Cancer Mortality among Asians and Pacific Islanders in New York City, 2001–2010

Table 2

Age-adjusted cancer mortality rate (CMR) per 100,000 by racial/ethnic groups in New York City, 2001–2010.

	API		White		Hispanic		Black
Cancer Type	CMR	(95%CI)	CMR	(95%CI)	CMR	(95%CI)	CMR	(95%CI)
Males
All cancers
Nasopharynx^a	2.57	(2.06, 3.07)	0.29	(0.22, 0.39)	0.31	(0.20, 0.48)	0.48	(0.34, 0.66)
Esophagus	3.4	(2.7, 4.1)	5.9	(5.6, 6.3)	5.8	(5.1, 6.4)	7.6	(6.9, 8.3)
Liver	15.9	(14.6, 17.3)	7.9	(7.5, 8.3)	13.6	(12.7, 14.5)	11.6	(10.8, 12.4)
Stomach	11.8	(10.5, 13.0)	6.0	(5.6, 6.3)	8.6	(7.8, 9.4)	10.2	(9.4, 11.0)
Colon	14.8	(13.4, 16.3)	20.8	(20.1, 21.4)	18.4	(17.2, 19.6)	26.4	(25.1, 27.7)
Lung	38.2	(36.0, 40.5)	49.5	(48.4, 50.5)	33.5	(31.9, 35.1)	54.3	(52.5, 56.1)
Prostate	8.0	(6.9, 9.2)	18.7	(18.0, 19.3)	24.1	(22.6, 25.6)	49.2	(47.3, 51.1)
Females
All cancers
Nasopharynx^a	0.67	(0.55, 0.94)	0.13	(0.08, 0.19)	0.13	(0.07, 0.23)	0.28	(0.19, 0.39)
Esophagus	0.8	(0.6, 1.2)	1.7	(1.5, 1.8)	1.2	(1.0, 1.4)	2.6	(2.3, 2.9)
Liver	5.4	(4.7, 6.2)	3.0	(2.8, 3.3)	4.9	(4.5, 5.4)	3.8	(3.4, 4.1)
Stomach	5.6	(4.9, 6.4)	3.5	(3.2, 3.7)	4.8	(4.3, 5.2)	5.5	(5.1, 6.0)
Colon	9.7	(8.7, 10.7)	14.4	(13.9, 14.9)	12.3	(11.5, 13.0)	18.0	(17.2, 18.8)
Lung	16.7	(15.4, 18.0)	32.5	(31.8, 33.2)	14.7	(13.9, 15.4)	29.0	(28.0, 30.0)
Breast	9.8	(8.9, 10.8)	25.3	(24.7, 26.0)	16.4	(15.6, 17.2)	29.7	(28.7, 30.6)
Ovary	4.6	(3.9, 5.2)	9.4	(9.0, 9.8)	5.1	(4.7, 5.6)	6.9	(6.4, 7.4)
Cervix	2.1	(1.7, 2.6)	1.9	(1.7, 2.1)	3.2	(2.9, 3.6)	5.1	(4.7, 5.5)

 ^aAll nasopharyngeal cancer mortality rates reported to hundredth decimal place for accuracy.