Table 1.
APPALACHIAN/NON-APPALACHIAN RATIO OF 3-YEAR AGE-ADJUSTED FEMALE BREAST CANCER DEATH RATES BY STATE: WHITES ONLY, 12 APPALACHIAN STATES, 1969–2007a
| Appalachian/Non-Appalachian Ratio of 3-year Age-Adjusted Female Breast Cancer Death Rates
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| Alabama | Georgia | Kentucky | Maryland | Mississippi | New York | North Carolina | Ohio | Pennsylvania | South Carolina | Tennessee | Virginia | |
| 1969–1971 | .9733 | .9414 | .7947** | .8348 | .8634 | .8180*** | .9634 | .8721** | .9702 | 1.1644 | .9375 | .6653*** |
| 1972–1974 | 1.1887* | .9729 | .7463*** | .9632 | .9578 | .8654** | .909 | .8876** | .9621 | 1.1556 | .9222 | .7166*** |
| 1975–1977 | 1.0436 | .9692 | .7003*** | .9647 | .9878 | .8878** | .932 | .9281 | .9302** | 1.0194 | .9022 | .8625* |
| 1978–1980 | 1.0026 | .9625 | .7616*** | .8808 | .8896 | .9302 | .9341 | .9695 | .9075*** | 1.1422 | .9923 | .8335* |
| 1981–1983 | 1.2010** | .9283 | .8806* | .9898 | .8946 | .9100* | .9735 | .9667 | .9143*** | 1.1252 | .913 | .7583*** |
| 1984–1986 | 1.0188 | 1.0193 | .8317** | .8496 | .9314 | .9271 | .8952* | .9484 | .9771 | 1.1313 | .9729 | .9066 |
| 1987–1989 | 1.0543 | .9262 | .9017 | .8357 | 1.0569 | .8408** | .92 | .9022* | .9228** | 1.1088 | .9325 | .8818* |
| 1990–1992 | .9923 | .9783 | .9013 | .9438 | .9895 | .8896** | .9583 | .8917** | .9688 | .9944 | .9662 | .9435 |
| 1993–1995 | .8851* | 1.0521 | 1.0141 | .7960* | 1.1407 | .9401 | .9735 | .9854 | .958 | .9247 | .9745 | 1.0157 |
| 1996–1998 | .9061 | 1.0213 | .9801 | .8365 | .8726 | .8584** | .9293 | 1.0184 | .9547 | 1.0866 | .9628 | 1.0447 |
| 1999–2002 | .9724 | .9594 | 1.0383 | 1.0592 | .8642 | .9508 | .9234* | 1.0075 | .9605 | .9719 | 1.0025 | .9101 |
| 2003–2007 | 1.0142 | 1.0059 | 1.0839 | 1.1014 | 1.0312 | .9751 | 1.0069 | .9484 | 1.0159 | 1.1031* | .9907 | 1.1508** |
| p-value of the linear trend | .088 | .197 | <.0001 | .932 | .629 | .168 | .998 | .019 | .622 | .025 | .045 | .001 |
p-value <.05
p-value <.01
p-value <.001
The last study period 2003–2007 is 5-years, and the period 1999–2002 is 4-years. Rates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population (Census P25-1130). Values are rate ratios; U.S. Mortality Data, 1969 to 2007. Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program (www.seer.cancer.gov). SEER Stat Database: Mortality—All COD, Aggregated With County, Total U.S. (1969–2007) <Katrina/Rita Population Adjustment>—Linked To County Attributes—Total U.S., 1969–2007 Counties, National Cancer Institute, DCCPS, Surveillance Research Program, Cancer Statistics Branch, released June 201. Underlying mortality data provided by NCHS (www.cdc.gov/nchs).
COD = Classification of disease
DCCPS = Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences