The Legacy of Chattel Slavery and Its Association with Prostate Cancer Incidences in the Southeastern United States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Present-day disparities in prostate cancer outcomes are a direct result of major historical events, such as chattel slavery. Few studies have evaluated the association between the legacy of historical racism and prostate cancer, a disease with a wide health disparity globally. In this study, we assess the relationship between county-level historical chattel slavery in 1860 and prostate cancer incidences in 2018 among Black and White individuals.

Methods

Prostate cancer incidences, socioeconomic variables, and 1860 slave data were all obtained from publicly available datasets. Our primary exposure was county-level density of enslaved people in 1860. Our primary dependent variable was prostate cancer incidence per 100,000. We used Poisson log-linear regression model

SUBMITTER: Bharadwaj MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12577743 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature