Table 3.

Correlation coefficients between county health factors and age‐adjusted pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality rates by race, 2000–2011 (N = 156)^a

	All racesb		African American		Caucasian
	ρ	P	ρ	P	ρ	P
Health behaviors
Incidence ratec	0.083	0.31	0.132	0.10	0.057	0.49
Mortality rated	0.098	0.23	0.137	0.09	0.048	0.56
Social and economic factors
Incidence ratec	0.023	0.78	0.071	0.38	0.105	0.20
Mortality rated	0.055	0.50	0.105	0.20	0.104	0.20
Physical environment
Incidence ratec	0.106	0.19	0.163	0.04	0.008	0.93
Mortality rated	0.060	0.46	0.184	0.02	0.091	0.26
Clinical care
Incidence ratec	−0.134	0.10	0.001	0.99	0.118	0.14
Mortality rated	−0.132	0.10	0.034	0.68	0.115	0.16

ρ, Pearson correlation coefficient. Italics indicate significant correlation (P < 0.05).

^aData unavailable for Taliaferro, Webster, and Echols counties.

^bIncludes Caucasian, African America, American Indian/Alaska native, Asian or Pacific Islander, and unknown race.

^cLincoln and Treutlen counties were identified as outliers and excluded from correlation analysis.

^dLincoln, Treutlen, Heard, and Wilkinson counties were identified as outliers and excluded from correlation analysis.