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Cancer among Hispanic women in South Florida: An 18‐year assessment
Author(s) -
Wilkinson James D.,
WohlerTorres Bradley,
Trapido Edward,
Fleming Lora E.,
MacKin Jill,
Peace Steven
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/cncr.10834
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , incidence (geometry) , population , cancer , lung cancer , relative risk , confidence interval , epidemiology , mortality rate , gerontology , surgery , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Abstract BACKGROUND The Hispanic population now represents the majority of residents in Miami‐Dade County, Florida. The authors present cancer incidence and mortality data for South Florida's Hispanic women for the period 1990–1998 and compare these data to previously reported data from 1981–1989. Cancer incidence, risk, and mortality data should reflect current population distribution, lifestyle, and environmental risk factors so that cancer prevention and control activities are informed optimally. METHODS The study population consisted of all women with malignant disease during 1981–1998 from Miami‐Dade County found in the Florida Cancer Data System data base; patients were divided into 2 9‐year periods for analysis. Age‐standardized incidence and mortality rates were computed for common disease sites; rates for Hispanic women were compared with the rates for non‐Hispanic white (NHW) women as standardized rate ratios (SRR) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs). Incidence and mortality trends were analyzed using linear regression. RESULTS Over 70,000 cancer incidents were analyzed. The overall decreased cancer risk for Hispanic women (SRR, 0.65; 95%CI, 0.64–0.67), compared with NHW women, remained essentially constant over the two study periods. Cancer incidence increased similarly for the two racial‐ethnic groups. The incidence of lung carcinoma increased in both groups, becoming the second most common disease site for NHW women and the third most common disease site for Hispanic women. CONCLUSIONS The decreased relative cancer risk for Hispanic women in South Florida has remained stable over the past 18 years. Lung carcinoma is increasing among women in both racial‐ethnic groups. Cancer 2002;95:1752–8. © 2002 American Cancer Society. DOI 10.1002/cncr.10834