title: Prostate cancer: trends in mortality and stage-specific incidence rates by racial/ethnic group in Los Angeles County, California (United States).
abstract: Between 1976 and 1988 in the United States, the secular trends to age-adjusted incidence rates of prostate cancer were significantly different by racial/ethnic group (P < 0.001), and increased significantly only among non-Hispanic Whites at a rate of 2.7 percent (95 percent confidence interval [CI] = 2.3-3.1%) annually. While incidence rates of regional disease increased significantly (7.7 percent to 11.3 percent annually) among all racial/ethnic groups during this period, localized disease increased significantly only among non-Hispanic Whites, by 1.8 percent (CI = 1.4-2.3%) annually. Prostate cancer mortality in Los Angeles County (California) remained constant among Hispanics, non-Hispanic Whites, and Asians, but increases 1.6 percent (CI = 0-3.2%) annually among Blacks. While the increase in localized disease rates of non-Hispanic Whites may be due to increased detection of asymptomatic disease, this apparently has not occurred among other racial/ethnic groups in Los Angeles County. The secular increase in regional disease rates among all racial/ethnic groups without a concurrent increase in mortality (except Blacks), suggests increased accuracy of staging rather than a true increase in incidence may account for these trends. Adjusted for socioeconomic status, year and age at diagnosis, Black and Hispanic men were at significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with non-localized disease (odds ratio = 1.39 and 1.24, respectively) than were non-Hispanic Whites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Southern California School of Medicine, Los Angeles 90033, USA.
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Danley
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Langholz
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ross
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001213:Asian; D044466:Asian People; D044383:Black People; D002140:California / Q000453:epidemiology; D005006:Ethnicity; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality* / Q000473:pathology; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D018426:SEER Program; D012923:Social Class; D044465:White People