Epidemiology of XXXX in Hispanics in the United States.

@entity1 @entity96 @entity5 @entity1419 @entity157
BACKGROUND: To our knowledge, no detailed analysis exists of the incidence and @entity157 ( @entity157 ) among Hispanics in the United States. In previous studies, the rates for Hispanics have not been reported separately from other racial or ethnic groups. METHODS: We used information on @entity1 diagnosed as having @entity157 from 13 registries in the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) database of the National @entity5 Institute to calculate race-specific, age-adjusted incidence rates (AIR) between 1992 and 2002. We also used California and Texas state death records from between 1979 and 2001 to calculate race-specific, age-adjusted mortality rates for @entity96 excluding @entity1419 . For Hispanics and Asians/Pacific Islanders, the rates were calculated for native-born subjects and immigrants separately. RESULTS: In SEER, the yearly AIRs were higher by 1.2-fold in Hispanics than in blacks (6.3 vs 5.0 per 100 000 @entity1 -years of the underlying US population) and by 2.7-fold than in non-Hispanic whites (2.4 per 100 000 @entity1 -years) but lower than in Asians/Pacific Islanders (10.8 per 100 000 @entity1 -years). The median age at @entity157 diagnosis in Hispanics (64 years) was intermediate between whites (the oldest) and blacks (the youngest). Between the periods 1992-1995 and 2000-2002, there was a 31% increase in the incidence of @entity157 in Hispanic @entity1 and a 63% increase in Hispanic @entity1 . The race-specific, age-adjusted mortality rates were remarkably similar in California and Texas and were highest in immigrant Asian/Pacific Islanders followed by native Hispanics. The rates for native Hispanic @entity1 were more than twice as high as those for immigrant Hispanic @entity1 . For Texas, the rates for native Hispanic @entity1 were 65% higher than those for immigrant Hispanic @entity1 . CONCLUSION: Hispanics in the United States have high rates of @entity157 that are second only to Asians/Pacific Islanders.
