Table 1.

Demographic and disease characteristics of Asian and non-Hispanic White patients diagnosed with lymphoid malignancies, California, 1988–2004

Characteristic	Chinese		Japanese		Filipino		Korean		South Asian		Vietnamese		All Asian		Non- Hispanic White
Age at diagnosis (years)
0–29	272	11%	58	5%	285	10%	79	16%	131	19%	165	19%	990	11%	7,455	7%
30–49	381	16%	141	11%	467	16%	97	19%	147	21%	195	22%	1,428	17%	17,158	15%
50–69	801	34%	433	35%	1,009	35%	173	34%	264	38%	299	34%	2,979	34%	36,730	33%
70+	931	39%	614	49%	1,152	40%	157	31%	159	23%	228	26%	3,241	38%	49,446	45%
Sex
Male	1,359	57%	642	52%	1,572	54%	278	55%	419	60%	485	55%	4,755	55%	62,674	57%
Female	1,026	43%	604	48%	1,341	46%	228	45%	282	40%	402	45%	3,883	45%	48,115	43%
Nativity
US-born	620	26%	850	68%	355	12%	72	14%	134	19%	112	13%	2,143	25%	---	---
Foreign-born	1,765	74%	396	32%	2,558	88%	434	86%	567	81%	775	87%	6,495	75%	---	---
Tumor histology
Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma	621	26%	366	29%	845	29%	131	26%	118	17%	264	30%	2,345	27%	21,920	20%
Follicular lymphoma	225	9%	142	11%	147	5%	29	6%	51	7%	67	8%	661	8%	12,027	11%
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia/small lymphocytic lymphoma	183	8%	82	7%	156	5%	23	5%	69	10%	47	5%	560	6%	18,973	17%
T-cell lymphoma	207	9%	88	7%	212	7%	58	11%	65	9%	91	10%	721	8%	5,454	5%
Other non-Hodgkin lymphoma	682	29%	352	28%	789	27%	159	31%	192	27%	251	28%	2,425	28%	27,091	24%
Multiple myeloma	342	14%	170	14%	575	20%	85	17%	123	18%	115	13%	1,410	16%	16,357	15%
Overall Hodgkin lymphoma	125	5%	46	4%	189	6%	21	4%	83	12%	52	6%	516	6%	8,967	8%
Nodular sclerosis Hodgkin lymphoma	76	3%	27	2%	122	4%	13	3%	51	7%	33	4%	322	4%	5,808	5%
Mixed cellularity Hodgkin lymphoma	28	1%	8	1%	31	1%	2	0%	16	2%	11	1%	96	1%	1,532	1%
Other classical Hodgkin lymphoma	21	1%	11	1%	36	1%	6	1%	16	2%	8	1%	98	1%	1,627	1%
Total	2,385		1,246		2,913		506		701		887		8,638		110,789