Characterizing Cancer Burden in the American Indian Population in North Carolina.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The American Indian (AI) population in North Carolina has limited access to the Indian Health Service. Consequently, cancer burden and disparities may differ from national estimates. We describe the AI cancer population and examine AI-White disparities in cancer incidence and mortality.

Methods

We identified cancer cases diagnosed among adult AI and White populations between 2014 and 2018 from the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry. We estimated incidence and mortality rate ratios (IRR and MRR) by race. In addition, between the AI and White populations, we estimated the ratio of relative frequency differences [RRF, with 95% confidence limits (CL)] of clinical and sociodemographic characteristics. Finally, we evaluated the geographic distribution of incident di

SUBMITTER: Spees LP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11147726 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature