Spatial association of racial/ethnic disparities between late-stage diagnosis and mortality for female breast cancer: where to intervene?

Table 1 Number of census tracts with significant racial disparities in breast cancer late-stage diagnosis and mortality for African-American and Hispanic women using the RD measure

			High SES¹	Middle SES¹	Low SES¹	Total (N)
African- Americans	Late-stage Diagnosis	RD >0	13	26	149	188
	Mortality	RD >0	34	54	190	278
Hispanics	Late-stage Diagnosis	RD >0	8	23	235	266
	Mortality	RD >0	20	42	266	328

¹SES (Socioeconomic status) is categorized as follows: high SES (0-9.99% population under the poverty line), middle SES (10.00-19.99%), low SES (20.00%).

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