Table 2.
Incidence of vitreoretinal lymphoma by gender and ethnicity in 13 areas of the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Programa, 1992–2014.
| Ethnicity rate ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitreoretinal lymphomab(Years) | Male count | Male ratec | Female count | Female ratec | Male/Female rate ratio | Males | Females |
| (1992–2014) | |||||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 6 | 0.0023 | 10 | 0.0030 | 0.77 | 1.00d | 1.00d |
| Black | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.0026 | 3 | 0.0059 | 0.44 | 1.13 | 1.97 |
| (1992–2002) | |||||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3 | 0.0025 | 3 | 0.0021 | 1.19 | 1.00d | 1.00d |
| Black | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 0 | 0.0000 | 1 | 0.0050 | 2.38 | ||
| (2003–2014) | |||||||
| White (non-Hispanic) | 3 | 0.0022 | 7 | 0.0038 | 0.58 | 1.00d | 1.00d |
| Black | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| American Indian/Alaskan native | 0 | 0.0000 | 0 | 0.0000 | |||
| Asian/Pacific Islander | 1 | 0.0043 | 2 | 0.0058 | 0.74 | 1.95 | 1.53 |
Atlanta, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, San Francisco–Oakland, Seattle-Puget Sound, Utah, Los Angeles, San Jose-Monterey, Rural Georgia and the Alaska Native Tumor Registry.
Histologic type ICD-O-3 code 9680 (diffuse large B-cell lymphoma) and primary site codes C692 (retina), C694 (intraocular), and C723 (optic nerve).
Age-adjusted using 2000 USA Standard per 100,000 person-years.
Referent group.