Table 3:
Late-stage breast cancer incidence rate difference (RD) estimates (per 100,000 person-years) between persistent poverty and non-persistent poverty counties in the US from 2017-2021 (excluding 2020), stratified by rural/urban status and percentage Non-Hispanic Black (N = 1079).
| Number Persistent Poverty/ Non-persistent Poverty Counties |
Age-adjusted Rate Difference |
Multivariablea Rate Difference |
p-valueint b | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Counties | 156/923 | 5.78 (2.5, 9.1) | 2.74 (−1.6, 7.1) | N/A |
| Rural/Urban Status | ||||
| Rural | 127/512 | 6.41 (2.0, 10.9) | 2.30 (−3.9, 8.5) | 0.94 |
| Urban | 29/411 | 6.16 (1.1, 11.2) | 2.73 (−3.1, 8.6) | |
| Non-Hispanic Black | ||||
| > 5% | 85/358 | 6.23 (2.1, 10.3) | −1.26 (−6.7, 4.2) | 0.08 |
| ≤ 5% | 71/565 | 3.98 (−1.2, 9.1) | 7.23 (0.2, 14.2) | |
a
Multivariable model adjusted for recent poverty, rural-urban continuum code, % without health insurance, % unemployed, % Non-Hispanic Black, % Hispanic or Latino, and % with a bachelor’s degree or higher.
b
p-value for interaction based on multivariable model.