Cancer incidence in the Somali population of Olmsted County: A Rochester epidemiology project study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Somali immigrants and refugees constitute one of the largest African ethnic groups immigrating to the United States over the past three decades with the majority resettling in the state of Minnesota. Previous studies have documented significant cancer screening disparities between the Somali population and the general population. However, little is known about cancer incidence among Somali groups living in the United States.

Methods

We determined the incidence of 18 types or sites of malignancy using ICD-9 and ICD-10 codes and compared them between Somali and non-Somali populations in Olmsted County, Minnesota utilizing the Rochester Epidemiology Project medical records-linkage infrastructure for the years 2000-2020. Poisson regression models were used to model th

SUBMITTER: Mohamed AA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10587927 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature