Colorectal Cancer Incidence and Mortality Disparities in New Mexico

Table 4

Average age-adjusted colorectal cancer mortality rates by gender, time period, and race/ethnicity; New Mexico, 1995 to 2009.

Gender	Time period	Mortality rates (95% CI) per 100,000 by race/ethnicity			Rate ratios (95% CI)
		Non-Hispanic white	Hispanic	American Indian	H versus NHW	AI versus NHW
Overall	1995–1999	17.4 (16.3–18.6)	19.6 (17.7–21.5)	13.7 (10.3–17.8)	1.12 (0.99–1.26)	0.79 (0.59–1.03)
	2000–2004	16.6 (15.6–17.8)	19.6 (17.9–21.4)	10.2 (7.7–13.3)	1.18 (1.06–1.32)	0.62 (0.46–0.81)
	2005–2009	15.5 (14.5–16.5)^a	16.6 (15.2–18.1)^a	14.4 (11.5–17.8)	1.08 (0.96–1.20)	0.93 (0.74–1.16)
Male	1995–1999	20.8 (18.8–22.8)	24.2 (21.0–27.7)	14.9 (9.7–21.6)	1.17 (0.98–1.38)	0.72 (0.46–1.05)
	2000–2004	20.1 (18.3–22.0)	25.1 (22.2–28.2)	13.6 (9.1–19.3)	1.25 (1.07–1.45)	0.68 (0.45–0.97)
	2005–2009	18.4 (16.8–20.1)	20.0 (17.7–22.5)^a	15.5 (11.0–21.1)	1.09 (0.93–1.26)	0.84 (0.59–1.16)
Female	1995–1999	14.5 (13.2–16.0)	16.0 (13.9–18.5)	12.8 (8.6–18.3)	1.10 (0.93–1.31)	0.88 (0.58–1.28)
	2000–2004	13.8 (12.5–15.2)	15.2 (13.3–17.4)	8.0 (5.1–11.8)	1.11 (0.93–1.30)	0.58 (0.37–0.87)
	2005–2009	13.2 (12.0–14.6)	13.9 (12.2–15.7)	13.4 (9.8–17.8)	1.05 (0.89–1.23)	1.02 (0.73–1.37)

^a𝑃<0.05 comparing time period versus 1995–1999.
H: Hispanic, NWH: non-Hispanic white, and AI: American Indian.