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Article: Race-specific geography of prostate cancer incidence.
- Article from:
- International Journal of Health Geographics
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
- Author:
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Abstract
Background: This study evaluated geographic distribution of race-specific prostate cancer incidence in Connecticut and Massachusetts. This cross-sectional analysis of census and cancer registry data included records of 29,040 Whites and 1,647 African Americans diagnosed with incident prostate cancer between 1994 and 1998. A spatial scan statistic was used to detect and test significance of the geographic variation in race-specific incidence rates within the two-state area.
Results: Significant geographic variation in age-adjusted incidence rates among both White and African American men was observed, with little overlap noted between ...