Table 2:
Characteristics of counties by quintiles of Gynecologic cancer rate
| Overall | 1st and 2nd quintile (<16 cases/county) | 3rd quintile | 4th quintile | 5th quintile (highest cancer rate) | p-value | |
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| Number of counties | 3,055 | 1,168 | 631 | 627 | 629 | |
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| Number of counties with no GO: | ||||||
| In local county | 2,782 (91.1) | 1,166 (99.8) | 600 (95.1) | 507 (80.9) | 509 (80.9) | <0.01 |
| In local or adjacent county | 1,876 (61.4) | 1,001 (85.7) | 378 (59.9) | 263 (41.9) | 234 (37.2) | <0.01 |
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| Metro (n, %)± | 1,165 (37.1) | 165 (14.1) | 261 (41.4) | 354 (56.5) | 358 (56.9) | <0.01 |
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| Median Household Income ($) (SE of median)± | 55,468 ± 262 | 50,981 ± 345 | 55,502 ± 613 | 59,381 ± 625 | 59,856 ± 574 | <0.01 |
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| Race (Mean %/SE)± | ||||||
| White | 84.78 ± 0.30 | 85.19 ± 0.56 | 82.58 ± 0.67 | 83.21 ± 0.64 | 86.74 ± 0.49 | <0.01 |
| Black | 8.86 ± 0.26 | 7.86 ± 0.47 | 11.65 ± 0.65 | 10.33 ± 0.59 | 7.48 ± 0.41 | <0.01 |
| Asian American | 1.64 ± 0.05 | 0.89 ± 0.06 | 1.51 ± 0.08 | 2.49 ± 0.17 | 2.27 ± 0.15 | <0.01 |
| Indian American | 2.42 ± 0.14 | 3.83 ± 0.34 | 2.02 ± 0.22 | 1.58 ± 0.20 | 1.03 ± 0.09 | <0.01 |
| Native Hawaiian | 0.14 ± 0.02 | 0.14 ± 0.05 | 0.13 ± 0.01 | 0.15 ± 0.01 | 0.16 ± 0.03 | 0.95 |
| Two or more races | 2.17 ± 0.03 | 2.08 ± 0.05 | 2.11 ± 0.05 | 2.24 ± 0.05 | 2.32 ± 0.09 | <0.05 |
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| Hispanic ethnicity± | 9.36 ± 0.25 | 9.87 ± 0.46 | 10.33 ± 0.61 | 10.03 ± 0.54 | 7.42 ± 0.35 | <0.01 |
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| Mean crude Gynecologic cancer rate (per 100,000 women)* | 48.96 ± 0.32 | NR | 33.90 ± 0.25 | 48.32 ± 0.14 | 64.71 ± 0.33 | <0.01 |
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| Mean number of gynecologic oncologists in counties with a GO (per 100,000 women) ± | 1.22 ± 0.09 | NR | 1.62 ± 0.38 | 1.09 ± 0.11 | 1.15 ± 0.11 | 0.14 |