Association Between Social Vulnerability and Gastrointestinal Cancer Mortality in the United States Counties.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Social determinants of health contribute to disparities in gastrointestinal (GI) cancer mortality between individuals in the US. Their effects on count-level mortality rates remain uncertain. We aimed to assess the association between county social vulnerability and GI cancer mortality.

Methods

In this ecological study (2016-2020), we obtained US county Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and age-adjusted mortality rates (AAMRs) for GI cancers from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention WONDER (Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiological Research). SVI ranges from 0 to 1, with higher indices indicating greater vulnerability. We presented AAMRs by quintil

SUBMITTER: Lo CH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401585 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature