Table 3.

Proportionate mortality ratio in first generation NHW immigrants, selected area of birth, California, 1989–1999

All cancers	Male			Female
Place of birth	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)	OBS	EXP	PMR (95% CI)
NHW US-born	189,613	–	–	168,336	–	–
Anglo-Saxon	5,207	5,032.6	1.03 (1.01–1.06)	5,960	5,558.4	1.07 (1.05–1.10)
Northern Europe	791	693.66	1.14 (1.06–1.22)	753	621.27	1.21 (1.13–1.30)
Western Europe	1,600	1,516.4	1.06 (1.00–1.11)	2,442	2,128	1.15 (1.10–1.19)
Southern Europe	1,529	1,336.9	1.14 (1.09–1.20)	1,183	1,155.7	1.02 (0.97–1.08)
Eastern Europe	1,470	1,423.9	1.03 (0.98–1.09)	1,295	1,190.2	1.09 (1.03–1.15)
Former USSR	1,117	1,002	1.11 (1.05–1.18)	1,338	1,154.6	1.16 (1.10–1.22)
Middle East	2,014	1,947.9	1.03 (0.99–1.08)	1,494	1,500.8	1.00 (0.95–1.05)
Arab Middle East	720	746.62	0.96 (0.90–1.04)	534	560.09	0.95 (0.87–1.04)
Non-Arab Middle East	1,294	1,201.3	1.08 (1.02–1.14)	960	940.69	1.02 (0.96–1.09)