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Article: Why do breast cancer mortality rates vary across states?
- Article from:
- The American Surgeon
- Article date:
- January 1, 2003
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright The Southeastern Surgical Congress Jan 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In 2001 approximately 40,000 deaths from breast cancer will occur in the United States. Although some estimates suggest possible state-to-state variations in breast cancer mortality rates the reasons for such differences remain unknown. Our objective was to confirm whether breast cancer mortality rates are significantly different by state and to identify predictors for such variation. Administrative data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) report were used to determine statewide death rates. Analyses were similarly performed with the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer database to determine predictors of high versus low mortality rates. State-level ...