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Bias in Completeness of Birthplace Data for Asian Groups in a Population-Based Cancer Registry (United States)

Gomez, Scarlett L., Glaser, Sally L., Kelsey, Jennifer L., Lee, Marion M.·2004·Cancer Causes & Control
DOI 10.1023/b:caco.0000024244.91775.64
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Abstract

Data on place of birth are routinely collected by population-based cancer registries in the United States and are used to study effects of immigration on cancer patterns in Asian migrants, who comprise about a quarter of the US immigrant population. However, the quality of this research, which has the potential for informing cancer etiology and control, is unclear because registry birthplace information is incomplete, and its accuracy has not been examined. We quantified misclassification of birthplace data for Asian cancer patients in the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry in northern California by comparing registry birthplace information with self-reported birthplace from interview, and then identified sociodemographic and hospital characteristics associated with birthplace completeness and misclassification. Of the 1836 eligible Asian patients, 649 (35%) had unrecorded registry birthplace. For all except Vietnamese, these persons were less likely than those with recorded birthplace to be foreign-born (OR = 0.5, 95% CI = 0.4-0.7), to be diagnosed in public than private hospitals (OR = 0.7, 95% CI = 0.5-0.8) and in teaching than non-teaching hospitals (OR = 0.8, 95% CI = 0.6-1.1), and were more likely to have been diagnosed at a large regional health maintenance organization (OR = 1.7, 95% CI = 1.3-2.2) and after 1995 (OR = 1.6, 95% CI = 1.1-2.1). Among Asians with registry birthplace information (n = 1187), sensitivity and predictive value positive for birthplace exceeded 90…

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Authors
Gomez, S. L., Glaser, S. L., Kelsey, J. L., & Lee, M. M.
Affiliations
  • Cancer Prevention Institute of California (US)
  • Stanford Medicine (US)
  • University of California, San Francisco (US)
Corresponding author
Gomez, Scarlett L.
ORCID
Venue
Cancer Causes & Control
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2004-04
Volume
15
Issue
3
Pages
243-253
ISSN
  • 0957-5243 (ISSN-L)
  • 1573-7225
DOI
10.1023/b:caco.0000024244.91775.64
OpenAlex
W2070038604
Cited by
60
References
0
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 8 · 2013: 4 · 2012: 6
FWCI
1.44
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
Locations
  • Cancer Causes & Control (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (n01cn065107-001)
  • National Cancer Institute (T32CA066521, 1T32CA66521, N01-CN-65107)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › Health Information Management › Medical Coding and Health Information
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
Keywords
data completeness, misclassification, Asian immigrants, cancer registry data quality, hospital characteristics, health maintenance organizations, language preference
MeSH terms
Adult, Aged, Asian, California, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Humans, Language, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Registries, Residence Characteristics, Reproducibility of Results, Cohort Studies, Bias, Odds Ratio, SEER Program

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