Table E
Cancer deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex, world region of birth and period of immigration, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2001

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Table E Cancer deaths and crude and age-standardized mortality rates per 100,000 person-years at risk for immigrants, by sex, world region of birth and period of immigration, compared with Canadian-born cohort members, non-institutional population aged 25 or older at baseline, Canada, 1991 to 2001
  Men Women
Deaths Mortality rate Deaths Mortality rate
Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval Crude Age-standardized 95% confidence interval
from to from to
Canadian-born 39,170 366 410 406 414 28,090 251 255 252 258
Immigrants (total) 11,187 401 333Note * 326 339 7,129 257 209Note * 204 214
United States 624 464 332Note * 306 360 610 339 253 232 276
Before 1971 471 644 319Note * 290 352 480 505 268 241 298
1971 to 1980 112 270 338 279 409 91 166 235 188 293
1981 to 1991 41 208 294 211 408 39 131 253 180 356
Caribbean/Central and South America 308 141 256Note Note * 223 293 302 113 163Note Note * 144 184
Before 1971 143 267 313Note * 256 382 133 202 193Note * 159 235
1971 to 1980 107 117 239Note * 188 304 108 96 146Note * 118 181
1981 to 1991 58 80 209Note * 156 281 61 69 142Note * 108 188
Western Europe 6,654 496 359Note Note * 350 368 4,115 323 226Note Note * 219 233
Before 1971 6,101 583 363Note * 354 373 3,702 377 228Note * 220 237
1971 to 1980 418 201 344Note * 308 385 300 149 204Note * 181 231
1981 to 1991 135 153 296Note * 248 353 113 126 193Note * 159 235
Eastern Europe 2,393 683 347Note Note * 332 362 1,269 396 210Note * 197 223
Before 1971 2,221 917 350Note * 329 371 1,115 524 206Note * 189 225
1971 to 1980 104 286 327Note * 265 404 79 203 208 165 262
1981 to 1991 68 95 276Note * 204 374 75 110 253 197 326
Sub-Saharan Africa 83 122 266Note * 203 349 58 98 158Note * 118 211
Before 1971 28 289 335 221 507 19 217 219 137 350
1971 to 1980 42 142 243Note * 158 374 29 103 157Note * 99 247
1981 to 1991 13 F F F F 10 F F F F
North Africa/Middle East/West Asia 168 140 218Note Note * 185 257 102 113 144Note Note * 118 177
Before 1971 98 294 268Note * 217 330 51 190 169Note * 126 225
1971 to 1980 47 153 253Note * 187 342 31 133 158Note * 110 228
1981 to 1991 23 41 91Note * 55 148 20 50 113Note * 63 202
South Asia 138 92 134Note Note * 111 162 104 80 124Note * 100 153
Before 1971 53 170 186Note * 135 258 38 173 153Note * 107 217
1971 to 1980 49 83 133Note * 97 184 37 66 116Note * 81 167
1981 to 1991 36 60 109Note * 76 157 29 57 116Note * 73 182
South East Asia 212 134 229Note Note * 197 267 170 91 130Note * 110 155
Before 1971 30 289 294 193 446 27 162 135Note * 83 218
1971 to 1980 101 141 251Note * 200 315 82 111 155Note * 121 199
1981 to 1991 81 107 211Note * 164 271 61 63 115Note * 86 153
East Asia 556 250 284Note * 260 309 360 151 167Note * 150 185
Before 1971 190 399 295Note * 251 348 103 223 154Note * 125 190
1971 to 1980 187 261 306Note * 264 355 137 176 189Note * 159 225
1981 to 1991 179 173 249Note * 210 294 120 104 149Note * 123 181
support for duration effect
* significantly different from Canadian-born population
F too unreliable to be published
Note: Reference population (person-years at risk) for age standardization was taken from age distribution of entire cohort (5-year age groups).
Source: 1991 to 2001 Canadian census mortality follow-up study.
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