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. 2007 Nov 27;19(3):227–256. doi: 10.1007/s10552-007-9088-3

Table 2.

Top five age-adjusted cancer incidence ratesa and 95% CI by Asian or Pacific Islander subgroup, 1998–2002: Men

Rank
 
Asian Indian or Pakistani Chinese Filipino
  Rate (95% CI)   Rate (95% CI)   Rate (95% CI)
All cancers 292.1 (277.3, 307.9) All cancers 348.8 (341.5, 356.2) All cancers 393.2 (385.0, 401.5)
1 Prostate 98.4 (90.0, 107.7) Prostate 84.8 (81.2, 88.5) Prostate 121.9 (117.3, 126.6)
2 Lung 30.8 (25.7, 36.8) Colorectum 54.0 (51.2, 57.0) Lung 72.5 (69.0, 76.1)
3 Colorectum 23.1 (19.3, 27.9) Lung 53.0 (50.1, 56.0) Colorectum 50.4 (47.5, 53.4)
4 Non-Hodgn 15.8 (12.5, 20.1) Liver 24.0 (22.1, 25.9) Non-Hodgn 19.4 (17.7, 21.4)
5 Bladder 15.8 (12.1, 20.5) Stomach 18.3 (16.6, 20.2) Liver 17.2 (15.5, 19.0)
Guamanian Native Hawaiianb Japanese
All cancers 252.1 (189.8, 336.7) All cancers 531.6 (503.7, 561.1) All Cancers 422.4 (412.8, 432.3)
1 Prostate 131.5 (85.0, 202.4) Prostate 119.7 (106.1, 135.1) Prostate 115.0 (110.1, 120.1)
2 nr Lung 109.8 (97.4, 123.9) Colorectal 75.9 (71.9, 80.2)
3 nr Colorectal 65.7 (56.1, 77.1) Lung 49.8 (46.6, 53.3)
4 nr Bladder 21.2 (15.3, 29.1) Stomach 29.3 (26.9, 32.1)
5 nr Non-Hodgn 19.6 (14.8, 26.3) Bladder 22.9 (20.8, 25.4)
Kampuchean Korean Laotian
All cancers 372.0 (325.3, 425.5) All cancers 372.6 (357.4, 388.4) All Cancers 407.2 (360.7, 460.3)
1 Lung 82.6 (60.1, 112.6) Lung 61.1 (54.8, 68.2) Lung 87.3 (64.9, 117.4)
2 Liver 49.1 (36.3, 68.5) Colorectum 55.9 (50.2, 62.2) Liver 79.4 (60.7, 105.0)
3 Prostate 39.7 (25.0, 62.2) Prostate 55.7 (49.8, 62.3) Stomach 33.1 (19.1, 55.8)
4 Colorectum 30.0 (18.3, 49.5) Stomach 55.0 (44.6, 56.2) Prostate 30.9 (18.2, 51.9)
5 Stomach 23.8 (12.1, 44.3) Liver 35.9 (31.6, 40.8) Colorectum 30.2 (19.4, 48.8)
Samoan Tongan Vietnamese
All cancers 566.7 (498.8, 645.5) All cancers 428.8 (329.9, 555.9) All Cancers 374.3 (358.5, 390.9)
1 Prostate 144.1 (110.0, 190.4) Lung 107.0 (55.2, 193.0) Lung 72.3 (65.3, 80.2)
2 Lung 111.9 (84.4, 151.1) Prostate 85.0 (44.5, 157.4) Prostate 59.1 (52.8, 66.3)
3 Liver 54.5 (35.2, 86.9) nr Liver 55.5 (49.9, 62.0)
4 Stomach 53.0 (33.2, 86.1) nr Colorectum 41.2 (36.1, 47.1)
5 Colorectum 43.1 (26.6, 72.8) nr Stomach 25.6 (21.2, 30.9)

aRates are average annual per 100,000 age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population for the following SEER areas: Atlanta, Detroit, Seattle/Puget Sound; and the states of California (registries for Los Angeles County, the Greater San Francisco Bay Area, and the rest of California), Connecticut, Hawaii, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Utah

bRates for Native Hawaiians are calculated using the one or more race/ethnicities population denominators for Hawaii only (See Materials and methods)

Abbreviations: Lung = lung and bronchus; Liver = liver and intrahepatic bile duct; Non-Hodgn = non-Hodgkin lymphoma