Table 5.
Top five age-adjusted cancer mortality ratesa and 95% CI by Asian or Pacific Islander subgroup, 1998–2002: Men
| Rank | Korean | Samoan | Vietnamese | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate | (95% CI) | Rate | (95% CI) | Rate | (95% CI) | ||||
| All cancers | 82.8 | (75.7, 90.5) | All cancers | 167.8 | (163.4, 172.4) | All Cancers | 155.6 | (150.6, 160.8) | |
| 1 | Lung | 17.2 | (14.1, 21.1) | Lung | 47.0 | (44.78, 49.5) | Lung | 47.9 | (45.7, 50.8) |
| 2 | Prostate | 10.6 | (7.8, 14.2) | Liver | 20.3 | (18.8, 21.9) | Prostate | 17.8 | (16.1, 19.8) |
| 3 | Pancreas | 5.8 | (4.1, 8.3) | Colorectum | 19.5 | (18.0, 21.2) | Colorectum | 16.1 | (14.6, 17.8) |
| 4 | Liver | 5.3 | (3.6, 7.7) | Stomach | 11.7 | (10.5, 12.9) | Liver | 11.3 | (10.1, 12.7) |
| 5 | Leukemia | 4.8 | (3.3, 7.1) | Prostate | 10.4 | (9.2, 11.7) | Non-Hodgkin | 9.1 | (7.9, 10.4) |
| Guamanian | Native Hawaiianb | Japanese | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cancers | 147.0 | (106.5, 201.8) | All cancers | 263.7 | (243.7, 285.4) | All Cancers | 173.7 | (167.7, 179.9) | |
| 1 | Lung | 47.4 | (28.4, 81.0) | Lung | 87.7 | (76.4, 100.7) | Lung | 39.5 | (36.7, 42.5) |
| 2 | nr | Colorectum | 26.9 | (20.8, 34.9) | Colorectum | 25.8 | (23.6, 28.3) | ||
| 3 | nr | Prostate | 21.9 | (15.7, 30.1) | Stomach | 16.6 | (14.8, 18.7) | ||
| 4 | nr | Stomach | 14.1 | (9.9, 20.2) | Prostate | 15.2 | (13.5, 17.3) | ||
| 5 | nr | Liver | 11.8 | (7.9, 17.7) | Pancreas | 12.2 | (10.6, 14.0) | ||
| Korean | Samoan | Vietnamese | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All cancers | 196.5 | (186.2, 207.4) | All cancers | 293.9 | (247.6, 348.6) | All Cancers | 159.9 | (149.9, 170.7) | |
| 1 | Lung | 50.6 | (45.3, 56.2) | Lung | 74.0 | (53.6, 102.9) | Lung | 43.9 | (38.7, 49.9) |
| 2 | Stomach | 31.5 | (27.5, 36.0) | Stomach | 40.9 | (24.1, 67.6) | Liver | 33.8 | (29.6, 38.8) |
| 3 | Liver | 26.3 | (23.0, 30.2) | Prostate | 36.2 | (18.9, 64.4) | Stomach | 12.7 | (9.8, 16.4) |
| 4 | Colorectum | 17.6 | (14.6, 21.3) | Liver | 32.9 | (19.3, 56.1) | Pancreas | 8.9 | (6.6, 11.9) |
| 5 | Pancreas | 11.4 | (9.1, 14.3) | Colorectum | 31.6 | (17.2, 56.0) | Colorectum | 8.8 | (6.6, 11.7) |
aRates are average annual per 100,000 age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population for the following States: California, Hawaii, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Washington
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-Hodgkin = non-Hodgkin lymphoma