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Table 3 Frequency of different classes of poverty levels at the census tract, zip code, and county levels.

From: Identification of racial disparities in breast cancer mortality: does scale matter?

Poverty Level

 

High SES (0-9.99%)

Middle SES (10.00-19.99%)

Low SES

(≥20.00%)

Census Tract (4338)

N

1613

1445

1330

 

Percentage

36.76

32.93

30.31

Zip Code (2884)

N

1045

1181

658

 

Percentage

36.23

40.95

22.82

County (254)

N

22

175

57

 

Percentage

8.66

68.90

22.44

  1. Percentage was derived by the number of geographic units for each SES level divided by the total number of units at each geographic level.
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International Journal of Health Geographics

ISSN: 1476-072X