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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Nov 29.
Published in final edited form as: J Okla State Med Assoc. 2016 Jul-Aug;109(7-8):374–384.

Table 5.

Age-adjusted cancer mortality rates (AAMR) per 100,000, rate ratios, and 95% confidence intervals (CI) by Indian Health Service (IHS) Service Unit for American Indian/Alaska Native and white Oklahomans, 1999 to 2009

American Indian/Alaska Native White
Overall Male Female Overall Male Female Overall Male Female
AAMR AAMR AAMR AAMR AAMR AAMR Rate Ratioa
(95% CI)		 p-value Rate Ratioa
(95% CI)		 p-value Rate Ratioa
(95% CI)		 p-value
Overall 239.2 312.5 214.1 193.3 241.8 159.7 1.24
(1.20, 1.27)		 <0.0001 1.29
(1.25, 1.34)		 <0.0001 1.34
(1.29, 1.39)		 <0.0001
 Ada 261.3 364.0 207.3 195.3 243.5 160.7 1.34
(1.22, 1.46)		 <0.0001 1.49
(1.31, 1.68)		 <0.0001 1.29
(1.12, 1.46)		 0.0002
 Claremore 266.3 322.0 229.1 191.0 235.0 161.0 1.39
(1.33, 1.46)		 <0.0001 1.37
(1.28, 1.46)		 <0.0001 1.42
(1.33, 1.52)		 <0.0001
 Clinton 233.5 330.9 180.9 176.0 217.2 147.5 1.33
(1.11, 1.54)		 0.0008 1.52
(1.19, 1.86)		 0.0003 1.23
(0.93, 1.53)		 0.1085
 Lawton 240.2 297.7 210.7 203.3 258.1 165.3 1.18
(1.06, 1.30)		 0.0015 1.15
(0.98, 1.32)		 0.03 1.27
(1.09, 1.46)		 0.0010
 Pawnee 231.8 275.1 198.8 189.1 238.0 154.3 1.23
(1.09, 1.36)		 0.0003 1.16
(0.98, 1.33)		 0.0589 1.29
(1.08, 1.49)		 0.0019
 Shawnee 227.4 258.7 202.6 186.1 235.2 153.6 1.22
(1.13, 1.31)		 <0.0001 1.10
(0.99, 1.21)		 0.0645 1.32
(1.18, 1.46)		 <0.0001
 Tahlequah 266.4 271.9 188.4 195.2 247.2 157.3 1.36
(1.27, 1.46)		 <0.0001 1.32
(1.19, 1.44)		 <0.0001 1.45
(1.30, 1.59)		 <0.0001
 Talihina 222.3 271.9 188.4 197.0 250.1 157.0 1.13
(1.03, 1.23)		 0.0077 1.09
(0.95, 1.22)		 0.1813 1.20
(1.04, 1.36)		 0.0061
 Wewoka 271.5 378.0 198.6 205.0 256.3 169.8 1.32
(1.11, 1.54)		 0.0009 1.47
(1.15, 1.79)		 0.0006 1.17
(0.88, 1.46)		 0.2343

AAMR: Age-adjusted mortality rate

a

Rate Ratio compares the American Indian/Alaska Native AAMR to white AAMR