Ethnic and geographic variations in corpus uteri cancer burden: evidence based on data from 29 states and the District of Columbia. CI5 IX, X and SEER data (1998-2010).

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To assess the pattern of corpus uteri cancer (CUC) in individual states of the USA according to ethnicity.

Methods

Population-based cancer registries from 29 states and the District of Columbia with information on ethnicity for African-American women (AA) and Caucasian-American women (CA) were extracted from the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (1998-2002, 2003-2007) and the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program (SEER; 2008-2010) databases. Rate ratios (RRs) were calculated with respect to ethnicity, age, state, and region.

Results

In southern states, AA had a lower CUC burden among women aged <60 years (AA/CA RR = 0.67; 95 % CI 0.64-0.70), whereas it was higher among women aged ≥60 years (AA/CA RR = 1.22; 95 % CI 1.19-1.26). In other regions,

SUBMITTER: Sighoko D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261364 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature