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Table 1 Population-weighted means of absolute and relative disparity measures computed over 506 State Economic Areas. Calculations are based on age-adjusted mortality rates for black males (BM), white males (WM), black females (BF) and white females (BF).

From: A comparative analysis of aspatial statistics for detecting racial disparities in cancer mortality rates

Disparity measures

1970–1974

1975–1979

1980–1984

1985–1989

1990–1994

Prostate

     

|BM-WM|

23.49

26.66

27.56

28.47

32.22

BM/WM

2.03

2.14

2.16

2.13

2.22

Cervix

     

|BF-WF|

8.769

6.816

5.065

5.212

4.074

BF/WF

2.66

2.75

2.50

2.94

2.42