Atlas of Cancer Mortality -

Atlas of Cancer Mortality

Results -- Geographic Patterns for Nasopharyngeal Cancer

There was no evidence of geographic clustering except for some elevated rates among white males along the Gulf coast in the recent time period. Mortality was elevated in Hawaii among white males during both time periods and white females during 1970–94. Since several Asian groups, especially Chinese, have an increased risk of nasopharyngeal cancer,¹⁵ it is possible that the elevated rates reported among whites in Hawaii are related to racial misclassification or admixture. It is noteworthy that nasopharyngeal cancer incidence rates are not elevated among whites in Hawaii,¹⁶ suggesting possible misclassification on Hawaiian death certificates.

References

15. Yu MC, Henderson BE. Nasopharyngeal cancer. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF Jr, editors. Cancer epidemiology and prevention. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 1996. p. 603-18.

16. Horm JW, Devesa SS, Burhansstipanov L. Cancer incidence, mortality, and survival among racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni JF Jr, editors. Cancer epidemiology and prevention. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press; 1996. p. 192-235.

Suggested Citation

Devesa SS, Grauman DG, Blot WJ, Pennello G, Hoover RN, Fraumeni JF Jr. Atlas of cancer mortality in the United States, 1950-94. Washington, DC: US Govt Print Off; 1999 [NIH Publ No. (NIH) 99-4564].