County-level colorectal cancer screening rates on colorectal cancer survival in the state of Georgia: Does county-level rurality matter?

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Investigating CRC screening rates and rurality at the county-level may explain disparities in CRC survival in Georgia. Although a few studies examined the relationship of CRC screening rates, rurality, and/or CRC outcomes, they either used an ecological study design or focused on the larger population.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis utilizing data from the 2004-2010 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. The 2013 United States Department of Agriculture rural-urban continuum codes and 2004-2010 National Cancer Institute small-area estimates for screening behaviors were used to identify county-level rurality and CRC screening rates. Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard regression were performed.

Results

Among 22,160 CRC pa

SUBMITTER: Tsai MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807605 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature