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. 2020 Jan 24;15(1):e0226942. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226942

Table 1. CRC cases and deaths per 100,000 prevented by ACA’s health exchanges and Medicaid expansion among White and African American males in NC.

Potential cases and deaths
per 100,000
Potential cases and deaths prevented per 100,000 Potential cases and deaths per 100,000 Potential cases
and deaths
prevented per 100,000
Health Exchange + Medicaid expansion*
Control (no ACA) Health Exchange Only (Status Quo) Health Exchange Only (Status Quo) (High Enroll, Low Compliance) (High Enroll, High Compliance) (Low Enroll, Low Compliance) (Low Enroll, High Compliance)
  Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
African American Males (N = 338,288)
CRC Deaths 1,589.4 16.0 (3.4) 1,573.4 6.6 (2.6) 14.7 (2.7) 3.4 (1.1) 12.7 (1.6)
CRC Cases 3,178.7 28.0 (4.6) 3,150.6 11.4 (3.0) 25.5 (5.6) 7.1 (4.6) 14.1 (3.8)
    Stage 1 727.6 4.9 (1.8) 722.8 3.1 (0.9) 4.3 (2.5) 2.1 (1.4) 2.0 (1.4)
    Stage 2 842.8 5.7 (3.1) 837.2 2.8 (0.9) 5.9 (2.8) 1.8 (0.8) 4.0 (2.3)
    Stage 3 728.4 6.9 (1.8) 721.6 1.9 (1.1) 4.8 (2.0) 1.4 (0.8) 2.7 (1.2)
    Stage 4 879.8 10.6 (2.6) 869.1 3.6 (2.7) 10.5 (4.5) 1.8 (1.4) 5.5 (2.2)
White Males (N = 1,495,527)
CRC Deaths 1,517.3 4.7 (1.0) 1,512.6 4.7 (1.0) 9.5 (1.2) 2.3 (0.6) 5.1 (0.6)
CRC Cases 3,132.9 7.9 (1.0) 3,125.0 7.8 (2.0) 16.4 (5.0) 4.1 (0.9) 9.3 (0.3)
    Stage 1 724.0 1.1 (0.5) 722.9 1.2 (0.5) 2.1 (0.3) 0.5 (0.4) 1.3 (0.2)
    Stage 2 821.3 2.0 (0.6) 819.4 2.0 (0.6) 3.9 (1.0) 1.2 (0.3) 2.3 (0.4)
    Stage 3 754.2 1.9 (0.7) 752.2 1.9 (0.8) 4.7 (0.8) 1.0 (0.5) 2.5 (0.7)
    Stage 4 833.4 2.9 (0.4) 830.5 2.6 (0.6) 5.7 (0.4) 1.5 (0.5) 3.2 (0.4)

*assumptions about enrollment and compliance relative to Medicaid expansion only