 21 |
| Oral cavity | 6.2 | 1.3 | 5.9 | 1.2 | 38 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 13 |
| Ovary | 4.5 | 0.9 | 4.2 | 0.8 | 32 | |||||
| Pancreas | 7.4 | 1.4 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 39 | 6.0 | 1.1 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 36 |
| Prostate | 6.8 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 20 | |||||
| Stomach | 14.1 | 2.1 | 13.2 | 2.0 | 66 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 6.6 | 1.1 | 43 |
| Urinary bladder | 2.5 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 0.7 | 13 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Native Hawaiian | ||||||||||
| 6+HI | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 258.9 | 11.1 | 226.5 | 10.9 | 539 | 197.7 | 8.8 | 173.9 | 8.1 | 503 |
| Breast | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | 33.4 | 3.5 | 29.2 | 3.2 | 90 |
| Cervix | 7.0 | 1.6 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 19 | |||||
| Colorectum | 26.2 | 3.6 | 23.0 | 3.5 | 54 | 14.6 | 2.4 | 12.9 | 2.2 | 36 |
| Endometrium | 5.8 | 1.5 | 5.1 | 1.4 | 15 | |||||
| Esophagus | 6.6 | 1.6 | 5.7 | 1.5 | 16 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Kidney | 4.5 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 1.2 | 12 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Leukemia | 10.3 | 2.1 | 9.0 | 2.2 | 23 | 5.6 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 1.3 | 16 |
| Liver | 10.4 | 2.1 | 9.1 | 2.0 | 25 | 7.2 | 1.7 | 6.4 | 1.6 | 17 |
| Lung | 82.2 | 6.4 | 72.1 | 6.1 | 167 | 44.2 | 4.2 | 39.0 | 3.8 | 111 |
| Myeloma | 5.6 | 1.6 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 13 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 4.3 | 1.3 | 11 |
| Non-Hodgkin | 8.8 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 19 | 5.9 | 1.5 | 5.2 | 1.4 | 15 |
| Oral cavity | 4.8 | 1.3 | 4.2 | 1.2 | 13 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Ovary | 6.6 | 1.6 | 5.8 | 1.5 | 17 | |||||
| Pancreas | 10.8 | 2.1 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 26 | 15.8 | 2.5 | 13.9 | 2.3 | 40 |
| Prostate | 22.8 | 4.0 | 20.2 | 3.8 | 33 | |||||
| Stomach | 16.6 | 2.8 | 14.5 | 2.7 | 35 | 12.1 | 2.3 | 10.7 | 2.1 | 28 |
| Samoan | ||||||||||
| 6+HI | ||||||||||
| All cancers | 286.8 | 25.6 | 250.8 | 25.9 | 126 | 197.8 | 19.0 | 171.4 | 17.9 | 108 |
| Breast | 37.0 | 7.7 | 32.5 | 7.1 | 23 | |||||
| Cervix | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr | |||||
| Colorectum | 34.3 | 9.5 | 28.6 | 9.3 | 13 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Liver | 29.7 | 8.6 | 26.3 | 8.2 | 12 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
| Lung | 80.1 | 13.0 | 71.1 | 12.5 | 38 | 45.4 | 10.7 | 38.9 | 9.7 | 18 |
| Stomach | 39.7 | 10.6 | 34.9 | 10.4 | 14 | nr | nr | nr | nr | nr |
SE: standard error of rate; nr: not reported in table because of < 10 cases. Brain: brain and other nervous system; Endometrium: corpus and uterus not otherwise specified; Kidney: kidney and renal pelvis; Liver: liver and intrahepatic bile duct; Lung: lung and bronchus; Non-Hodgkin: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma; Oral cavity: oral cavity and pharynx (including nasopharynx). Rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. (18 age groups) standard. 95% confidence intervals are Rate ± SE.