Differences in marital status and mortality by race/ethnicity and nativity among California cancer patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been observed that married cancer patients have lower mortality rates than unmarried patients, but data for different racial/ethnic groups are scarce. The authors examined the risk of overall mortality associated with marital status across racial/ethnic groups and sex in data from the California Cancer Registry.

Methods

California Cancer Registry data for all first primary invasive cancers diagnosed from 2000 through 2009 for the 10 most common sites of cancer-related death for non-Hispanic whites (NHWs), blacks, Asians/Pacific Islanders (APIs), and Hispanics were used to estimate multivariable hazard ratios (HRs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs) for marital status in relation to overall mortality by race/ethnicity and sex. The study cohort included 393,4

SUBMITTER: Martinez ME 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5523959 | biostudies-literature | 2016 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature