Table 3.
Mortality Rate Ratiosa, with Mexico as Reference, for Selected Cancers Stratified by Age Group, 2008–2012.
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| Mexican Immigrant | Mexican American | Mexican Immigrant | Mexican American | ||||||
| MRR | 95% CI | MRR | 95% CI | MRR | 95% CI | MRR | 95% CI | ||
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| Stomach | Young: 35–49 | 0.84 | (0.58–1.24) | 0.53 | (0.33–0.86) | 0.97 | (0.81–1.17) | 0.57 | (0.41–0.79) |
| Middle: 50–64 | 0.77 | (0.66–0.88) | 0.65 | (0.53–0.80) | 0.64 | (0.54–0.76) | 0.56 | (0.44–0.71) | |
| Old: 65+ | 0.80 | (0.71–0.90) | 0.86 | (0.75–0.99) | 0.61 | (0.53–0.70) | 0.66 | (0.57–0.76) | |
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| Colorectum | Young: 35–49 | 1.09 | (0.91–1.31) | 1.96 | (1.61–2.31) | 1.28 | (1.05–1.56) | 1.32 | (1.01–1.72) |
| Middle: 50–64 | 1.55 | (1.39–1.74) | 2.56 | (2.28–2.89) | 1.28 | (1.11–1.48) | 2.03 | (1.75–2.35) | |
| Old: 65+ | 1.74 | (1.58–1.92) | 3.23 | (2.96–3.53) | 1.28 | (1.14–1.44) | 2.00 | (1.79–2.24) | |
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| Liver | Young: 35–44 | 0.59 | (0.35–1.00) | 1.76 | (1.11–2.79) | 0.48 | (0.28–0.82) | 0.34 | (0.14–0.81) |
| Middle: 45–64 | 1.63 | (1.18–1.84) | 5.11 | (4.67–5.60) | 0.60 | (0.51–0.71) | 0.82 | (0.69–0.99) | |
| Old: 65+ | 1.04 | (0.90–1.20) | 1.80 | (1.57–2.08) | 0.76 | (0.68–0.85) | 0.93 | (0.83–1.03) | |
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| Pancreas | Young: 35–49 | 0.91 | (0.70–1.19) | 1.56 | (1.15–2.10) | 0.88 | (0.64–1.19) | 1.28 | (0.90–1.82) |
| Middle: 50–64 | 1.34 | (1.17–1.53) | 2.06 | (1.78–2.37) | 1.08 | (0.93–1.26) | 1.41 | (1.19–1.68) | |
| Old: 65+ | 1.75 | (1.58–1.94) | 2.17 | (1.95–2.42) | 1.54 | (1.36–1.75) | 1.64 | (1.43–1.87) | |
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| Lung | Young: 35–49 | 0.84 | (0.67–1.06) | 0.78 | (0.55–1.09) | 0.88 | (0.67–1.16) | 1.55 | (1.17–2.06) |
| Middle: 50–64 | 1.10 | (0.99–1.23) | 1.50 | (1.33–1.70) | 1.30 | (1.14–1.49) | 2.03 | (1.77–2.34) | |
| Old: 65+ | 1.63 | (1.52–1.74) | 2.08 | (1.94–2.22) | 1.77 | (1.56–2.00) | 2.67 | (2.37–3.00) | |
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| Breast | Young: 35–49 | – | – | – | – | 0.87 | (0.78–0.96) | 1.00 | (0.87–1.14) |
| Middle: 50–64 | – | – | – | – | 0.91 | (0.84–0.99) | 1.21 | (1.10–1.34) | |
| Old: 65+ | – | – | – | – | 1.11 | (1.01–1.21)* | 1.69 | (1.55–1.84) | |
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| Cervix | Young: 35–49 | – | – | – | – | 0.36 | (0.30–0.43) | 0.47 | (0.38–0.59) |
| Middle: 50–64 | – | – | – | – | 0.34 | (0.29–0.41) | 0.28 | (0.22–0.36) | |
| Old: 65+ | – | – | – | – | 0.23 | (0.18–0.28) | 0.17 | (0.13–0.23) | |
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| Endometrium | Young: 35–49 | – | – | – | – | 1.20 | (0.89–1.60) | 1.52 | (1.06–2.17) |
| Middle: 50–64 | – | – | – | – | 1.75 | (1.47–2.09) | 2.09 | (1.70–2.56) | |
| Old: 65+ | – | – | – | – | 1.80 | (1.53–2.13) | 2.51 | (2.13–2.95) | |
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| Prostate | Young: 35–64 | 0.77 | (0.65–0.90) | 0.74 | (0.59–0.92) | – | – | – | – |
| Middle: 65–74 | 0.69 | (0.60–0.78) | 0.82 | (0.70–0.95) | – | – | – | – | |
| Old: 75+ | 0.74 | (0.62–0.87) | 0.93 | (0.79–1.11) | – | – | – | – | |
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| All-Sites-Combinedb | Young: 35–49 | 0.81 | (0.71–0.93) | 1.13 | (0.99–1.30) | 0.73 | (0.69–0.77) | 0.85 | (0.80–0.91) |
| Middle: 50–64 | 1.08 | (1.04–1.13) | 1.67 | (1.60–1.74) | 0.84 | (0.81–0.88) | 1.07 | (1.01–1.12) | |
| Old: 65+ | 1.16 | (1.12–1.20) | 1.61 | (1.55–1.66) | 1.08 | (1.01–1.16)* | 1.37 | (1.28–1.48) | |
*
The confidence intervals for these specific cancers may be affected by an undercount of undocumented immigrants by the US Census; any conclusions about differences between populations for these cancers should be interpreted with caution.
a
Negative binomial regression rate ratios
b
All-Sites-Combined includes all cancers, including those not listed here
Abbreviations: CI-Confidence Interval; MRR-Mortality Rate Ratios