Table 2.

Racial/Ethnic Differences in Veteran Health Administration User Adjusted Hazard Ratios for Mortality, by Mortality Type

	All-cause mortality		Cancer mortality		Cardiovascular-related mortality
	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2	Model 1	Model 2
Non-Hispanic White	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.	Ref.
AI/AN	1.15 (1.10–1.21)	1.11 (1.06–1.16)	1.11 (1.02–1.21)	1.06 (0.98–1.16)	0.98 (0.89–1.08)	0.95 (0.86–1.04)
Asian	0.61 (0.58–0.64)	0.67 (0.64–0.70)	0.66 (0.60–0.72)	0.74 (0.68–0.81)	0.56 (0.51–0.62)	0.61 (0.56–0.67)
Non-Hispanic Black	1.06 (1.05–1.07)	1.00 (0.99–1.01)	1.15 (1.13–1.16)	1.08 (1.06–1.10)	1.10 (1.08–1.12)	1.04 (1.02–1.05)
Hispanic	0.84 (0.83–0.85)	0.83 (0.82–0.84)	0.76 (0.73–0.78)	0.77 (0.74–0.79)	0.75 (0.72–0.77)	0.73 (0.71–0.76)
NH/OPI	0.99 (0.95–1.02)	0.95 (0.91–0.99)	1.02 (0.95–1.10)	0.99 (0.92–1.07)	1.01 (0.94–1.09)	0.98 (0.91–1.05)

Bold denotes statistically significant difference from reference group (non-Hispanic White) at p<0.05.

Model 1 controlled for age and sex. Model 2 controlled for age, sex, and medical and mental health comorbidities.