Table 3.
Incidence of colon cancer and rectal cancer according to neighborhood SES in 1990 and 2000
| Neighborhood SES trajectory | Incidence of colorectal cancer |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colon cancer | Rectal cancer | |||
| No. of cases | HR (95% CI) a | No. of cases | HR (95% CI) a | |
| ALL | ||||
| Long-term high SES | 1484 | ref | 504 | ref |
| Decreasing SES | 280 | 1.18 (1.04, 1.34) | 86 | 1.05 (0.83, 1.32) |
| Increasing SES | 265 | 1.06 (0.93, 1.22) | 87 | 0.99 (0.79, 1.25) |
| Long-term low SES | 1606 | 1.06 (0.99, 1.15) | 579 | 1.09 (0.96, 1.24) |
| WOMEN | ||||
| Long-term high SES | 458 | ref | 142 | ref |
| Decreasing SES | 110 | 1.29 (1.05, 1.59) | 27 | 1.02 (0.68, 1.54) |
| Increasing SES | 96 | 1.17 (0.94, 1.46) | 21 | 0.82 (0.52, 1.30) |
| Long-term low SES | 643 | 1.10 (0.97, 1.25) | 181 | 0.97 (0.77, 1.22) |
| MEN | ||||
| Long-term high SES | 1026 | ref | 362 | ref |
| Decreasing SES | 170 | 1.12 (0.95, 1.31) | 59 | 1.05 (0.80, 1.39) |
| Increasing SES | 169 | 1.02 (0.86, 1.20) | 66 | 1.05 (0.81, 1.37) |
| Long-term low SES | 963 | 1.05 (0.95, 1.15) | 398 | 1.14 (0.98, 1.32) |
a,b
adjusted for age (50–<55, 55–<60, 60–<65, ≥65), race/ethnicity (Non-Hispanic White, Non-Hispanic Black, other), education (<12 yrs, high school graduate, some college, college and post graduate) and marital status (married, non-married). State of residence (CA, FL, GA, LA, MI, NC, NJ, PA) was included as a random effect.