Racial disparities of liver cancer mortality in Wisconsin.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To calculate tract-level estimates of liver cancer mortality in Wisconsin and identify relationships with racial and socioeconomic variables.

Methods

County-level standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of liver cancer in Wisconsin were calculated using traditional indirect adjustment methods for cases from 2003 to 2012. Tract-level SMRs were calculated using adaptive spatial filtering (ASF). The tract-level SMRs were checked for correlations to a socioeconomic advantage index (SEA) and percent racial composition. Non-spatial and spatial regression analyses with tract-level SMR as the outcome were conducted.

Results

County-level SMR estimates were shown to mask much of the variance within counties across their tracts. Liver cancer mortality was strongly correlate

SUBMITTER: Bemanian A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6858574 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature