Variation in and Factors Associated With US County-Level Cancer Mortality, 2008-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

The association between cancer mortality and risk factors may vary by geography. However, conventional methodological approaches rarely account for this variation.

Objective

To identify geographic variations in the association between risk factors and cancer mortality.

Design, setting, and participants

This geospatial cross-sectional study used county-level data from the National Center for Health Statistics for individuals who died of cancer from 2008 to 2019. Risk factor data were obtained from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Analyses were conducted from October 2021 to July 2022.

Main outcomes and measures

Conventional random forest models were applied

SUBMITTER: Dong W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9463612 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature