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Health Aff (Millwood). Author manuscript; available in PMC 2010 Jan 1.
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Health Aff (Millwood). 2009 Jan-Feb; 28(1): 160–168. doi: 10.1377/hlthaff.28.1.160
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EXHIBIT 3
Stage At Cancer Diagnosis And Five-Year Cancer Survival, By Race And Cancer Site For Uncommon Cancers, Year?
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| Total number (percent African American) | Percent diagnosed at distant stage | OR for more advanced stage at diagnosis, African American relative to whitea | 95% CI for OR | Whiteb | African Americanb | |
| Tongue | 9,639 (10.51%) | 11.97 | 2.07*** | 1.81–2.37 | 63.17**** | 41.44 |
| Soft tissue incl. heart | 8,891(13.64%) | 14.52 | 1.26*** | 1.11–1.43 | 69.26**** | 60.76 |
| Gum and mouth | 8,569 (13.61%) | 5.79 | 1.79*** | 1.57–2.05 | 64.25**** | 50.63 |
| Non-epithelial skin | 5,574 (8.41%) | 3.82 | 1.30* | 1.05–1.60 | 87.65 | 87.02 |
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| Small intestine | 5,431(16.77%) | 31.10 | 0.83** | 0.72–0.95 | 61.86 | 57.86 |
| Tonsils | 5,302 (13.81%) | 11.28 | 1.56*** | 1.29–1.89 | 67.21**** | 43.78 |
| Anus, anocanal, and anorectum | 4,691(11.85%) | 10.57 | 1.47**** | 1.23–1.75 | 72.20*** | 64.46 |
| Gallbladder | 3,623 (12.50%) | 36.88 | 1.19 | 0.98–1.45 | 19.83 | 21.70 |
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| Vulva | 4,390 (9.20%) | 4.28 | 1.55**** | 1.25–1.93 | 66.50 | 61.15 |
| Salivary gland | 4,078(10.15%) | 11.23 | 1.17 | 0.95–1.44 | 74.18** | 68.60 |
| Hypopharynx | 2,935 (19.52%) | 16.97 | 1.06 | 0.85–1.32 | 41.67**** | 26.21 |
| Bones and joints | 2,236 (10.60%) | 16.01 | 1.14 | 0.87–1.49 | 71.99** | 62.40 |
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| Nose, nasal cavity, and middle ear | 2,227 (12.66%) | 14.68 | 1.73**** | 1.34–2.23 | 60.89*** | 48.62 |
| Male breast | 1,974(14.03%) | 7.75 | 1.34** | 1.03–1.73 | 72.95*** | 60.14 |
| Nasopharynx | 1,537 (18.87%) | 13.92 | 1.37** | 1.00–1.87 | 58.23 | 54.10 |
| Oropharynx | 1,177 (21.92%) | 18.18 | 1.88**** | 1.36–2.59 | 48.62**** | 33.50 |
SOURCE: Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database.
NOTES: OR is odds ratio. CI is confidence interval.
aOrdered logistic model for probability of earlier stage at diagnosis. Adjusted for age (continuous), sex, year (categorical, 1992–1994, 1995–1997, 1998–2000, 2001–2003), and geographic area.
bAge- and sex-standardized (age in ten-year categories); p values.
**p < 0.05
***p < 0.01
****p < 0.001