title: Asian/Pacific Islander American women: age and death rates during hospitalization for breast cancer.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate whether differences in age and death rates exist between hospitalized Asian/Pacific Islander American (APIA) women and women of other racial groups.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis of a national data set.
  
  
  METHODS
  The Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample, Release 6, was used to obtain hospitalization data on women with breast cancer based on racial status. A total of 20,507 hospitalization records met the study criteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  All women who were hospitalized with a primary diagnosis of breast cancer, were older than 18, and did not die during hospitalization, plus all women who met the criteria stated above but died during hospitalization.
  
  
  METHODS
  Secondary data analysis. Post hoc analysis was used to identify significant differences among racial groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Significant differences were found between APIA and Caucasian and Latino women. Significant differences based on race were found between subjects who had died during hospitalization. On average, APIA women were the youngest to die.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  APIA women with breast cancer were among the youngest women being hospitalized and the youngest to die during hospitalization.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cultural awareness by nurses is critical when discussing methods for prevention and early detection of breast cancer with minority women. Targeting new immigrants is a priority for those who screen and educate women about detection and treatment of breast cancer.
authors.affiliation: College of Health and Nursing Sciences, University of Delaware, Newark, USA. cpolek@udel.edu
authors.forename: Carolee
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polek
authors.forename: Paula
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Klemm
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hardie
authors.forename: Erlinda
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Birney
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lynch
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000451:nursing; D003467:Cultural Deprivation; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010139:Pacific Islands / Q000208:ethnology; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data