- Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders were seven times more likely to be diagnosed with chronic liver disease in 2006 as compared to non-Hispanic whites.
- American Samoans were 8 times more likely to develop liver cancer as compared to non-Hispanic whites, from 1998-2002.
- Recently published survey data on this topic from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) is limited.
Cancer Rates for Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders
| Liver & IBD* Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 – Men (1998-2002) | ||||
| Native Hawaiian | Samoan | Non-Hispanic White | Native Hawaiian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio | Samoan / Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
| 16.3 | 54.5 | 6.7 | 2.4 | 8.1 |
| Liver & IBD Cancer Incidence Rates per 100,000 – Women (1998-2002) | ||
| Native Hawaiian | Non-Hispanic White | Native Hawaiian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
| 7.7 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
*IBD = Intrahepatic Bile Duct
Source: NCI 2008. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Patterns among Specific Asian and Pacific Islander Populations in the U.S.
http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/apicancer/index.html
Diagnosed
| Age-adjusted percentage of persons 18 years of age and over who have been told by a doctor that they have chronic liver disease, 2006** | ||
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | Non-Hispanic White | Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
| 9.7 | 1.4 | 7.0 |
**No data currently is available for the Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander group from 2007-2019.
Source: CDC 2007. Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: 2006. Table 8.
http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/series/sr_10/sr10_235.pdf [PDF 3.64MB]
Death Rates (2014-2018)
| Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Men (1998-2002) | |||||
| Cancer | Native Hawaiian | Samoan | Non-Hispanic White | Native Hawaiian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio | Samoan / Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
| Liver & IBD | 11.8 | 32.9 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 5.4 |
| Cancer Death Rates per 100,000 – Women (1998-2002) | |||||
| Cancer | Native Hawaiian | Samoan | Non-Hispanic White | Native Hawaiian / Non-Hispanic White Ratio | Samoan / Non-Hispanic White Ratio |
| Liver & IBD | 6.4 | -- | 2.7 | 2.4 | -- |
Source: NCI 2008. Cancer Incidence and Mortality Patterns among Specific Asian and Pacific Islander Populations in the U.S.
http://seer.cancer.gov/publications/apicancer/index.html
NOTE: For all of the above tables, this is the most recent national data available at this time.
| Age-adjusted Chronic Liver Disease and Cirrhosis Death Rates per 100,000 (2018) | |||
| Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | Non-Hispanic White | Non-Hispanic Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander / Non-Hispanic White Ratio | |
| Men | 9.9 | 14.9 | 0.7 |
| Women | -- | 8.3 | -- |
| Total | 7.9 | 11.5 | 0.7 |
Source: CDC 2021. National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 69, No. 13. Table 10.
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr69/nvsr69-13-508.pdf [PDF 2.05MB]
Last Edited: 08/11/2021