Table 2.

Age-adjusted incidence rate (per 100,000 person-years, standardized to the 2000 U.S. population), with 95% CI, of laryngeal cancer in Asian men in California by ethnic group and time period.

	1988–1993		1994–1999		2000–2004
Laryngeal cancer incidence	Rate (95% CI)	No. cases	Rate (95% CI)	No. cases	Rate (95% CI)	No. cases
Vietnamese	10.5 (6.0–16.6)	25	5.8 (3.6–8.6)	29	5.5 (3.6–8.0)	35
Chinese	3.9 (2.9–5.2)*	58	3.2 (2.5–4.1)*	68	2.6 (2–3.4)*	62
Japanese	3.3 (2.1–5.0)*	28	2.5 (1.6–3.8)*	25	2.1 (1.3–3.3)*	20
Filipino	3.4 (2.4–4.5)*	44	2.9 (2.2–2.9)*	50	2.8 (2.1–3.6)*	52
Korean	7.3 (4.7–10.9)	29	4.69 (2.89–7.12)	26	4.1 (2.6–6.1)	27
South Asian	–	10	–	11	3.8 (2.1–6.2)	19

^*The difference was statistically significant (p ≤ .05) when compared with the Vietnamese group.

– Number too small for accurate rate calculation. In accordance with CCR policy, rates were not calculated when there were fewer than 15 cases.