Disparities in colorectal cancer incidence among Latino subpopulations in California defined by country of origin.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

In California, colorectal cancer (CRC) is the second most common cancer in Latinos. Using data from the California Cancer Registry, we investigated demographic and clinical characteristics of 36,133 Latinos with CRC living in California during 1995-2011 taking into account subpopulations defined by country of origin.

Methods

Cases were defined as Latino according to the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries Hispanic Identification Algorithm, which was also used to group cases by country of origin: Mexico (9,678, 27 %), Central or South America (2,636, 7 %), Cuban (558, 2 %), Puerto Rico (295, 1 %), and other or unknown origin (22,966, 64 %; Other/NOS). 174,710 non-Hispanic white (NHW) CRC cases were included for comparison purposes. Annual age-adjus

SUBMITTER: Stern MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4727741 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature