Table 6 Top 3 HSAs ordered on the cancer mortality rate for the association rules based on the highest support value
From: Socioeconomic inequality of cancer mortality in the United States: a spatial data mining approach
Rule | HSA | Mortality rate | Socio-economic variable value |
|---|---|---|---|
a: Lung cancer mortality among white men is high → Whites with low educational attainment is high | Madison, MO | 119.293 | 0.787 |
Scott, TN | 115.034 | 0.839 | |
Pike, KY – Logan, WV | 100.694 | 0.801 | |
b: Colorectal cancer mortality among white men is high → density of households with white male householder with no wife present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high | Jefferson (Steubenville), OH – Harrison, OH | 24.503 | 0.017 |
White, IL – Hamilton, IL | 24.427 | 0.014 | |
Lackawanna (Scranton), PA – Wayne, PA | 24.157 | 0.021 | |
c: Prostate cancer among black men is medium high → density of households with black female householder with no husband present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high | Dallas, AL – Marengo, AL | 41.445 | 0.074 |
Ouachita, AR – Dallas, AR | 41.364 | 0.033 | |
Upson, GA – Lamar, GA | 41.017 | 0.035 | |
d: Breast cancer among black females is high → density of households with black female householder with no husband present and with the presence of own children under the age of 18 years in the house is high | Halifax, VA – Mecklenburg, VA | 39.206 | 0.041 |
Lincoln, LA – Union, LA | 38.517 | 0.051 | |
Gregg (Longview), TX – Rusk, TX | 36.581 | 0.028 |