Cancer statistics by race and ethnicity

Ca-A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 31-48

  Parker, Sheryl L ^a   Davis, Kourtney Johnston ^a   Wingo, Phyllis A ^a   Ries, Lynn A G ^b   Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STATISTICS; CAUCASIAN; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON CANCER; ETHNOLOGY; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; NEGRO; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SMOKING; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0031984207     PISSN: 00079235     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3322/canjclin.48.1.31     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. American Cancer Society: Cancer Facts and Figures-1998. Atlanta, American Cancer Society, 1998.
2. Miller BA, Kolonel LN, Bernstein L, et al: Racial/Ethnic Patterns of Cancer in the United States 1988-1992 (NIH Publication No 96-4104). Bethesda, MD, National Cancer Institute. 1996.
3. Fleiss J: Statistical Methods for Rates and Proportions. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1981.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Cigarette smoking among adults - United States, 1994. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1996;45:388-590.
5. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Prevalence of selected risk factors for chronic disease by education level in racial/ethnic populations - United States, 1991-1992. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1994; 43:894-899.
6. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Chronic Disease in Minority Populations: African-Americans, American Indians and Alaska Native. Asians and Pacific Islanders, Hispanic Americans. Atlanta, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1994.
7. Office of Management and Budget: Directive No. 15: Race and ethnic standards for federal statistics and administrative reporting, in Statistical Policy Handbook. Washington, DC, Office of Federal Statistical Policy and Standards, US Department of Commerce, 1978.
8. US Bureau of the Census: Statistical Abstract of the United States: 1996, ed 116. Washington, DC, 1996.
9. US Bureau of the Census: Population projections of the United States, by age, sex, race, and Hispanic origin: 1992 to 2050 (Current Population Reports, Series P25, No. 1092). Washington, DC, US Government Printing Office, 1992.
10. Burhansstipanov L, Dresser CM: Native American Monograph No. 1: Documentation of the Cancer Research Needs of American Indians and Alaska Natives (NIH Publication No. 93-3603,1993). Bethesda, MD, National Institutes of Health, 1993.
11. Freeman HE, Aiken LH, Blendon RJ, et al: Uninsured working-age adults: Characteristics and consequences. Health Serv Res 1990;24:811-823.
12. Hahn RA: The state of federal health statistics on racial and ethnic groups. JAMA 1992;267:268-271.
13. McKenney NR, Bennett CE: Issues regarding data on race and ethnicity: The census bureau experience. Public Health Rep 1994;109:16-25.
14. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Use of race and ethnicity in public health surveillance. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 1993;42:1-17.
15. Massey J: Using interviewer observed race and respondent reported race in the Health Interview Survey, in Proceedings of American Statistical Association Meetings: Social Statistics Section. Alexandria, VA, American Statistical Association, 1980.
16. Valway S, Kileen M, Paisano R, et al: Cancer Mortality Among Native Americans in the United States: Regional Differences in Indian Health, 1984-1988 and Trends Over Time, 1968-1987. Rockville, MD, Indian Health Service, 1992.