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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Jun 2;11(9):874–882. doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2014.03.022

Table 6.

Median travel time in minutes to the nearest block group with breast imaging modalities for racial/ethnic populations of women age 30+ in relation to rural urban commuting area (RUCA) 4-tier categories.

Median Travel Time in minutes (Interquartile Range)

Mammography Ultrasound MRI

Urban
Core
Sub-
Urban
Large
Rural
Town
Small
Town/
Isolated
Rural
Urban
Core
Sub-
Urban
Large
Rural
Town
Small
Town/
Isolated
Rural
Urban
Core
Sub-
Urban
Large
Rural
Town
Small
Town/
Isolated
Rural

Race
 White 6 (4-9) 18 (13-25) 10 (4-18) 20 (10-32) 6 (4-9) 19 (13-26) 10 (4-18) 22 (12-34) 8 (5-13) 26 (19-35) 36 (18-54) 54 (38-77)
 Black 5 (3-8) 18 (11-26) 7 (4-15) 20 (9-31) 5 (3-8) 19 (12-27) 7 (4-15) 22 (10-33) 7 (4-11) 27 (18-37) 38 (20-53) 53 (39-69)
 Native American 5 (3-9) 22 (15-33) 12 (5-22) 34 (20-66) 5 (3-9) 23 (16-35) 12 (5-22) 39 (23-75) 8 (5-13) 30 (22-47) 52 (28-89) 102 (58-170)
 Asian 5 (3-8) 13 (9-19) 7 (4-13) 17 (7-29) 5 (3-8) 14 (9-19) 6 (4-13) 19 (8-32) 7 (4-11) 18 (12-26) 32 (12-50) 49 (33-74)
 Pacific 6 (4-8) 17 (11-25) 9 (4-19) 23 (11-39) 6 (4-8) 17 (12-27) 9 (4-21) 24 (12-44) 8 (5-12) 24 (16-34) 39 (19-62) 59 (40-95)
Ethnicity
 Hispanic 6 (4-8) 17 (11-25) 7 (3-16) 22 (10-38) 5 (3-8) 18 (11-26) 7 (3-16) 24 (12-41) 7 (4-11) 24 (17-34) 40 (22-67) 56 (38-84)
 Not Hispanic 5 (3-7) 18 (13-25) 10 (4-18) 21 (10-32) 6 (3-9) 19 (13-26) 10 (4-18) 22 (12-34) 8 (5-13) 26 (19-36) 36 (18-54) 55 (39-76)