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Table 2 Annual percent change in the male-to-female difference in the incidence rate of gastric cancer by anatomic site and ethnic group in the United States, 1992–2014

From: Sex difference in the incidence of cardia and non-cardia gastric cancer in the United States, 1992–2014

Site

Ethnicity

Rate difference

Rate ratio

APC

95% CI

APC

95% CI

Cardia

White

−0.8

−1.1 to −0.4

−0.5

−3.6 to 2.7

 

Black

0.1

−3.7 to 4.0

−1.0

−3.7 to 1.9

 

Asian and Pacific islander

−0.2

−1.5 to 1.2

0.8

−1.2 to 2.9

Non-cardia

White

−4.1

−7.4 to −0.6

−1.3

−1.7 to − 0.9

 

Black

−4.0

−5.5 to −2.4

− 1.3

−2.2 to − 0.4

 

Asian and Pacific islander

− 4.1

− 5.6 to − 2.5

− 0.5

− 1.2 to 0.2

  1. APC annual percent change, CI confidence interval