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Table 1 Statistics of the spatial analyses.

From: Race-specific geography of prostate cancer incidence

Zone

Population At Risk

Observed Cases

Observed/Expected

p-value

Analysis specific to White males

1

36,185

146

0.36

<0.0001

2

107,046

1,517

1.34

<0.0001

3

190,612

2,509

1.24

<0.0001

4

1,086,721

10,020

0.92

<0.0001

5

119,552

818

0.73

<0.0001

6

155,913

1,898

1.24

<0.0001

7

26,704

120

0.51

<0.0001

8

275,481

2,916

1.14

<0.0001

Analysis specific to African American males

A

32,522

267

0.72

<0.0001

B

21

6

19.24

0.0168

C

6,961

94

1.70

0.0244

Analysis specific to African American males after adjustment for spatial distribution of rates specific to White males

a

31,416

260

0.75

0.0022

b

1,731

43

2.35

0.0134

  1. Statistics of the primary and statistically significant secondary clusters from the spatial analyses of white and black male prostate cancer incidence in CT and MA, 1994–1998.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X