Disparities in XXXX incidence among Latino subpopulations in California defined by country of origin.

@entity5 @entity1 @entity71484 @entity14
PURPOSE: In California, @entity14 ( @entity14 ) is the second most common @entity5 in Latinos. Using data from the California @entity5 Registry, we investigated demographic and clinical characteristics of 36,133 Latinos with @entity14 living in California during 1995-2011 taking into account subpopulations defined by country of origin. METHODS: Cases were defined as Latino according to the North American Association of Central @entity5 Registries Hispanic Identification Algorithm, which was also used to group cases by country of origin: Mexico (9,678, 27  %), Central or South America (2,636, 7  %), @entity71484 (558, 2  %), Puerto Rico (295, 1  %), and other or unknown origin (22,966, 64  %; Other/NOS). 174,710 @entity14 cases were included for comparison purposes. Annual age-adjusted incidence rates (AAIR) and proportional incidence ratios (PIRs) were calculated. RESULTS: Differences were observed for age at diagnosis, sex distribution, socioeconomic status (SES), nativity (US born vs. foreign born), stage, and @entity5 localization across Latino subpopulations and compared to NHW. Mexican Latinos had the lowest AAIR and Cuban Latinos had the highest. PIRs adjusted for age, SES, and nativity showed an excess of @entity14 males and female cases from Cuba, female cases from Puerto Rico and reduced number of female cases from Mexico. CONCLUSIONS: Differences in @entity5 incidence patterns and @entity5 characteristics were observed among Latino subpopulations in California. These disparities may reflect differences in @entity5 determinants among Latinos; therefore, given that country of origin information is unavailable for a large proportion of these @entity1 , greater efforts to collect these data are warranted.
