Political determinants of US states' screening-amenable cancer stage at diagnosis and premature cancer mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Political determinants of cancer risk are largely unexplored, conceptually and empirically.

Methods

Observational analysis of associations present in 2017-2021 between 5 state-level political metrics and 4 age-standardized cancer outcomes (regional and distant stage at diagnosis for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer among screening-age adults and premature cancer mortality), overall and in standardized linear regression models adjusting for state-level poverty and medical uninsurance.

Results

In fully adjusted models (adjusted for state-level poverty and state-level medical uninsurance variables: % working age adults [age 35-64] without medical insurance; number of years of state Medicaid expansion), each 1 SD shift toward a more liberal political ide

SUBMITTER: Krieger N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547980 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature