Table 3.

Area Category and Early-stage Cancer Diagnosis

	Breast	Colorectal	Prostate	Lung
	Odds ratio (P value for comparison to whites)
Black vs. white individuals
Area category
Low segregation and low income	0.57 (.003)	0.51 (<.001)	0.62 (<.001)	0.84 (.16)
Low segregation and high income	0.61 (<.001)	0.69 (<.001)*	0.63 (<.001)	0.96 (.68)
High segregation and high income	0.64 (<.001)	0.74 (<.001)†	0.61 (<.001)	0.80 (.07)
High segregation and low income	0.74 (.001)	0.71 (<.001)†	0.65 (<.001)	0.85 (.005)
Hispanic vs. white individuals
Area category
Low segregation and low income	0.54 (.01)	0.87 (.29)	1.09 (.60)	0.90 (.55)
Low segregation and high income	0.86 (.29)‡	0.93 (.32)	0.92 (.41)	0.75 (.004)
High segregation and high income	0.86 (0.25)‡	0.90 (0.14)	0.90 (.20)	0.81 (.02)
High segregation and low income	0.96 (0.75)*	0.94 (.34)	0.98 (.78)	0.81 (.008)

Models adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, sex (for individuals with colorectal and lung cancer), marital status, comorbidity, eligibility for state buy-in coverage, cancer type, year of diagnosis, Medicare coverage in the 13 months before diagnosis, HMO coverage after diagnosis, urban/rural indicator, area category (segregation/income), and interaction terms between race and area categories

*Comparison of area category to low segregation and low income significant at P < .05

^†Comparison of area category to low segregation and low income significant at P < .005

^‡Comparison of area category to low segregation and low income significant at P < .10