Hispanic Cancer Cases
Are We Coding Them Correctly?

By Deirdre Rogers
North Carolina Central Cancer Registry
State Center for Health Statistics

For the 2002 Annual Meeting
North American Association of Central Cancer Registries

Table of Contents

• Abstract
• Methods
• Coding of Hispanic Ethnicity in North Carolina
• Problems With Establishing Hispanic Origin
• Counties Where the Most Hispanics Reside
• Counties Where the Most Possible Hispanics Reside
• Counties Where the Most Hispanics Reside Versus Counties Where the Most Possible Hispanics Reside
• Country of Birth for the Possible Hispanics
• Study Results for Women
• Study Results for Men
• Other Results
• Conclusions

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