Table 2.

MIRs for breast, cervical, colorectal, and prostate cancers, by urban/rural

	Urban			Rural
	# of counties	Mean ± SE	p	# of counties	Mean ± SE	p
Breast
No accessa	9	0.253 ± 0.015	<0.001	50	0.231 ± 0.009	0.160
Indirect accessb	228	0.201 ± 0.003		336	0.214 ± 0.003
Direct accessc	590	0.191 ± 0.002		399	0.218 ± 0.003
Cervix
No access	0	NA		0	NA
Indirect access	11	0.416 ± 0.028	<0.001	2	0.583 ± 0.068	0.235
Direct access	216	0.314 ± 0.006		5	0.438 ± 0.038
Colorectal
No access	13	0.413 ± 0.020	0.028	89	0.394 ± 0.010	0.821
Indirect access	256	0.390 ± 0.005		488	0.401 ± 0.004
Direct access	622	0.377 ± 0.003		531	0.401 ± 0.004
Prostate
No access	5	0.225 ± 0.025	<0.001	30	0.202 ± 0.013	0.919
Indirect access	196	0.187 ± 0.004		262	0.202 ± 0.004
Direct access	562	0.169 ± 0.002		328	0.200 ± 0.004

Bold values indicate statistical significant (p < 0.05)

MIR Mortality-to-Incidence Ratio, SE Standard Error, NA Data not available

^aNo FQHC delivery site both in the county and adjacent counties

^bNo FQHC delivery site in the county, but any in adjacent counties

^cAny FQHC delivery sites in the county