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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2012 Aug 21;21(10):1814–1822. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-12-0659

Table 5.

Overall CRC and subsite mortality rates by SES quintiles and ethnicity, California 1999-2001a

Total CRC
Colon
Rectum and rectosigmoid junction
n Rate MRR (95% CI) n Rate MRR (95% CI) n Rate MRR (95% CI)
All Q1 2,036 64.5 1.00 1,709 54.3 1.00 327 10.2 1.00
Q2 3,018 66.8 1.03 (0.98-1.09) 2,563 56.7 1.04 (0.98-1.11) 455 10.1 0.98 (0.85-1.14)
Q3 3,179 62.3 0.97 (0.91-1.02) 2,699 52.9 0.97 (0.92-1.03) 480 9.4 0.92 (0.80-1.07)
Q4 3,303 62.6 0.97 (0.92-1.03) 2,807 53.2 0.98 (0.92-1.04) 496 9.4 0.92 (0.80-1.06)
Q5 2,979 57.4 0.89 (0.84-0.94) 2,539 49.0 0.90 (0.85-0.96) 440 8.4 0.82 (0.71-0.95)
Non-Hispanic White Q1 985 76.8 1.00 819 63.5 1.00 166 13.3 1.00
Q2 2,079 70.7 0.92 (0.85-0.99) 1,755 59.4 0.94 (0.86-1.02) 324 11.2 0.84 (0.69-1.02)
Q3 2,433 63.2 0.82 (0.76-0.89) 2,061 53.3 0.84 (0.77-0.91) 372 9.8 0.74 (0.61-0.89)
Q4 2,655 62.8 0.82 (0.76-0.88) 2,270 53.7 0.85 (0.78-0.92) 385 9.2 0.69 (0.57-0.83)
Q5 2,544 58.5 0.76 (0.71-0.82) 2,178 50.1 0.79 (0.73-0.86) 366 8.3 0.63 (0.52-0.76)
African American Q1 420 100.4 1.00 370 88.5 1.00 50 11.8 1.00
Q2 317 98.1 0.98 (0.84-1.13) 274 84.7 0.96 (0.81-1.12) 43 13.4 1.13 (0.73-1.74)
Q3 213 91.7 0.91 (0.77-1.08) 194 82.9 0.94 (0.78-1.12) 19 8.8 0.74 (0.41-1.29)
Q4 153 89.8 0.90 (0.73-1.08) 128 74.9 0.85 (0.68-1.04) 25 14.9 1.26 (0.74-2.10)
Q5 63 80.2 0.80 (0.59-1.06) 58 74.7 0.84 (0.62-1.13) ˆ ˆ ˆ ˆ
Hispanic Q1 490 43.5 1.00 400 36.2 1.00 90 7.3 1.00
Q2 406 50.9 1.17 (1.02-1.34) 356 44.4 1.23 (1.05-1.43) 50 6.5 0.89 (0.60-1.29)
Q3 310 54.3 1.25 (1.07-1.45) 257 45.6 1.26 (1.06-1.49) 53 8.7 1.19 (0.82-1.71)
Q4 224 58.1 1.33 (1.13-1.58) 189 49.5 1.37 (1.13-1.64) 35 8.6 1.18 (0.76-1.78)
Q5 134 60.9 1.40 (1.14-1.71) 110 50.6 1.40 (1.11-1.74) 24 10.3 1.42 (0.85-2.27)
Asian/Pacific Islander Q1 141 44.5 1.00 120 37.8 1.00 21 6.7 1.00
Q2 216 47.4 1.06 (0.85-1.33) 178 39.4 1.04 (0.82-1.33) 38 7.9 1.18 (0.68-2.13)
Q3 223 49.6 1.11 (0.90-1.39) 187 42.0 1.11 (0.87-1.41) 36 7.7 1.14 (0.64-2.07)
Q4 271 53.2 1.20 (0.97-1.48) 220 43.4 1.15 (0.91-1.45) 51 9.8 1.46 (0.86-2.58)
Q5 238 43.7 0.98 (0.79-1.22) 193 35.5 0.94 (0.74-1.20) 45 8.1 1.21 (0.70-2.16)

n, number of cases; MRR, mortality rate ratio; CI, confidence interval.

a

SES quintile (Q1, lower SES; Q5, higher SES); rates are per 100,000 and age-adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (bold numbers indicate significant associations P < 0.05).

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Statistic not displayed because of fewer than 15 cases.