Table 3.
Comparing Census Tract-Level Characteristics by Cluster Classification (Texas Census Tract N=5,265)
| Census tract characteristicsa | Incident cervical cancer census tracts |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Hot spots (n=1,755; 33.3%) median (IQR) | Rest of Texas (n=3,510; 66.7%) median (IQR) | p-valueb | |
| Demographics | |||
| Median age, female | 35.0 (30.9–40.6) | 36.9 (32.5–42.2) | <0.001 |
| % Hispanic | 52.0 (23.9–83.8) | 25.1 (14.2–45.6) | <0.001 |
| % Non-Hispanic Black | 3.5 (0.5–13.3) | 7.0 (2.3–15.6) | <0.001 |
| % Non-Hispanic White | 21.1 (5.8–58.6) | 50.8 (27.4–70.1) | <0.001 |
| % Foreign born | 14.0 (6.0–26.0) | 12.7 (7.0–22.1) | 0.053 |
| % Household with limited English proficiency, Spanish | 6.8 (1.9–17.2) | 2.5 (0.6–7.11) | <0.001 |
| Socioeconomic status | |||
| % Some college education, female ≥25 years | 45.6 (33.2–58.7) | 62.2 (48.6–76.1) | <0.001 |
| % Unemployed ≥16 years | 5.7 (3.5–8.5) | 4.7 (3.1–6.7) | <0.001 |
| Median household income ($) | 43,610 (33,208–57,230) | 60,539 (45,368–81,321) | <0.001 |
| Healthcare access | |||
| % Uninsured, female ≥18 years | 23.2 (14.6–33.3) | 15.4 (9.0–23.5) | <0.001 |
Note: Boldface indicates statistical significance (p<0.05).
Statistical significance (p<0.05, 2-sided) determined using Wilcoxon rank-sum test comparing medians of nonparametric independent groups.
a
Census tract-level data retrieved from the American Community Survey 5-year estimate 2014–2018 data.
b
p-value comparing hot spots versus rest of Texas.