Table 2.

Age-adjusted incidence rates^a, standard errors (SE), covariate-adjusted rate ratios (RR)^b, and 95% confidence intervais (CI) by selected socioeconomic and demographie characteristics: all cancers combined

Characteristic		All cancers and both sexes combined (N = 203,908)						All cancers, male (N = 95,964)						All cancers, female (N = 107,944)
		No.	Rate	SE	RR	95% CI		No.	Rate	SE	RR	95% CI		No.	Rate	SE	RR	95% CI
Total population		11,464	550.21	4.89	–	–	–	6,018	671.00	8.07	–	–	–	5,445	470.89	6.18	–	–	–
Race/ethnicity
	Non-Hispanic white	9,068	567.24	5.70	1.00	Reference		4,716	683.06	9.25	1.00	Reference		4,352	494.46	7.35	1.00	Reference
	Non-Hispanic black	834	671.68	22.28	1.23	1.15	1.32	471	980.95	43.31	1.49	1.35	1.64	363	482.86	24.32	0.98	0.88	1.09
	American Indian/Alaska Native	39	526.99	83.81	0.94	0.69	1.29	15	503.57	130.80	0.76	0.46	1.27	24	523.84	101.04	1.09	0.73	1.63
	Asian/Pacific Islander	661	417.12	15.42	0.74	0.68	0.80	351	480.48	24.04	0.71	0.64	0.79	310	361.91	19.71	0.73	0.66	0.83
	Hispanic	638	416.59	16.47	–	–	–	343	546.77	29.95	–	–	–	295	327.97	18.74	–	–	–
	Mexican	447	428.92	20.57	0.73	0.67	0.81	245	570.27	38.01	0.79	0.69	0.90	202	333.53	23.14	0.67	0.58	0.78
	Other Hispanic	191	396.08	27.95	0.72	0.62	0.83	98	509.60	49.96	0.75	0.61	0.92	93	318.80	32.18	0.67	0.55	0.83
	Other or unknown race	224	587.90	36.84	0.96	0.84	1.09	122	712.60	60.51	0.97	0.81	1.16	102	510.46	47.76	0.98	0.80	1.19
Educational attainment (years of education)
	Less than high school graduates (≤11)	3,676	583.64	10.08	1.17	1.10	1.24	2,034	730.30	16.21	1.22	1.13	1.31	1,642	478.52	12.77	1.08	0.98	1.18
	High school graduates (12)	4,084	549.45	8.18	1.14	1.07	1.20	1,906	694.73	14.87	1.17	1.82	1.25	2178	475.34	9.81	1.07	0.98	1.17
	Some post high school education (13–15)	1,847	547.08	12.07	1.11	1.04	1.19	930	657.95	20.36	1.10	1.01	1.20	927	481.38	15.11	1.09	0.99	1.21
	College education or beyond (16+)	1,837	525.47	11.96	1.00	Reference		1,141	602.27	17.22	1.00	Reference		696	443.33	16.53	1.00	Reference
	Unknown	10	276.03	92.32	0.49	0.26	0.90	7	333.51	151.52	0.58	0.28	1.23	3	191.49	108.34	0.46	0.15	1.43
Family income (1990 dollars)
	<$12,500	2,007	568.05	13.43	1.13	1.06	1.20	813	729.50	25.17	1.15	1.06	1.26	1,194	499.84	15.95	1.16	1.06	1.26
	$12,500–$24,999	2,637	568.82	10.86	1.11	1.05	1.17	1373	712.77	18.23	1.14	1.06	1.23	1,264	475.26	13.41	1.08	1.00	1.17
	$25,000–$34,999	1,632	567.27	13.43	1.08	1.02	1.15	906	711.00	21.98	1.13	1.04	1.22	726	461.44	16.75	1.03	0.94	1.13
	$35,000–$49,999	1,773	553.55	12.85	1.03	0.97	1.09	960	634.72	19.73	0.99	0.91	1.07	813	485.35	16.79	1.08	0.99	1.18
	$50,000+	3,067	540.04	10.27	1.00	Reference		1780	637.18	15.67	1.00	Reference		1287	448.57	13.26	1.00	Reference
	Unknown	348	456.42	24.37	0.88	0.79	0.99	186	554.05	40.36	0.91	0.78	1.06	162	385.65	30.63	0.90	0.76	1.06
Poverty status (ratio of family income to poverty threshold)
	At or below 100%	1,158	560.33	16.01	1.12	1.04	1.21	473	723.88	31.20	1.16	1.04	1.30	685	492.52	18.73	1.12	1.05	1.24
	100–200%	2,100	531.20	11.39	1.03	0.97	1.10	1,032	677.48	19.89	1.07	0.98	1.17	1,068	449.80	13.90	1.02	0.93	1.12
	200–400%	3,959	565.37	8.48	1.06	1.00	1.13	2,113	688.76	13.79	1.07	0.99	1.15	1,846	447.90	10.72	1.06	0.97	1.15
	400–600%	2,379	550.63	10.92	1.03	0.96	1.09	1,293	642.85	17.18	1.00	0.92	1.08	1,086	481.04	14.24	1.06	0.97	1.17
	Above 600%	1,868	547.51	12.78	1.00	Reference		1,107	653.04	19.26	1.00	Reference		761	459.62	17.15	1.00	Reference
Employment status
	Employed	5,395	562.59	8.99	1.00	Reference		3,352	645.12	12.87	1.00	Reference		2,043	447.51	11.76	1.00	Reference
	Unemployed	290	595.70	46.88	1.09	0.97	1.23	186	920.88	74.81	1.16	1.00	1.35	104	418.66	56.25	1.01	0.83	1.23
	Unable to work	255	599.00	40.25	1.17	1.03	1.33	168	793.97	65.06	1.29	1.11	1.51	87	399.65	47.10	0.98	0.78	1.21
	Others/retired	5,511	565.64	8.83	1.19	1.14	1.25	2,301	765.18	25.53	1.20	1.12	1.29	3,210	485.23	9.36	1.12	1.05	1.19
	Unknown	13	261.48	101.72	0.59	0.27	0.78	11	205.68	79.84	0.56	0.31	1.01	2	223.81	148.75	0.45	0.12	1.81
Marital status
	Married	8,247	571.56	5.98	1.00	Reference		5,069	716.45	9.39	1.00	Reference		3,354	463.05	7.73	1.00	Reference
	Widowed	1,435	561.39	33.54	0.94	0.88	1.00	322	861.01	80.57	1.05	0.93	1.18	1,119	523.31	37.75	1.05	0.97	1.13
	Divorced/separated	1,130	579.15	17.45	1.07	1.01	1.14	500	747.80	34.76	1.04	0.94	1.14	658	519.22	20.25	1.11	1.02	1.21
	Never married	637	528.82	21.35	0.96	0.88	1.04	334	605.57	33.53	0.91	0.81	1.02	310	500.68	29.16	1.09	0.96	1.22
	Unknown	15	439.55	127.53	0.56	0.34	0.94	15	791.12	281.18	0.65	0.35	1.20	5	302.02	128.02	0.59	0.24	1.41
Place of residence
	Urban	8,928	545.18	5.50	1.00	Reference		4,630	666.83	9.14	1.00	Reference		4,298	467.84	6.92	1.00	Reference
	Rural	2,526	570.89	10.76	1.04	0.99	1.08	1,380	688.62	17.30	1.03	0.97	1.10	1,146	483.45	13.69	1.03	0.96	1.10
	Unknown	10	334.92	125.63	0.45	0.24	0.84	8	630.57	283.95	0.59	0.30	1.19	2	114.87	79.39	0.32	0.08	1.28

Source: SEER-NLMS Record Linkage Study. Based on the 1979 through 1998 follow-up of residents of 11 SEER Registries (Iowa, Hawaii, Seattle, Connecticut, Detroit, Utah, Los Angeles, San Francisco/Oakland/San Jose/Monterey, Greater California, Louisiana, and Kentucky) who were 25 years of age or older on their CPS survey date

^aRates are per 100,000 population and are age-adjusted to the 2000 US standard population by the direct method

^bRate ratios were estimated from Cox regression models that stratified for age at survey and CPS cohort and controlled for sex when relevant