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Table 1 Prostate cancer incidence (1994–1998) and population (1990) for Southern New England and single states, USA.

From: Effects of study area size on geographic characterizations of health events: Prostate cancer incidence in Southern New England, USA, 1994–1998

 

Reported Cases

Coded Cases (%)

Population at-risk1

Avg. Annual incidence2

Census tracts

CT-MA-RI

38,956

35,167 (90)

3,606,842

194.6

2,400

Massachusetts (MA)

22,525

20,243 (90)

2,097,746

192.6

1,331

Connecticut (CT)

12,501

11,735 (94)

1,160,925

201.7

834

Rhode Island (RI)

3,930

3,189 (81)

348,171

182.8

235

  1. 1 1990 U.S. Census of males, 20+ years old. 2 Per 100,000 at-risk persons.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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