Table 3.
Multivariable Cox Proportional Hazard Model cases according to cancer registry location
| Total N = 3,443 |
Brooklyn N = 1,027 |
Caribbean N= 2416 |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | Hazard Ratio (95% CI) | |
| Birth Place | |||
| United States | Ref. | Ref. | - |
| Caribbean1 | 3.43 (2.17 – 5.44) | 1.46 (0.85 – 2.50) | - |
| Other2 | 1.89 (0.83 – 4.33) | 2.73 (1.17 – 6.32) | - |
| Unknown | 1.73 (1.08 – 2.78) | 1.40 (0.84 – 2.32) | - |
| Ethnic Group | |||
| White | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| Black | 1.14 (0.80 – 1.62) | 1.04 (0.68 – 1.61) | 1.10 (0.57 – 2.12) |
| Other3 | 1.17 (0.81 – 1.71) | - | 0.95 (0.49 – 1.85) |
| Diagnosis Age | |||
| ≥65 Years | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| > 65 Years | 1.75 (1.53 – 2.01) | 1.87 (1.35 – 2.58) | 1.64 (1.41 – 1.90) |
| Stage | |||
| I-III | Ref. | Ref. | Ref. |
| IV | 2.87 (2.50 – 3.28) | 7.01 (4.55 – 10.82) | 2.19 (1.91 – 2.53) |
| Un staged | 1.71 (1.48 – 1.98) | 2.25 (1.28 – 3.93) | 1.29 (1.11 – 1.50) |
1
Caribbean -Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican-Republic, Jamaica, & Lesser Antilles.
2
Other (Birth Place)–Africa, South & Central America, Europe & Asia.
3
Other (Ethnic Group)–Amerindian, Chinese, Indian, & Mixed.