Table 4:
County-Level Characteristics Comparisons by Breast Cancer Mortality Hot Spot Category, Stratified by Race/Ethnicity years 2000 – 2015
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| NH-Blacks | Hispanics | NH-Whites | |||||||
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| Hot Spota (N = 119) |
Non- Significant (N = 2,989) |
ρb | Hot Spota (N = 83) |
Non- Significant (N = 3,025) |
ρb | Hot Spota (N = 57) |
Non- Significant (N = 3,051) |
ρb | |
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| Presented as Median (IQR)c |
Presented as Median (IQR)c |
Presented as Median (IQR)c |
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| Race | |||||||||
| % NH-White | 58.8 (45.1 – 66.1) | 86.6 (69.2 – 94.2) | −0.23 | 42.2 (19.5 – 58.4) | 86.4 (68.4 – 94.2) | −0.23 | 79.2 (60.9 – 93.0) | 85.8 (67.2 – 94.0) | −0.03 |
| % NH-Black | 34.6 (25.8 – 50.9) | 1.8 (0.5 – 8.0) | 0.29 | 1.4 (0.5 – 4.1) | 2.1 (0.5 – 10.6) | −0.03 | 3.9 (1.4 – 9.6) | 2.0 (0.5 – 10.1) | 0.05 |
| % Hispanic | 3.0 (2.0 – 6.0) | 3.4 (1.7 – 8.7) | −0.03 | 50.2 (27.6 – 70.4) | 3.3 (1.7 – 7.7) | 0.26 | 6.9 (1.7 – 16.7) | 3.4 (1.7 – 8.4) | 0.03 |
| % Female Sex | 51.2 (50.2 – 52.1) | 50.4 (49.5 – 51.1) | 0.11 | 50.4 (49.0 – 51.0) | 50.4 (49.6 – 51.2) | −0.01 | 51.1 (50.4 – 51.4) | 50.4 (49.5 – 51.1) | 0.06 |
| % Aged 80+ | 3.8 (3.1 – 4.3) | 4.2 (3.4 – 5.2) | −0.07 | 3.6 (2.9 – 4.5) | 4.2 (3.4 – 5.2) | −0.07 | 4.7 (3.9 – 5.9) | 4.2 (3.4 – 5.2) | 0.05 |
| % Completed college | 14.3 (12.0 – 18.6) | 18.0 (14.1 – 24.0) | −0.11 | 16.2 (12.1 – 24.4) | 17.9 (14.0 – 23.7) | −0.02 | 19.5 (14.9 – 27.4) | 17.9 (13.9 – 23.6) | 0.04 |
| % Household income <$20,000 | 27.7 (22.1 – 33.9) | 20.4 (16.4 – 25.3) | 0.16 | 23.4 (18.2 – 29.6) | 20.6 (16.5 – 25.6) | 0.06 | 19.9 (16.9 – 25.2) | 20.7 (16.5 – 25.7) | −0.01 |
| County-level characteristics | |||||||||
| % Adult obesity | 34.9 (32.7 – 37.2) | 30.5 (28.3 – 33.0) | 0.21 | 28.8 (24.5 – 29.9) | 30.8 (28.4 – 33.2) | −0.13 | 28.3 (25.9 – 31.9) | 30.7 (28.4 – 33.2) | −0.06 |
| % Adult smoking | 22.2 (19.2 – 25.6) | 19.3 (14.3 – 24.1) | 0.08 | 14.0 (0.0 – 18.8) | 19.7 (14.7 – 24.2) | −0.12 | 19.9 (16.3 – 24.3) | 19.5 (14.4 – 24.1) | 0.01 |
| % Could not see doctor due to cost | 17.2 (13.8 – 21.5) | 12.5 (4.6 – 17.3) | 0.13 | 13.6 (0.0 – 17.7) | 12.7 (5.8 – 17.5) | 0.02 | 13.2 (10.4 – 17.7) | 12.7 (5.0 – 17.5) | 0.02 |
| % Limited access to healthy foods | 6.2 (3.4 – 10.9) | 6.1 (3.4 – 10.3) | 0.01 | 10.5 (5.9 – 17.1) | 6.1 (3.4 – 10.1) | 0.09 | 5.0 (2.3 – 7.5) | 6.2 (3.4 – 10.4) | −0.05 |
| % Mammography screening | 61.3 (54.6 – 66.6) | 61.4 (55.8 – 66.7) | −0.01 | 55.4 (48.8 – 60.9) | 61.5 (56.0 – 66.7) | −0.11 | 59.1 (56.1 – 62.5) | 61.4 (55.8 – 66.7) | 0.04 |
| % Physical inactivity | 32.4 (29.4 – 34.2) | 28.0 (24.4 – 31.1) | 0.16 | 25.9 (23.3 – 27.8) | 28.3 (24.6 – 31.5) | −0.10 | 27.7 (24.2 – 30.8) | 28.1 (24.5 – 31.4) | −0.01 |
| % Unemployment | 9.7 (7.7 – 11.2) | 7.4 (5.7 – 9.2) | 0.14 | 7.1 (5.6 – 8.9) | 7.5 (5.8 – 9.3) | 0.02 | 8.5 (7.3 – 10.5) | 7.5 (5.8 – 9.3) | 0.06 |
| % Uninsured | 25.3 (21.9 – 28.0) | 21.3 (16.7 – 25.9) | 0.12 | 29.5 (24.9 – 33.2) | 21.3 (16.7 – 25.9) | 0.17 | 20.1 (14.8 – 25.7) | 21.5 (16.9 – 26.1) | −0.03 |
| PCP per 10,000 persons | 4.0 (2.7 – 5.5) | 4.9 (3.1 – 7.0) | −0.05 | 4.2 (2.9 – 6.3) | 4.9 (3.1 – 7.0) | −0.04 | 5.9 (4.4 – 7.6) | 4.9 (3.1 – 7.0) | 0.04 |
| Non-Urbane | 60.8 (38.5 – 82.9) | 59.4 (33.1 – 88.2) | 0.00 | 31.8 (10.7 – 60.7) | 60.1 (34.4 – 87.8) | −0.09 | 37.3 (5.8 – 67.1) | 59.7 (33.8 – 88.2) | −0.07 |
a
Defined as counties estimated as a hot spot by all three geospatial methods (local indicators of spatial association, empirical Bayes, and Gi*).
b
Spearman correlation with county-level breast cancer hot spot category.
c
IQR = interquartile range.
e
Presented as N (Column %)