Lung cancer: 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 rate | Age standardised rate ratio (as %) | Age adjusted risk ratio | Age and country of birth adjusted risk ratio | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ethnic group* | Events (n) | Population | Rate | 95% CI | Rate ratio | 95% CI | Risk ratio | 95% CI | Risk ratio | 95% CI |
| Men | ||||||||||
| White Scottish | 15155 | 1212648 | 178.5 | 175.7 to 181.3 | 100.0 | – | 100.0 | – | 100.0 | – |
| Other White British | 983 | 116075 | 124.5 | 116.7 to 132.2 | 69.7 | 65.2 to 74.2 | 70.4 | 63.4 to 78.2 | 84.3 | 74.5 to 95.4 |
| White Irish | 211 | 15453 | 174.6 | 151.3 to 197.9 | 97.8 | 84.6 to 110.9 | 99.7 | 90.9 to 109.3 | 114.8 | 99.9 to 131.9 |
| Other White | 151 | 17335 | 141.5 | 118.5 to 164.6 | 79.3 | 66.3 to 92.2 | 80.7 | 74.2 to 87.7 | 94.2 | 82.4 to 107.6 |
| Any mixed background | 21 | 1400 | 311.6 | 184.1 to 439.0 | 174.5 | 103.1 to 245.9 | 172.3 | 100.5 to 295.5 | 184.9 | 114.3 to 299.3 |
| Pakistani | 18 | 5353 | 80.3 | 37.4 to 123.2 | 45.0 | 21.0 to 69.0 | 48.1 | 33.7 to 68.7 | 57.7 | 37.6 to 88.6 |
| Chinese | 15 | 3004 | 112.6 | 53.7 to 171.6 | 63.1 | 30.1 to 96.1 | 68.3 | 49.7 to 93.9 | 81.5 | 55.3 to 120.3 |
| Women | ||||||||||
| White Scottish | 12996 | 1408621 | 131.8 | 129.6 to 134.0 | 100.0 | – | 100.0 | – | 100.0 | – |
| Other White British | 626 | 127254 | 74.7 | 68.8 to 80.5 | 56.7 | 52.1 to 61.2 | 57.3 | 52.3 to 62.7 | 79.9 | 72.0 to 88.7 |
| White Irish | 177 | 17924 | 119.2 | 101.7 to 136.7 | 90.4 | 77.0 to 103.8 | 91.7 | 75.9 to 110.7 | 120.8 | 94.5 to 154.5 |
| Other White | 99 | 21210 | 81.0 | 64.8 to 97.1 | 61.4 | 49.1 to 73.7 | 62.4 | 50.1 to 77.6 | 83.5 | 66.5 to 105.0 |
| Any mixed background | 10 | 1849 | 115.5 | 43.5 to 187.5 | 87.6 | 33.0 to 142.3 | 86.3 | 62.7 to 118.8 | 97.6 | 62.9 to 151.4 |
| Pakistani | 8 | 4963 | 70.6 | 0.0 to 149.6 | 53.5 | 0.0 to 113.5 | 37.7 | 21.3 to 66.8 | 52.7 | 29.5 to 94.2 |
| Chinese | 15 | 3250 | 127.3 | 50.7 to 203.9 | 96.6 | 38.4 to 154.7 | 93.5 | 64.6 to 135.3 | 130.7 | 95.7 to 178.4 |
*Indian, other South Asian, African origin and other ethnic groups numbers were small and judged to be potentially disclosive.