Table 2.
Standardized mortality ratios for select cancers in Italy-born Americans versus Italians for both sexes, 2008-2018.
| Males | Females | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Italy-born Americans | Italy-born Americans | |||
| SMR | 95% CI | SMR | 95% CI | |
| Oral cavity and pharynx | 0.42 | 0.32-0.53 | 0.69 | 0.50-0.91 |
| Esophagus | 0.83 | 0.67-1.01 | 0.98 | 0.67-1.34 |
| Stomach | 0.51 | 0.45-0.57 | 0.40 | 0.33-0.48 |
| Colorectal | 0.54 | 0.50-0.59 | 0.61 | 0.56-0.67 |
| Liver | 0.62 | 0.55-0.69 | 0.72 | 0.62-0.83 |
| Gallbladder | 0.99 | 0.67-1.36 | 0.70 | 0.50-0.94 |
| Pancreas | 0.90 | 0.82-1.00 | 0.99 | 0.90-1.09 |
| Lung | 0.83 | 0.79-0.87 | 1.02 | 0.94-1.10 |
| Skin melanoma | 0.90 | 0.70-1.11 | 0.70 | 0.49-0.96 |
| Breast | ‡ | ‡ | 0.73 | 0.67-0.79 |
| Cervix | ‡ | ‡ | 0.99 | 0.62-1.43 |
| Corpus | ‡ | ‡ | 0.78 | 0.65-0.91 |
| Ovary | ‡ | ‡ | 0.97 | 0.84-1.10 |
| Prostate | 0.78 | 0.72-0.84 | ‡ | ‡ |
| Bladder | 0.89 | 0.80-0.98 | 0.90 | 0.72-1.10 |
| Kidney and other urinary sites | 0.52 | 0.43-0.62 | 0.53 | 0.40-0.68 |
| Brain and CNS | 1.05 | 0.89-1.22 | 1.00 | 0.82-1.20 |
| Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma | 1.16 | 1.02-1.31 | 1.21 | 1.04-1.39 |
| Multiple myeloma | 0.87 | 0.72-1.03 | 0.91 | 0.75-1.09 |
| Leukemia | 1.08 | 0.96-1.20 | 0.93 | 0.80-1.07 |
| All malignant cancers | 0.75 | 0.73-0.77 | 0.78 | 0.76-0.80 |
Abbreviations: SMR, Standardized mortality ratio; CI, Confidence Interval; CNS, Central Nervous System.
Not reported; calculated from observations fewer than 10