The burden of stomach cancer mortality by county, race, and ethnicity in the USA, 2000–2019: a systematic analysis of health disparities

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Background

There are persistent disparities in stomach cancer mortality among racial–ethnic groups in the USA, but the extent to which these patterns vary geographically is not well understood. This analysis estimated age-standardised mortality for five racial–ethnic groups, in 3110 USA counties over 20 years, to describe spatial–temporal variations in stomach cancer mortality and disparities between racial–ethnic groups.

Methods

Redistribution methods for insufficient cause of death codes and validated small area estimation methods were applied to death registration data from the US National Vital Statistics System and population data from the US National Center for Health Statistics to estimate annual stomach cancer mortality rates. Estimates were stratified by

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC10435837 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature