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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Epidemiology. 2020 Mar;31(2):205–213. doi: 10.1097/EDE.0000000000001140

TABLE 2.

Female Breast, Prostate, Lung and Bronchus, and Colon and Rectum Cancer Incidence Rates by IHS Regions for AI/ANs and NHWs, United States, 1999–2015.

Female Breasta Prostate Lung and Bronchus Colon and Rectum

AI/AN NHW AI/AN:NHW AI/AN NHW AI/AN:NHW AI/AN NHW AI/AN:NHW AI/AN NHW AI/AN:NHW

Count (Rate; 95% CI)b Count (Rate; 95% CI) Rate Ratio (95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Rate Ratio (95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Rate Ratio (95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Count (Rate; 95% CI) Rate Ratio (95% CI)

IHS Regionsd

Northern Plains 3,048 (96.4; 92.8, 100.1) 510,875 (128.7; 128.4, 129.1) 0.75 (0.72, 0.78) 2,466 (113.8; 108.7, 119.0) 495,273 (140.2; 139.8, 140.6) 0.81 (0.78, 0.84) 3,986 (87.2; 84.3, 90.2) 518,718 (67.7; 67.5, 67.9) 1.29 (1.25, 1.33) 2,504 (49.7; 47.6, 51.9) 364,891 (47.6; 47.4, 47.8) 1.04 (1.00, 1.09)
Alaska 1,083 (146.3; 137.4, 155.5) 4,727 (130.5; 126.6, 134.5) 1.12 (1.05, 1.20) 407 (73.3; 65.6, 81.5) 4,665 (132.8; 128.5, 137.2) 0.55 (0.50, 0.61) 1,097 (95.7; 89.8, 101.9) 4,047 (65.4; 63.2, 67.6) 1.46 (1.37, 1.56) 1,172 (96.8; 90.9, 102.8) 2,695 (42.2; 40.5, 44.0) 2.29 (2.14, 2.45)
Southern Plains 4,347 (108.9; 105.5, 112.3) 222,041 (126.7; 126.2, 127.3) 0.86 (0.83, 0.88) 3,346 (112.8; 108.6, 117.0) 210,162 (133.3; 132.7, 133.8) 0.85 (0.82, 0.88) 4,887 (74.4; 72.2, 76.7) 239,106 (70.3; 70.0, 70.6) 1.06 (1.03, 1.09) 3,316 (49.4; 47.7, 51.3) 149,628 (44.6; 44.3, 44.8) 1.11 (1.07, 1.15)
Southwest 2,636 (58.4; 56.2, 60.8) 150,324 (124.2; 123.6, 124.8) 0.47 (0.45, 0.49) 1,975 (69.4; 66.2, 72.8) 145,860 (125.7; 125.0, 126.3) 0.55 (0.53, 0.58) 1,198 (18.3; 17.2, 19.4) 129,502 (54.2; 53.9, 54.5) 0.34 (0.32, 0.36) 2,107 (28.0; 26.8, 29.3) 91,564 (39.1; 38.8, 39.3) 0.72 (0.69, 0.75)
Pacific Coast 3,512 (65.8; 63.5, 68.2) 396,841 (140.5; 140.1, 140.9) 0.47 (0.45, 0.48) 2,418 (61.1; 58.4, 63.9) 361,766 (138.5; 138.1, 139.0) 0.44 (0.42, 0.46) 3,040 (37.9; 36.5, 39.4) 335,054 (60.4; 60.2, 60.6) 0.63 (0.60, 0.65) 2,371 (27.5; 26.3, 28.7) 237,462 (43.0; 42.8, 43.2) 0.64 (0.61, 0.67)
East 2,877 (45.4; 43.7, 47.2) 1,566,223 (129.9; 129.7, 130.1) 0.35 (0.34, 0.36) 2,838 (58.4; 56.0, 60.8) 1,451,598 (133.2; 133.0, 133.5) 0.44 (0.42, 0.45) 2,927 (29.0; 27.9, 30.2) 1,741,252 (73.4; 73.3, 73.5) 0.40 (0.38, 0.41) 1,903 (18.2; 17.3, 19.1) 1,102,674 (47.1; 47.0, 47.2) 0.39 (0.37, 0.40)
a

Data for in situ breast cancers were not included for female breast cancer.

b

Rates are per 100,000 persons and standardized to the 2000 U.S. standard population.

c

Northern Plains (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, and Wyoming), Southern Plains (Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas), Southwest (Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah), Pacific Coast (California, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington), East (Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia), and Alaska (Alaska).

Abbreviations: AI/AN, American Indian and Alaska Native; CI, confidence interval; IHS, Indian Health Service; NHW, non-Hispanic White.