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Table 2 Male purely spatial analysis.

From: Spatial analysis of colorectal cancer incidence and proportion of late-stage in Massachusetts residents: 1995–1998

 

High Areas

Low Areas

 

1

2

3

A

B

C

No Covariates

      

   Observed

783

39

127

331

489

76

   Expected

615.0

12.0

81.0

476.5

609.2

129.5

   RR

1.27

3.24

1.57

0.70

0.803

0.59

   p-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0318

< 0.0001

0.0027

0.0051

Urbanicity

      

   Observed

767

39

80

339

215

76

   Expected

619.8

16.2

45.5

458.9

293.2

131.3

   RR

1.24

2.40

1.76

0.74

0.73

0.58

   p-value

< 0.0001

0.0261

0.0466

< 0.0001

0.0172

0.0028

SES

      

   Observed

783

39

423

331

350

*

   Expected

626.6

12.6

336.3

494.4

465.1

*

   RR

1.25

3.11

1.26

0.67

0.75

*

   p-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

0.0438

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

*

SES & Urbanicity

      

   Observed

755

*

*

339

489

*

   Expected

629.8

*

*

468.2

594.1

*

   RR

1.20

*

*

0.72

0.82

*

   p-value

0.0061

*

*

< 0.0001

0.0437

*

  1. Male colorectal cancer incidence statistics for the purely spatial analyses, Massachusetts, 1995–1998.
  2. *Area not significant for this analysis.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

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