Table 4—
Age-Adjusted Rates and Rate Ratios by Geographic Region and Cancer Site for Arab Americans, Blacks, and Hispanics
| Characteristics | Arab Americans (95% CI) | Blacks (95% CI) | Hispanic (95% CI) | Black Rate Ratio (95% CI) | Hispanic Rate Ratio (95% CI) |
| Male cancer sites | |||||
| All sites | |||||
| California | 475.9 (426.3, 530.0) | 684.6 (662.8, 707.1) | 401.8 (391.5, 412.4) | 0.70* (0.63, 0.77) | 1.18* (1.05, 1.33) |
| Detroit, MI | 562.1 (476.1, 660.0) | 861.0 (823.5, 899.8) | 478.6 (382.4, 593.7) | 0.65* (0.57, 0.75) | 1.17 (0.91, 1.52) |
| New Jersey | 589.4 (492.1, 701.8) | 780.9 (747.6, 815.3) | 535.6 (502.7, 570.4) | 0.75* (0.65, 0.88) | 1.51* (1.21, 1.88) |
| Prostate | |||||
| California | 142.3 (115.1, 174.2) | 295.0 (280.5, 310.0) | 141.7 (135.3, 148.3) | 0.48* (0.41, 0.56) | 1.00 (0.82, 1.23) |
| Detroit, MI | 155.7 (111.3, 212.6) | 362.9 (338.3, 388.8) | 171.5 (113.9, 249.6) | 0.43* (0.34, 0.54) | 0.91 (0.56, 1.47) |
| New Jersey | 202.3 (147.6, 272.7) | 329.7 (307.9, 352.7) | 197.1 (176.8, 219.3) | 0.61* (0.48, 0.78) | 1.03 (0.75, 1.40) |
| Lung | |||||
| California | 59.7 (42.6, 81.7) | 105.4 (96.8, 114.5) | 36.9 (33.7, 40.3) | 0.57* (0.44, 0.73) | 1.62* (1.09, 2.41) |
| Detroit, MI | 76.9 (46.5, 120.2) | 122.0 (108.1, 137.2) | 61.6 (30.1, 114.0) | 0.63* (0.43, 0.92) | 1.25 (0.60, 2.60) |
| New Jersey | 58.6 (30.6, 103.5) | 121.7 (108.7, 136.0) | 56.4 (45.9, 68.8) | 0.48* (0.32, 0.72) | 1.04 (0.57, 1.89) |
| Colorectal cancer | |||||
| California | 57.5 (41.6, 77.9) | 57.2 (51.0, 64.0) | 43.5 (40.1, 47.1) | 1.01 (0.73, 1.38) | 1.32 (0.93, 1.88) |
| Detroit, MI | 69.7 (42.1, 109.7) | 77.6 (66.6, 89.9) | . . . | 0.90 (0.57, 1.41) | . . . |
| New Jersey | 44.4 (21.7, 83.6) | 68.5 (58.9, 79.3) | 58.6 (48.1, 71.1) | 0.65 (0.39, 1.09) | 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) |
| Bladder | |||||
| California | 35.3 (22.5, 53.0) | 17.0 (13.7, 21.0) | 15.7 (13.7, 18.0) | 2.07* (1.15, 3.72) | 2.24* (1.24, 4.06) |
| Detroit, MI | 39.2 (19.0, 72.6) | 19.1 (13.8, 25.7) | . . . | 2.06 (0.85, 4.96) | . . . |
| New Jersey | 65.6 (34.3, 114.7) | 23.2 (17.7, 29.9) | 29.2 (21.6, 38.7) | 2.83* (1.15, 7.00) | 2.25 (0.98, 5.15) |
| Kidney | |||||
| California | 14.0 (6.9, 25.9) | 19.7 (16.2, 23.7) | 16.6 (14.6, 18.8) | 0.71 (0.41, 1.23) | 0.84 (0.48, 1.48) |
| Detroit, MI | 40.9 (20.4, 74.4) | 24.1 (18.3, 31.3) | . . . | 1.69 (0.77, 3.71) | . . . |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | |||||
| California | 23.5 (13.9, 37.9) | 20.8 (17.3, 24.9) | 20.3 (18.1, 22.6) | 1.13 (0.67, 1.91) | 1.16 (0.70, 1.94) |
| Detroit, MI | 35.4 (17.6, 65.6) | 25.1 (19.1, 32.3) | . . . | 1.41 (0.68, 2.95) | . . . |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Female cancer sites | |||||
| All sites | |||||
| California | 472.0 (421.4, 527.3) | 421.9 (406.6, 437.7) | 354.4 (346.1, 362.8) | 1.03 (0.91, 1.16) | 1.22* (1.07, 1.40) |
| Detroit, MI | 482.0 (406.9, 567.8) | 486.4 (462.4, 511.3) | 434.7 (355.6, 527.1) | 0.99 (0.84, 1.17) | 1.11 (0.87, 1.42) |
| New Jersey | 616.5 (512.3, 737.9) | 455.3 (433.9, 477.5) | 409.0 (384.9, 434.5) | 1.35* (1.10, 1.67) | 1.51* (1.21, 1.88) |
| Breast | |||||
| California | 194.9 (162.6, 231.9) | 155.4 (146.3, 165.0) | 118.0 (113.3, 122.8) | 1.25* (1.03, 1.53) | 1.65* (1.32, 2.06) |
| Detroit, MI | 159.5 (117.6, 212.3) | 152.8 (139.6, 167.1) | 127.7 (87.1, 181.9) | 1.04 (0.77,1.41) | 1.25 (0.80, 1.94) |
| New Jersey | 194.3 (139.4, 266.5) | 155.6 (143.2, 168.8) | 141.8 (127.9, 157.0) | 1.25 (0.88, 1.77) | 1.37 (0.95, 1.98) |
| Lung | |||||
| California | 44.6 (30.0, 64.1) | 57.1 (51.5, 63.3) | 21.3 (19.2, 23.6) | 0.78 (0.56, 1.09) | 2.09* (1.25, 3.49) |
| Detroit, MI | 67.2 (41.0, 104.9) | 74.1 (64.8, 84.3) | . . . | 0.91 (0.58, 1.41) | . . . |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| Colorectal cancer | |||||
| California | 36.3 (23.2, 54.4) | 47.9 (42.7, 53.5) | 28.8 (26.4, 31.4) | 0.76 (0.52, 1.10) | 1.26 (0.80, 1.99) |
| Detroit, MI | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
| New Jersey | 83.6 (46.0, 141.2) | 50.9 (43.9, 58.8) | 42.6 (34.8, 51.7) | 1.64 (0.84, 3.19) | 0.76 (0.43, 1.34) |
| Thyroid | |||||
| California | 25.3 (15.3, 39.9) | 7.2 (5.4, 9.4) | 14.0 (12.6, 15.6) | 3.53* (1.60, 7.79) | 1.81 (1.00, 3.27) |
| Detroit, MI | 31.2 (15.9, 57.4) | 9.7 (6.6, 13.7) | . . . | 3.22* (1.19, 8.70) | . . . |
| New Jersey | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . | . . . |
Note. CI= confidence interval; NHNAW = non-Hispanic, non-Arab Whites. Age-adjusted rates calculated per 100 000. Black and Hispanic are reference populations for rate ratios.
*P < .05.