Table 3—
Age-Adjusted Rates and Rate Ratios by Geographic Region and Cancer Site for Arab American and Non-Hispanic Non-Arab White (NHNAW), 2000
| Characteristics | Arab Americans, Rate (95% CI) | NHNAW, Rate (95% CI) | Rate Ratio (95% CI) |
| Male cancer sites | |||
| All sites | |||
| California | 475.9 (426.3, 530.0) | 566.3 (560.2, 572.5) | 0.84* (0.76, 0.93) |
| Detroit, MI | 562.1 (476.1, 660.0) | 646.9 (630.1, 664.1) | 0.87 (0.75, 1.01) |
| New Jersey | 589.4 (492.1, 701.8) | 643.8 (632.6, 655.1) | 0.92 (0.78, 1.08) |
| Prostate | |||
| California | 142.3 (115.1, 174.2) | 172.4 (169.1, 175.9) | 0.83* (0.69, 0.99) |
| Detroit, MI | 155.7 (111.3, 212.6) | 211.2 (201.6, 221.1) | 0.74* (0.56, 0.96) |
| New Jersey | 202.3 (147.6, 272.7) | 210.9 (204.6, 217.4) | 0.96 (0.72, 1.28) |
| Lung | |||
| California | 59.7 (42.6, 81.7) | 76.5 (74.2, 78.8) | 0.78 (0.59, 1.03) |
| Detroit, MI | 76.9 (46.5, 120.2) | 96.5 (90.1, 103.3) | 0.80 (0.53, 1.19) |
| New Jersey | 58.6 (30.6, 103.5) | 87.1 (83.0, 91.3) | 0.67 (0.43, 1.06) |
| Colorectal cancer | |||
| California | 57.5 (41.6, 77.9) | 54.0 (52.1, 55.9) | 1.02 (0.68, 1.54) |
| Detroit, MI | 69.7 (42.1, 109.7) | 55.9 (51.1, 61.1) | 1.25 (0.75, 2.06) |
| New Jersey | 44.4 (21.7, 83.6) | 67.6 (64.1, 71.4) | 0.66 (0.40, 1.07) |
| Bladder | |||
| California | 35.3 (22.5, 53.0) | 33.3 (31.9, 34.9) | 1.06 (0.70, 1.61) |
| Detroit, MI | 39.2 (19.0, 72.6) | 45.8 (41.4, 50.6) | 0.86 (0.48, 1.52) |
| New Jersey | 65.6 (34.3, 114.7) | 45.0 (42.1, 48.1) | 1.46 (0.75, 2.85) |
| Kidney | |||
| California | 14.0 (6.9, 25.9) | 16.4 (15.4, 17.5) | 0.85 (0.49, 1.48) |
| Detroit, MI | 40.9 (20.4, 74.4) | 21.4 (18.4, 24.7) | 1.91 (0.85, 4.29) |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | |||
| California | 23.5 (13.9, 37.9) | 24.9 (23.6, 26.2) | 0.95 (0.60, 1.49) |
| Detroit, MI | 35.4 (17.6, 65.6) | 28.2 (24.8, 32.0) | 1.26 (0.64, 2.47) |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Female cancer sites | |||
| All sites | |||
| California | 472.0 (421.4, 527.3) | 493.3 (487.8, 498.9) | 0.88* (0.79, 0.98) |
| Detroit, MI | 482.0 (406.9, 567.8) | 506.7 (492.6, 521.1) | 0.95 (0.81, 1.12) |
| New Jersey | 616.5 (512.3, 737.9) | 524.1 (514.5, 533.8) | 1.18 (0.97, 1.42) |
| Breast | |||
| California | 194.9 (162.6, 231.9) | 187.1 (183.7, 190.6) | 1.04 (0.87, 1.24) |
| Detroit, MI | 159.5 (117.6, 212.3) | 173.6 (165.4, 182.2) | 0.92 (0.70, 1.21) |
| New Jersey | 194.3 (139.4, 266.5) | 181.7 (176.0, 187.5) | 1.07 (0.78, 1.47) |
| Lung | |||
| California | 44.6 (30.0, 64.1) | 59.7 (57.8, 61.6) | 0.75 (0.55, 1.02) |
| Detroit, MI | 67.2 (41.0, 104.9) | 71.3 (66.2, 76.8) | 0.94 (0.61, 1.45) |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Colorectal cancer | |||
| California | 36.3 (23.2, 54.4) | 35.5 (34.0, 37.0) | 1.02 (0.68, 1.54) |
| Detroit, MI | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| New Jersey | 83.6 (46.0, 141.2) | 44.6 (41.9, 47.5) | 1.87 (0.93, 3.76) |
| Thyroid | |||
| California | 25.3 (15.3, 39.9) | 14.7 (13.7, 15.7) | 1.72 (0.97, 3.07) |
| Detroit, MI | 31.2 (15.9, 57.4) | 16.3 (13.8, 19.2) | 1.91 (0.87, 4.22) |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Note. CI= confidence interval; NHNAW = non-Hispanic, non-Arab Whites. Age-adjusted rates calculated per 100 000. NHNAW is reference population for rate ratios.
*P < .05.