Table 4.
US esophageal cancer incidence by histologic type, sex and racial/ethnic group (SEER 13 1992–2005).
| Male | Female | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Squamous cell carcinoma | |||
| White | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
| Non Hispanic | 2.1 | 1.1 | |
| Hispanic | 2.6 | 0.6 | |
| Black | 9.4 | 3.3 | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 4.4 | 1.1 | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 3.7 | 0.8 | |
| Adenocarcinoma | |||
| White | 4.8 | 0.6 | |
| Non Hispanic | 5.0 | 0.7 | |
| Hispanic | 2.8 | 0.4 | |
| Black | 1.0 | 0.3 | |
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 2.6 | 0.8 | |
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0.8 | 0.2 |
Rates are per 100,000 person years, age-adjusted using US 2000 standard population. Extracted from [11].