Table 1.
Characteristics of cancer stories in Black and general population newspapers.
| Black newspapers (n=598 stories) |
General population newspapers (n=472 stories) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Journalistic variables | |||
| Average size in square inches | 28.6 in2 | 24.4 in2 | <.001 |
| Local angle | 36.3% | 25.5% | .001 |
| Visual | 43.1% | 43.0% | .965 |
| Above fold | 74.9% | 74.1% | .772 |
| Public health variables | |||
| Disparity information | 29.8% | 10.4% | <.001 |
| Personal mobilization | 42.4% | 15.0% | <.001 |
| Community mobilization | 16.4% | 4.9% | <.001 |
| Any prevention focus | 79.7% | 69.7% | <.001 |
| Primary prevention focus | 30.0% | 25.4% | .096 |
| Secondary prevention focus | 36.3% | 20.3% | <.001 |
| Referral to resources | 42.5% | 23.3% | <.001 |
| Primary cancer site: | <.001 | ||
| Breast | 31.3% | 22.5% | |
| Prostate | 19.2% | 9.1% | |
| Colon and Rectum | 7.5% | 6.4% | |
| Leukemia | 3.5% | 1.7% | |
| Lung and Bronchus | 1.7% | 7.6% | |
| Uterus | 1.5% | 1.1% | |
| Ovary | 1.0% | 2.5% | |