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Table 4.

Age-Standardized Mortality^a for Different Cancer Sites Among Women, by Socioeconomic Position (SEP) Index,^b Puerto Rico, 1995-2004

Cancer Type	1995-1999			2000-2004

	SEP 1^c	SEP 5^d	SRR (95% CI)^e	SEP 1^c	SEP 5^d	SRR (95% CI)^e
All sites	87.9	94.9	0.92 (0.85-1.00)	83.5	91.8	0.90 (0.83-0.98)
Brain and other nervous system	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f
Breast	11.6	18.2	0.63 (0.50-0.79)	13.0	18.5	0.70 (0.57-0.85)
Cervix uteri	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	1.8	2.3	0.81 (0.44-1.37)
Colon and rectum	9.8	11.3	0.86 (0.67-1.10)	11.5	11.3	1.01 (0.81-1.26)
Corpus and uterus, NOS	3.1	3.4	0.90 (0.56-1.39)	4.2	3.2	1.31 (0.88-1.88)
Esophagus	2.9	2.0	1.43 (0.85-2.29)	1.8	1.0	1.76 (0.91-3.16)
Kidney and renal pelvis	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f
Larynx	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f
Leukemia	2.9	3.2	0.89 (0.54-1.40)	2.8	3.7	0.74 (0.46-1.14)
Liver and intrahepatic bile duct	6.7	5.0	1.33 (0.96-1.81)	4.5	5	0.88 (0.61-1.24)
Lung and bronchus	9.2	9.8	0.94 (0.71-1.21)	9.8	9.9	0.98 (0.77-1.24)
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma	2.3	3.7	0.62 (0.35-1.01)	2.2	3.2	0.68 (0.39-1.09)
Oral cavity and pharynx	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f
Pancreas	4.6	5.2	0.87 (0.59-1.24)	3.5	4.4	0.79 (0.52-1.16)
Stomach	7.5	4.5	1.64 (1.20-2.22)	5.2	4.1	1.26 (0.89-1.75)
Thyroid	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f
Urinary bladder	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f	NC^f

Abbreviations: SRR, standardized rate ratio; CI, confidence interval; NC, not calculated; NOS, not otherwise specified.

Rates are per 100,000 and are age-adjusted to the Census 2000 population for Puerto Rico (12).

See Methods for calculations used to derive SEP scores.

SEP 1 is the lowest socioeconomic position.

SEP 5 is the highest socioeconomic position and is the reference group.

Defined as SEP 1 divided by SEP 5 according to the Tiwari method.

Cell contains <15 cases in 1 of the categories.