Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1992−2003 Export

@article{citeulike:5720563, abstract = {Abstract Objective\ \ Differences in cervical cancer incidence rates by race/ethnicity persist in the United States. We examined these differences by histologic type and by various patient and socioeconomic characteristics. Methods\ \ Thirteen U.S. cancer registries were used to identify women 20–79\ years of age diagnosed from 1992 to 2003 with invasive cervical cancer. Age-adjusted incidence rates and annual percent changes were calculated for four different races/ethnicities (Non-Hispanic whites, Hispanic whites, African-Americans, and Asians/Pacific Islanders) for cervical cancer overall, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and adenocarcinoma (AC). Results\ \ Hispanic whites had the highest incidence rate of cervical cancer overall (24.2/100,000), SCC (18.3/100,000), and AC (4.6/100,000). Non-Hispanic whites had the lowest rates of cervical cancer overall (10.8/100,000) and SCC (7.2/100,000), while African-Americans had the lowest rate of AC (2.3/100,000). Incidence rates of cervical cancer overall and SCC declined across all racial/ethnic groups. Numerous variations in incidence rates and annual percent changes were observed when analyses were stratified by county level socioeconomic characteristics. Conclusions\ \ Variations in screening utilization and socioeconomic status may account for the majority of racial/ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence. Targeting groups with the greatest burdens of cervical cancer is of public health importance, particularly as we enter the human papillomavirus vaccine era.}, author = {Mcdougall, Jean and Madeleine, Margaret and Daling, Janet and Li, Christopher}, citeulike-article-id = {5720563}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-007-9056-y}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.springerlink.com/content/p62m4770v1540240}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1007/s10552-007-9056-y}, journal = {Cancer Causes and Control}, keywords = {cervical, disparities}, month = {December}, number = {10}, pages = {1175--1186}, posted-at = {2009-09-04 04:04:06}, priority = {2}, title = {Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1992−2003}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-007-9056-y}, volume = {18}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5720563 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5720563 N2 - Abstract Objective  Differences in cervical cancer incidence rates by race/ethnicity persist in the United States. We examined these differences by histologic type and by various patient and socioeconomic characteristics. Methods  Thirteen U.S. cancer registries were used to identify women 20–79 years of age diagnosed from 1992 to 2003 with invasive cervical cancer. Age-adjusted incidence rates and annual percent changes were calculated for four different races/ethnicities (Non-Hispanic whites, Hispanic whites, African-Americans, and Asians/Pacific Islanders) for cervical cancer overall, squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), and adenocarcinoma (AC). Results  Hispanic whites had the highest incidence rate of cervical cancer overall (24.2/100,000), SCC (18.3/100,000), and AC (4.6/100,000). Non-Hispanic whites had the lowest rates of cervical cancer overall (10.8/100,000) and SCC (7.2/100,000), while African-Americans had the lowest rate of AC (2.3/100,000). Incidence rates of cervical cancer overall and SCC declined across all racial/ethnic groups. Numerous variations in incidence rates and annual percent changes were observed when analyses were stratified by county level socioeconomic characteristics. Conclusions  Variations in screening utilization and socioeconomic status may account for the majority of racial/ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence. Targeting groups with the greatest burdens of cervical cancer is of public health importance, particularly as we enter the human papillomavirus vaccine era. IS - 10 JF - Cancer Causes and Control EP - 1186 TI - Racial and ethnic disparities in cervical cancer incidence rates in the United States, 1992−2003 VL - 18 SP - 1175 KW - cervical KW - disparities AU - Mcdougall, Jean AU - Madeleine, Margaret AU - Daling, Janet AU - Li, Christopher PY - 2007/12/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10552-007-9056-y ER -