Table 4.

Unadjusted and adjusted mean ages at death among hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) decedents who died at age 25 and older: United States, 1999–2006

	Unadjusted mean age at HCC death							Adjusted meana age at HCC death
	w/o HAU		w/HAU		Contrast			w/o HAU		w/HAU		Contrastb
Sex and race/ethnicity	M	SE	M	SE	Diff.	SE	p	Ma	SE	Ma	SE	Diff.	SE	p
Male
Non-Hispanic White	66.07	0.08	61.08	0.25	4.99	0.31	<.0001	65.75	0.08	62.24	0.24	3.52	0.25	<.0001
Non-Hispanic Black	59.00	0.16	56.64	0.49	2.36	0.63	<.0001	60.68	0.15	58.92	0.47	1.76	0.49	.0003
Hispanic	62.20	0.19	58.89	0.45	3.31	0.53	<.0001	61.64	0.17	58.46	0.43	3.18	0.47	<.0001
Other races	61.34	0.22	58.11	0.99	3.23	1.20	.002	60.83	0.21	58.87	0.88	1.96	0.91	.03
All	64.12	0.07	59.92	0.20	4.20	0.25	<.0001	64.05	0.07	60.98	0.20	3.07	0.20	<.0001
Female
Non-Hispanic White	71.77	0.14	64.17	0.85	7.60	0.88	<.0001	71.54	0.14	66.08	0.73	5.46	0.73	<.0001
Non-Hispanic Black	65.20	0.34	60.86	1.80	4.34	2.08	.04	66.69	0.30	63.54	1.45	3.15	1.48	.03
Hispanic	69.94	0.31	62.09	1.66	7.85	1.69	<.0001	69.01	0.29	63.94	1.46	5.07	1.48	.0006
Other races	68.22	0.31	65.62	2.30	2.60	2.29	.26	68.26	0.28	68.46	1.99	-0.19	2.01	.92
All	70.24	0.11	63.52	0.67	6.72	0.71	<.0001	70.18	0.11	65.77	0.58	4.42	0.59	<.0001

Notes: Diff. = difference; HAU = Heavy alcohol use, as indicated by alcohol-induced medical conditions.

^aAdjusted for covariates including education, marital status, place of death, year of death, heavy tobacco use, diabetes, hypertension, and HIV based on predictive margins estimated from multiple linear regression.

^bMultiple R² was .23 and .29 for all predictors in the regression model for male and female decedents, respectively. Source: Multiple Cause of Death data files, 1999–2006 (National Center for Health Statistics).