Table 1.

Odds of diagnosis at a late versus early stage for breast, cervical, or colorectal cancer in Hispanics as a function of the percentage of Hispanics living in the census tract and tract income (1988–2002)

Characteristic	OR (95% CI)
	Breast cancer (n = 10,309)*	Cervical cancer (n = 932)*	Colorectal cancer (n = 9,577)*, †
TpH
<20%	1.0	1.0	1.0
20% to <60%	1.21 (1.10–1.32)	1.21 (0.85–1.72)	1.11 (0.99–1.23)
≥60%	1.38 (1.25–1.53)	1.58 (1.11–2.24)	1.14 (1.02–1.29)
Tract income
Q1 (low)	1.0	1.0	1.0
Q2	0.80 (0.71–0.90)	1.14 (0.82–1.57)	1.04 (0.91–1.19)
Q3	0.75 (0.67–0.84)	0.81 (0.56–1.15)	0.98 (0.86–1.11)
Q4 (high)	0.65 (0.58–0.73)	0.78 (0.52–1.19)	0.92 (0.81–1.06)
TpH and tract income‡
TpH <20%	1.0	1.0	1.0
TpH 20% to <60%	1.12 (1.01–1.25)	1.20 (0.81–1.78)	1.09 (0.97–1.24)
TpH ≥60%	1.14 (1.00–1.31)	1.64 (1.04–2.60)	1.14 (0.98–1.33)
Income Q1 (low)	1.0	1.0	1.0
Income Q2	0.81 (0.72–0.92)	1.30 (0.92–1.85)	1.06 (0.92–1.22)
Income Q3	0.78 (0.68–0.93)	1.03 (0.68–1.57)	1.02 (0.88–1.19)
Income Q4 (high)	0.71 (0.62–0.83)	1.13 (0.66–1.92)	1.01 (0.85–1.20)

NOTE: Data are from SEER areas. Late stage is defined as stages II, III, and IV; early stage is defined as stage I.

Abbreviation: OR, odds ratio; 95% CI, 95% confidence interval.

^*Adjusted for age.

^† Adjusted for gender.

^‡ Both variables were entered in the model.