US Cancer Mortality Trends Among Asian and Pacific Islander Populations.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Cancer is the leading cause of death among Asian American individuals and the second leading cause of death among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people.

Objective

To evaluate longitudinal cancer mortality trends from 1999 to 2020 among Asian American and Pacific Islander populations in the US by demographic characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research database to obtain age-adjusted cancer death rates among Asian American and Pacific Islander individuals of all ages between January 1, 1999, and December 31, 2020. Data were analyzed from January 12 to March 19, 2024.

Exposures

Age, sex, cancer type, and US cens

SUBMITTER: Zhu DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11581537 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature