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. 2021 Nov 17;24:101637. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101637

Table 3.

Age-weighted PAFs of cancers attributable to inadequate diet in Texas in 2015 by race/ethnicity (%), adults aged ≥ 25 years.


Red Meat
Processed Meat
Insufficient Fiber
Insufficient Calcium
All Dietary Factors
Colorectum All cancers* Colorectum All cancers* Colorectum All cancers* Colorectum All cancers* Colorectum All cancers*
ALL PAF (excess cases)
Men 6.5 0.7 (3 6 5) 9.0 1.0 (5 0 5) 12.3 1.3 (6 9 5) 6.6 0.7 (3 7 0) 34.4 3.8 (1935)
Women 0.3 0.0 (14) 11.1 1.0 (4 9 7) 12.1 1.0 (5 4 1) 9.9 0.8 (4 4 1) 33.5 2.9 (1493)
Persons 3.8 0.4 (3 7 9) 9.9 1.0 (1002) 12.3 1.2 (1236) 8.0 0.8 (8 1 1) 34.0 3.3 (3428)



NON-HISPANIC WHITES PAF (excess cases)
Men 6.8 0.7 (2 2 3) 9.4 0.9 (3 0 8) 12.1 1.2 (3 9 3) 5.8 0.6 (1 9 0) 34.2 3.4 (1114)
Women 0.3 0.0 (9) 11.3 0.9 (3 0 0) 12.0 1.0 (3 1 7) 9.3 0.8 (2 4 8) 32.9 2.7 (8 7 4)
Persons 3.9 0.4 (2 3 2) 10.3 0.9 (6 0 8) 12.0 1.1 (7 1 1) 7.4 0.7 (4 3 8) 33.6 3.1 (1989)



NON-HISPANIC BLACKS PAF (excess cases)
Men 5.8 0.7 (41) 9.5 1.1 (68) 14.9 1.8 (1 0 6) 9.5 1.1 (68) 39.7 4.7 (2 8 3)
Women 0.2 0.0 (1) 12.7 1.3 (79) 13.8 1.4 (86) 12.9 1.3 (81) 39.6 4.1 (2 4 8)
Persons 3.2 0.4 (43) 11.0 1.2 (1 4 7) 14.3 1.6 (1 9 2) 11.1 1.2 (1 4 9) 39.6 4.4 (5 3 1)



HISPANICS PAF (excess cases)
Men 5.2 0.7 (78) 7.4 1.0 (1 1 2) 11.5 1.6 (1 7 3) 9.8 1.4 (1 4 8) 34.0 4.8 (5 1 1)
Women 0.3 0.0 (3) 10.4 0.9 (1 0 7) 11.6 1.0 (1 1 9) 10.2 0.9 (1 0 5) 32.5 2.8 (3 3 4)
Persons 3.2 0.4 (81) 8.7 1.0 (2 1 9) 11.6 1.2 (2 9 2) 10.0 1.1 (2 5 3) 33.4 3.7 (8 4 5)



OTHER RACES/ETHNICITIES PAF (excess cases)
Men 5.3 0.5 (8) 4.0 0.4 (6) 12.4 1.1 (18) 7.2 0.6 (11) 28.9 2.5 (43)
Women 0.1 0.0 (0) 6.6 0.5 (10) 11.4 1.0 (17) 10.9 0.9 (17) 28.9 2.4 (44)
Persons 2.6 0.2 (8) 5.3 0.5 (16) 11.9 1.0 (36) 9.1 0.8 (27) 28.9 2.5 (87)

*Excluding basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. All cancers combined are displayed as PAF (excess cases).

Note: totals may not sum manually due to Microsoft Excel rounding.