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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2011 Jan 24;117(14):3242–3251. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25854

Table 6.

Mortality in association with race/ethnicity among patients with invasive tumors, by tumor site

Tumor site and Race/ethnicity Hazard ratio (95% CI) of All-Cause Mortality Hazard ratio (95% CI) of Cancer-Specific Mortality
Model-1 Model-2 Model-3 Model-1 Model-2 Model-3
Breast
NH-Black 1.4(1.2–1.8) 1.2(1.0–1.6) 1.7(1.1–2.5) 1.2(0.9–1.6) 1.1(0.8–1.5) 1.4(0.8–2.4)
NH-API 0.6(0.4–0.8) 0.5(0.4–0.9) 0.6(0.3–1.1) 0.6(0.3–1.0) 0.6(0.3–1.1) 0.8(0.4–1.7)
Hispanic 1.0(0.7–1.4) 0.9(0.7–1.2) 1.1(0.7–1.7) 0.8(0.5–1.3) 0.7(0.5–1.2) 0.8(0.4–1.5)
AI/AN 0.1(0.0–30.2) 0.1(0.0–29.3.3) undefined 0.1(0.0 –45.2) 0.1(0.0–55.5) undefined
Colorectal
NH-Black 1.4(1.1–1.7) 1.2(1.0–1.5) 1.2(0.9–1.7) 1.4(1.1–1.8) 1.2(1.0–1.6) 1.2(0.8–1.8)
NH-API 0.9(0.7–1.1) 0.9(0.7–1.1) 0.9(0.6–1.3) 0.8(0.6–1.2) 0.9(0.6–1.2) 0.9(0.6–1.5)
Hispanic 1.1(0.8–1.4) 1.0(0.8–1.3) 1.0(0.7–1.5) 1.1(0.8–1.5) 1.0(0.7–1.3) 1.1(0.7–1.6)
AI/AN 4.4(1.8–10.9) 4.8(1.9–11.9) 4.9(1.9–12.7) 6.1(2.5–15.1) 7.0(2.8–17.4) 6.6(2.6–17.2)
Prostate
NH-Black 1.2(1.1–1.5) 1.0(0.9–1.2) 1.1(0.9–1.4) 1.5(1.2–1.8) 1.3(1.0–1.6) 1.7(1.2–2.3)
NH-API 0.8(0.6–1.1) 0.8(0.6–1.1) 0.7(0.5–1.2) 0.5(0.3–0.9) 0.5(0.3–0.9) 0.4(0.2–0.9)
Hispanic 0.8(0.6–1.1) 0.7(0.5–0.9) 0.4(0.3–0.8) 0.9(0.6–1.4) 0.8(0.5–1.2) 0.4(0.2–0.9)
AI/AN 2.0(0.7–5.3) 1.8(0.7–4.8) 2.2(0.7–6.9) 1.6(0.3–8.2) 1.5(0.3–7.4) 1.7(0.3–9.7)
Lung and bronchus
NH-Black 1.1(1.0–1.3) 1.0(0.9–1.2) 1.1(0.9–1.3) 1.1(1.0–1.3) 1.1(0.9–1.2) 1.1(0.9–1.3)
NH-API 0.8(0.7–1.0) 0.8(0.7–1.1) 0.9(0.6–1.2) 0.8(0.6–1.0) 0.8(0.6–1.0) 0.8(0.5–1.1)
Hispanic 1.0(0.8–1.2) 0.9(0.7–1.1) 0.8(0.6–1.1) 1.0(0.8–1.3) 0.9(0.7–1.2) 0.8(0.6–1.2)
AI/AN 2.8(1.3–5.8) 2.1(1.0–4.4) 1.7(0.7–4.3) 3.1(1.4–6.7) 2.4(1.1–5.2) 2.0(0.8–5.2)
Cervical
NH-Black 0.6(0.2–1.4) 0.4(0.2–1.2) 0.1(0.0–0.5) 0.4(0.2–1.3) 0.4(0.1–1.4) 0.7(0.1–5.8)
NH-API 1.6(0.6–4.3) 1.6(0.6–4.7) 2.3(0.3–19.7) 2.3(0.8–6.4) 2.1(0.7–6.8) 3.5(0.4–30.4)
Hispanic 1.1(0.5–2.3) 1.0(0.4–2.3) 2.7(0.6–12.6) 1.3(0.6–3.0) 1.2(0.4–3.0) 1.4(0.2–17.1)
AI/AN 2.2(0.2–21.3) 1.1(0.1–13.8) 5.6(0.0–>99) 2.4(0.1–69.0) 3.3(0.1–>99) 408.7(6.6–>999)
Ovarian
NH-Black 1.2(0.8–1.9) 1.2(0.8–1.9) 1.5(0.8–3.0) 1.1(0.7–1.9) 1.2(0.7–2.0) 1.3(0.6–2.6)
NH-API 0.3(0.1–0.9) 0.3(0.1–1.0) 0.2(0.0–1.5) 0.4(0.1–1.1) 0.4(0.1–1.1) 0.3(0.0–1.7)
Hispanic 0.9(0.5–1.7) 0.9(0.5–1.6) 1.3(0.6–3.2) 0.8(0.4–1.5) 0.7(0.3–1.4) 0.9(0.3–2.7)
AI/AN 1.4(0.3–7.3) 2.2(0.4–12.5) undefined 1.6(0.3–8.1) 3.0(0.5–17.5) undefined
Melanoma of the skin
NH-Black 1.7(0.3–8.3) 1.6(0.3–8.2) undefined 3.6(0.7–18.3) 3.5(0.7–18.4) undefined
NH-API 4.3(1.5–11.9) 4.7(1.6–13.4) 2.5(0.6–11.1) 4.9(1.5–15.6) 5.3(1.6–17.3) 0.8(0.1–5.3)
Hispanic 3.4(1.2–9.9) 4.2(1.5–12.4) 1.5(0.3–7.7) 4.5(1.5–13.7) 6.5(2.2–19.6) 1.5 (0.3–9.2)
AI/AN 5.8(0.6–59.0) 3.5(0.3–42.1) 6.8(0.4–103.4) undefined undefined undefined
Urinary Bladder
NH-Black 1.5(1.0–2.4) 1.3(0.8–2.0) 2.0(1.0–4.4) 1.8(1.0–3.1) 1.7(0.9–3.0) 2.3(0.9–6.0)
NH-API 0.9(0.5–1.5) 0.9(0.5–1.6) 1.3(0.6–2.7) 0.9(0.4–2.1) 1.0(0.4–2.2) 1.2(0.4–3.9)
Hispanic 0.7(0.3–1.5) 0.6(0.3–1.4) 0.6(0.2–1.8) 0.7(0.2–2.1) 0.7(0.2–2.1) 0.7(0.2–2.9)
AI/AN 0.5(0.1–1.8) 0.7(0.2–2.5) 0.5(0.1–2.6) 0.3(0.0–3.0) 0.5(0.1–4.7) undefined
*

Non-Hispanic (NH) whites as reference in all models. Model-1: Hazard ratio (HR) adjusted for age, sex, tumor stage, surgery, and radiotherapy. Model-2: HR additionally adjusted for education, poverty and family income. Model-3: HR additionally adjusted for health insurance in subjects with data on health insurance.