County-level racial disparities in prostate cancer-specific mortality from 2005 to 2020.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Local conditions where people live continue to influence prostate cancer outcomes. By examining local characteristics associated with trends in Black-White differences in prostate cancer-specific mortality over time, we aim to identify factors driving county-level prostate cancer-specific mortality disparities over a 15-year period.

Methods

We linked county-level data (Area Health Resource File) with clinicodemographic data of men with prostate cancer (Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results registry) from 2005 to 2020. Generalized linear mixed models evaluated associations between race and county-level age-standardized prostate cancer-specific mortality, adjusting for age; year of death; rurality; county-level education; income; uninsured rates; and densities

SUBMITTER: Washington Iii SL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11631307 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature