Table 3.

Results of the regression analyses for cancer mortality rate data by state economic area for 1970–1994

Cancer	Sex	Mortality rate, US average**	UVB dose (β, p)	Lung cancer (β, p)	Alcohol consumption (β, p)	Urban residence (β, p)	Adjusted R2, p
All less lung	M	140.07	−0.50*	0.55*	0.27*	0.17*	0.52*
	F	111.95	−0.68*	0.38*	0.09, 0.005	0.20*	0.67*
Bladder	M	6.56	−0.51*	0.33*	0.31*	0.21*	0.47*
	F	1.87	−0.37*	0.45*	0.09, 0.04	0.07, 0.09	0.36*
Breast	F	26.89	−0.57*	0.28*	0.15*	0.20*	0.57*
Cervical	F	3.22	−0.10, 0.02	0.26*	−0.22*	−0.02, 0.76	0.09*
Colon	M	20.13	−0.65*	0.32*	0.06, 0.09	0.33*	0.50*
	F	14.97	−0.68*	0.23*	−0.07, 008	0.23*	0.50*
Endometrial	F	3.72	−0.58*	−0.04, 0.26	−0.05, 0.29	0.38*	0.42*
Esophageal	M	4.80	−0.49*	0.33*	0.33*	0.16*	0.44*
	F	1.24	−0.14*	0.54*	0.22*	0.03, 0.48	0.42*
Gallbladder	M	0.57	−0.28*	−0.16*	0.01, 0.82	0.19*	0.16*
	F***	1.10	−0.56*	−0.25*	−0.08, 0.12	0.14, 0.003	0.41*
Gastric***	M	7.33	−0.41*	−0.04, 0.46	0.14, 0.007	0.14, 0.009	0.33*
	F	3.41	−0.29*	−0.001, 0.98	0.17, 0.003	0.10, 0.08	0.20*
Hodgkin's	M	1.10	−0.29*	0.01, 0.78	−0.10, 0.07	0.08, 0.13	0.07*
	F	0.67	−0.31*	0.08, 0.06		0.05, 0.28	0.09*
Laryngeal	M	2.49	−0.20*	0.67*	0.14, 0.001	0.10, 0.02	0.41*
	F	0.42	−0.09, 0.11	0.56*	0.02, 0.67	0.05, 0.25	0.33*
Leukemia	M	8.80	−0.18*	0.11, 0.03	−0.12, 0.02	0.15, 0.005	0.04*
	F	5.16	−0.17*	−0.01, 0.82	−0.14, 0.01	0.13, 0.01	0.03, 0.001
Melanoma	M	2.96	0.42*	0.28*	0.02, 0.62	0.07, 0.14	0.27*
	F	1.61	0.39*	0.13, 0.002		−0.14, 0.001	0.18*
Multiple myeloma	M	3.10	−0.18*	−0.10, 0.03	−0.05, 0.36	−0.05, 0.34	0.04*
	F	2.08	−0.22*	0.008, 0.86	0.07, 0.18	−0.05, 0.39	0.05*
NHL	M	7.03	−0.41*	0.11, 0.01	0.03, 0.55	0.17, 0.001	0.18*
	F	4.76	−0.40*	0.08, 0.05	−0.06, 0.23	0.12, 0.02	0.15*
NMSC	M	1.17	0.37*	0.47*	−0.02, 0.59	−0.11, 0.009	0.44*
	M***	1.17	0.36*	0.41*	0.04, 0.41	−0.11, 0.01	0.46*
	F	0.43	0.15, 0.001	0.23*	−0.16, 0.002	−0.13, 0.01	0.12*
	F***	0.43	0.27*	0.16, 0.001	−0.13, 0.03	−0.04, 0.44	0.16*
Other oral and pharynx	M	3.99	−0.10, 0.007	0.61*	0.24*	0.10, 0.02	0.34*
	F	1.41	0.12, 0.001	0.60*	0.16*	−0.10, 0.01	0.41*
Ovarian	F	8.38	−0.59*	0.08, 0.02	0.10, 0.02	0.22*	0.43*
Pancreatic	M	10.21	0	0.36*	0.15, 0.005	−0.11, 0.04	0.13 *
	F	6.84	−0.05, 0.24	0.28*	0.27*	0.01, 0.77	0.13*
Prostate	M	22.01	−0.21*	−0.17*	0.30*	−0.23*	0.18*
Rectal	M	4.40	−0.64*	0.14*	0.25*	0.24*	0.57*
	F	2.54	−0.59*	0.19*	0.19,*	0.24*	0.57*
Renal	M	4.90	−0.35*	0.20*	0.05, 0.34	0.07, 0.18	0.14*
	F	2.24	−0.38*	0.08, 0.06	0.04, 0.41	−0.02, 0.66	0.15*
Thyroid	M	0.33	−0.11, 0.02	−0.11, 0.02	−0.09, 0.09	0.11, 0.04	0.02*
	F	0.42	−0.14, 0.002	−0.08, 0.06		0.19*	0.05*
Vulva	F	0.34	−0.43*	−0.05, 0.27	0.10, 0.01		0.20*

M, male; F, female. *p < 0.001; **, deaths/100,000/year; ***, UVB dose limited to <7.5 kJ/m²; β, normalized regression coefficient.