The effect of race on the incidence of retinoblastoma.
OBJECTIVE
To examine the incidence of retinoblastoma for regional variations by race.


METHODS
Age-adjusted incidence rates, rate ratios, and 95% confidence intervals were determined in 109 regions from 1993 to 1997 using compiled data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer.


RESULTS
The rate ratio was 1.12 (range: 0.35 to 4.15) between white populations in the United States and Europe/Australia, 0.98 (range: 0.37 to 2.65) between Hispanic populations in Spain and the United States, and 1.44 (range: 0.29 to 1.79) between Hispanic populations in Uruguay and the United States. The rate ratio between Hispanic and white populations within the United States was 0.94 (range: 0.33 to 2.56). No differences were significant.


CONCLUSIONS
Because retinoblastoma is a genetic disease, its incidence is similar among varied populations.
The New York Eye Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA.
Sheila M
SM
Krishna
Guo-Pei
GP
Yu
Paul T
PT
Finger
D001315:Australia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D011159:Population Surveillance; D044469:Racial Groups; D019572:Retinal Neoplasms / Q000208:ethnology*; D012175:Retinoblastoma / Q000208:ethnology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology