TABLE 3.

Age- and sex-adjusted Poisson regression analyses of colorectal cancer (CRC) mortality, 1985 to 2009

	All CRC	Distal colon	Proximal colon
Region (Manitoba)
Urban*	1.03 (0.98–1.0)	1.02 (0.95–1.09)	1.07 (0.98–1.17)
Rural	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
Winnipeg (excl core)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
Winnipeg core	0.95 (0.85–1.06)	0.82 (0.71–0.95)	1.21 (0.96–1.51)
Northern	0.89 (0.78–1.01)	0.80 (0.68–0.94)	1.12 (0.86–1.44)
Southwestern	1.09 (0.97–1.21)	0.94 (0.81–1.08)	1.43 (1.14–1.78)
Southcentral	1.19 (1.07–1.34)	1.04 (0.89–1.19)	1.54 (1.23–1.93)
Southeastern	0.98 (0.88–1.08)	0.86 (0.76–0.98)	1.27 (1.03–1.56)
Annual income, $
<47,000	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
47,000 to 85,000	0.89 (0.84–0.94)	0.84 (0.78–0.90)	0.96 (0.87–1.06)
>85,000	0.80 (0.72–0.88)	0.79 (0.69–0.90)	0.79 (0.65–0.93)
Unemployment rate, %
<9	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
9 to <19	1.12 (1.05–1.21)	1.22 (1.11–1.33)	1.00 (0.88–1.14)
19 to 35	1.09 (0.97–1.21)	1.28 (1.11–1.46)	0.69 (0.54–0.88)
Recent immigrants, %
<9	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
9 to <20	0.97 (0.92–1.02)	0.94 (0.87–1.00)	1.06 (0.97–1.16)
20 to <40	0.95 (0.88–1.01)	0.93 (0.85–1.02)	1.06 (0.93–1.19)
Jewish ethnicity, %
<4	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
4 to <13	1.01 (0.90–1.13)	0.87 (0.73–1.02)	1.20 (0.98–1.43)
13 to <30	0.84 (0.72–0.88)	0.85 (0.68–1.04)	0.87 (0.65–1.12)
Visible minorities, %
<6	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)	1.00 (–)
6 to <19	1.06 (1.00–1.11)	1.04 (0.97–1.11)	1.12 (1.02–1.23)
19 to <48	0.98 (0.91–1.05)	0.99 (0.90–1.09)	1.01 (0.89–1.14)

Data presented as mortality rate ratio (95% CI).

^*Urban-rural differences were evaluated in a separate model. excl Excluding