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Higher incidence of head and neck cancers among Vietnamese American men in California
Author(s) -
Filion Edith J.,
McClure Laura A.,
Huang Derek,
Seng Kosal,
Kaplan Michael J.,
Colevas Alexander Dimitrios,
Gomez Scarlett Lin,
Chang Ellen T.,
Le QuynhThu
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
head and neck
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.012
H-Index - 127
eISSN - 1097-0347
pISSN - 1043-3074
DOI - 10.1002/hed.21330
Subject(s) - vietnamese , medicine , demography , incidence (geometry) , head and neck cancer , socioeconomic status , confidence interval , epidemiology , ethnic group , population , head and neck , cancer , gerontology , surgery , environmental health , philosophy , linguistics , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
Background Our aim was to determine the incidence rates of head and neck cancer in Vietnamese Californians compared with other Asian and non‐Asian Californians. Methods Age‐adjusted incidence rates of head and neck cancer between 1988 and 2004 were computed for Vietnamese Californians compared with other racial/ethnic groups by time period, ethnicity, neighborhood‐level socioeconomic status (SES), and sex using data from the population‐based California Cancer Registry (CCR). Data by smoking and alcohol status were tabulated from the California Health Interview Survey. Results Vietnamese men had a higher incidence rate of head and neck cancer than other Asian men. Specifically, the laryngeal cancer rate was significantly higher for Vietnamese men (6.5/100,000; 95% confidence interval [CI], 5.0–8.2) than all other Asian men (range, 2.6–3.8/100,000), except Korean men (5.1/100,000; 95% CI, 3.9–6.4). Both Vietnamese and Korean men had the highest percentage of current smokers. Neighborhood SES was inversely related to head and neck cancer rates among Vietnamese men and women. Conclusion The higher incidence rate of head and neck cancer in Vietnamese men may correspond to the higher smoking prevalence in this group. Individual‐level data are needed to establish the link of tobacco, alcohol, and other risk factors with head and neck cancer in these patients. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Head Neck, 2010