title: Epidemiology of cancer among Hispanic males. The experience in Florida.
abstract: To assess cancer incidence among Hispanic males in Dade County, Florida, data were analyzed from the statewide tumor registry. For all cancer sites (combined), the age standardized rate among Hispanic males was 308.75 cases per 100,000 person-years, compared with 349.55 among non-Hispanics (standardized rate ratio [SRR] = 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.84-0.93). Hispanics experienced significantly greater rates of cancers of the larynx (SRR = 1.58; 1.19-2.09), thyroid (SRR = 3.12; 1.18-8.26), and gallbladder (SRR = 5.45; 1.55-19.15), compared with non-Hispanics, but significantly lower rates of testicular cancer (SRR = 0.17; 0.09-0.37), melanoma (SRR = 0.20; 0.12-0.34), esophagus (SRR = 0.52; 0.49-0.55), stomach (SRR = 0.61; 0.43-0.87), pancreas (SRR = 0.65; 0.45-0.94), kidney and renal pelvis (SRR = 0.68; 0.48-0.97), colon (SRR = 0.79; 0.67-0.94), lung (SRR = 0.82; 0.73-0.94), and Kaposi's sarcoma (SRR = 0.03; 0.00-0.25). These data suggest that Dade Hispanic males have not experienced the cancers traditionally elevated among US Latinos, or those common among non-Hispanics.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, University of Miami School of Medicine, Florida 33136.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Trapido
authors.forename: C B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: McCoy
authors.forename: N S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Engel
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zavertnik
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Comerford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005431:Florida / Q000208:ethnology; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D013964:Thyroid Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology