Research Article

Uterine Cancer Mortality in White and African American Females in Southeastern North Carolina

Table 2

Uterine cancer in the study and control groups#: mortality and hospital admission rates, 2007–2013.

OutcomeRaceStudy groupControl group

Death rateAfrican American32.5a (18.9–46.1)b24.4 (20.1–28.7)
White19.6 (12.3–26.9)9.7 (8.6–10.8)

Hospital admissions rateAfrican American63.5 (44.3–82.7)40.9 (35.4–46.5)
White44.1 (33.2–55.0)34.0 (31.9–36.1)

aRates are calculated per 100000; #NC zip codes with the density of hogs >215 hogs/km2 and NC zip codes without registered at the DWR hog farms, respectively; b95% CIs are shown in the parentheses.