The Burden of Cancer in Asian Americans: A Report of National Mortality Trends by Asian Ethnicity.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Asian Americans (AA) are the fastest growing U.S. population, and when properly distinguished by their ethnic origins, exhibit substantial heterogeneity in socioeconomic status, health behaviors, and health outcomes. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, yet trends and current patterns in the mortality burden of cancer among AA ethnic groups have not been documented.

Methods

We report age-adjusted rates, standardized mortality ratios, and modeled trends in cancer-related mortality in the following AA ethnicities: Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipinos, Japanese, Koreans, and Vietnamese, from 2003 to 2011, with non-Hispanic whites (NHW) as the reference population.

Results

For most cancer sites, AAs had lower cancer mortality than NHWs

SUBMITTER: Thompson CA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5218595 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature