Table 4.
Sensitivity analyses: Disparities in CRC mortality between individuals aged 50 years and older in Louisiana and New Jersey in 2009, under alternative model assumptions.
| Lower quality endoscopies | Residual survival difference | Same survival and stage distribution | Survival corrected for background mortality | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scenario | ASR | % reduction* | Excess rate† | ASR | % reduction† | Excess rate* | ASR | % reduction* | Excess rate† | ASR | % reduction* | Excess rate† |
| New Jersey, observed | 55.8 | 55.8 | 55.8 | 55.8 | ||||||||
| Louisiana, observed | 61.9 | 6.1 | 61.9 | 6.1 | 61.9 | 6.1 | 61.9 | |||||
| -if risk factors of New Jersey | 60.2 | 2.7% | 4.4 | 60.1 | 3.0% | 4.3 | 60.1 | 3.0% | 4.3 | 60.0 | 3.0% | 4.2 |
| -if screening of New Jersey | 56.1 | 9.3% | 0.3 | 55.2 | 10.8% | -0.6 | 55.2 | 10.8% | -0.6 | 54.6 | 11.7% | -1.2 |
| -if survival of New Jersey | 50.7 | 18.1% | -5.1 | 53.6 | 13.3% | -2.2 | 50.8 | 17.9% | -5.0 | 53.4 | 13.7% | -2.4 |
| -if risk factors, screening and survival of New Jersey | 45.3 | 26.8% | -10.5 | 47.0 | 24.0% | -8.8 | 44.6 | 27.9% | -11.2 | 46.4 | 25.0% | -9.4 |
ASR, Age-standardized rate per 100,000 individuals (2000 US standard population).
*
Percent reduction, compared to the mortality rate observed in Louisiana.
†
Excess CRC mortality rate in Louisiana compared to New Jersey