Table 1

All first cancer-excluding non-melanoma skin cancer occurring between May 2001 and April 2008: directly age standardised annual rates per 100 000 population/year by ethnic group and sex, and related rate ratios, and age and country of birth-adjusted risk ratios (Poisson regression), with corresponding 95% CIs

Directly standardised rateAge standardised rate ratio (as %)Age adjusted risk ratioAge and country of birth adjusted risk ratio
Ethnic groupEvents (n)PopulationRate95% CIRate ratio95% CIRisk ratio95% CIRisk ratio95% CI
Men
 White Scottish710941433584708.5703.5 to 713.4100.0100.0100.0
 Other White British5848136352620.4605.3 to 635.487.685.3 to 89.888.585.0 to 92.293.287.9 to 98.9
 White Irish94018389671.3630.4 to 712.294.888.9 to 100.695.691.5 to 100.099.693.9 to 105.6
 Other White76623517598.9557.2 to 640.784.578.6 to 90.585.180.5 to 89.989.083.1 to 95.4
 Any mixed background652243794.8617.2 to 972.4112.287.1 to 137.3106.082.0 to 137.1108.483.6 to 140.7
 Indian574522325.1233.7 to 416.445.933.0 to 58.843.833.0 to 58.246.135.1 to 60.5
 Pakistani1037557349.0266.2 to 431.849.337.6 to 61.053.143.7 to 64.455.846.2 to 67.5
 Other South Asian362287492.1313.7 to 670.569.544.3 to 94.663.151.1 to 77.965.952.3 to 82.9
 African origin392308491.8328.1 to 655.669.446.3 to 92.575.260.3 to 93.878.363.5 to 96.7
 Chinese734343408.2310.1 to 506.357.643.8 to 71.564.358.1 to 71.167.659.4 to 76.9
 Other ethnic group212510333.3152.4 to 514.347.021.5 to 72.646.130.8 to 69.248.433.0 to 71.0
Women
 White Scottish764851643684664.8660.2 to 669.3100.0100.0100.0
 Other White British5855151335580.0565.7 to 594.487.385.0 to 89.588.585.8 to 91.394.890.7 to 99.1
 White Irish98621354590.4554.4 to 626.588.883.4 to 94.390.486.4 to 94.595.791.1 to 100.6
 Other White81629392531.8495.4 to 568.180.074.5 to 85.581.578.1 to 85.186.680.2 to 93.5
 Any mixed background652826575.1434.7 to 715.586.565.4 to 107.682.663.0 to 108.385.366.3 to 109.7
 Indian484054274.2183.1 to 365.341.227.5 to 54.945.336.5 to 56.248.438.7 to 60.6
 Pakistani1037430432.4299.5 to 565.365.045.0 to 85.061.054.5 to 68.265.157.7 to 73.4
 Other South Asian421889583.5399.8 to 767.187.860.1 to 115.484.369.2 to 102.888.771.6 to 109.9
 African origin412132516.9344.3 to 689.577.851.8 to 103.776.958.7 to 100.780.958.4 to 112.0
 Chinese1024681545.5421.3 to 669.882.163.4 to 100.884.366.9 to 106.290.272.6 to 112.3
 Other ethnic group503141513.2320.3 to 706.277.248.2 to 106.275.060.5 to 93.180.063.1 to 101.5