Table 5.

Analysis of predictors of prostate cancer specific mortality for men diagnosed with prostate carcinoma, 1995–2002

	Model 1	*Model 2	*Model 3
	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)	Hazard Ratio (95% CI)
Race/ethnicity
Non-Hispanic White	1.00 REF	1.00 REF	1.00 REF
Non-Hispanic Black	2.01 (1.89–2.17)	1.84 (1.71–1.97)	1.70 (1.58–1.83)
Hispanic	1.55 (1.43–1.67)	1.20 (1.11–1.29)	1.11 (1.02–1.20)
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.88 (0.60–1.30)	0.79 (.54–1.16)	0.68 (.46–1.00)

Model 1 is unadjusted.

Model 2 adjusted for age (continuous), year of diagnosis, tumor stage and tumor grade, in addition to factors in Model 1.

Model 3 adjusted for socioeconomic status (based on census-derived composite index, in quintiles), rural residence, in addition to factors in Model 2.