Table 1.
Age-standardized death rates per 100,000 and rate ratios (RR) by county-level educational attainment, sex, and race/ethnicity among colorectal cancer decedents ages 50–74 years (2008–2012)
| Educational attainmenta | All Races
|
NHW
|
NHB
|
Hispanic
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deaths | Rate | Deaths | Rate | RR (95% CI) | Deaths | Rate | RR (95% CI) | Deaths | Rate | RR (95% CI) | |
| Males | |||||||||||
| High (Q1) | 10,451 | 30.4 | 7,635 | 29.2 | ref | 1,584 | 52.3 | ref | 567 | 25.2 | ref |
| Medium (Q2–3) | 25,652 | 36.5 | 17,375 | 34.3 | 1.18 (1.14–1.21) | 4,698 | 60.1 | 1.15 (1.08–1.22) | 2,473 | 32.4 | 1.29 (1.17–1.42) |
| Low (Q4–5) | 33,479 | 41.5 | 26,687 | 40.1 | 1.37 (1.34–1.41) | 4,254 | 63.2 | 1.21 (1.14–1.28) | 1,835 | 34.5 | 1.37 (1.24–1.51) |
| Total | 69,582 | 37.5 | 51,697 | 36.1 | 10,536 | 60.0 | 4,875 | 32.1 | |||
| Females | |||||||||||
| High (Q1) | 7,853 | 20.4 | 5,575 | 19.6 | ref | 1,298 | 33.1 | ref | 443 | 16.3 | ref |
| Med. (Q2–3) | 18,858 | 23.7 | 12,391 | 22.4 | 1.14 (1.10–1.18) | 3,891 | 38.2 | 1.16 (1.08–1.23) | 1,676 | 18.3 | 1.12 (1.01–1.25) |
| Low (Q4–5) | 22,868 | 26.2 | 18,084 | 25.6 | 1.30 (1.26–1.34) | 3,157 | 38.6 | 1.17 (1.09–1.25) | 1,028 | 17.4 | 1.07 (0.95–1.20) |
| Total | 49,579 | 24.1 | 36,050 | 23.3 | 8,346 | 37.4 | 3,147 | 17.7 | |||
a
County-level educational attainment was categorized from high to low educational attainment according to the percentage of residents ages ≥25 years graduated college as follows: Q1, ≥36.19%; Q2, 29.66%–36.18%; Q3, 25.91%–29.65%; Q4, 18.88%–25.90%; and Q5, <18.88% and grouped as medium educational attainment (Q2–3) and lower educational attainment (Q4–5).