Socioeconomic deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas, USA

Philips Jr, Billy U; Belasco, Eric; Markides, Kyriakos S; Gong, Gordon

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-12-26

International Journal for Equity in Health

Table 1 Results of Poisson regression analysis of cancer mortality in Texas

From: Socioeconomic deprivation as a determinant of cancer mortality and the Hispanic paradox in Texas, USA

	All-Type				Prostate
Parameter	Estimate	95% C.I.		p	Estimate	95% C.I.		p
WI	0.03	0.03	0.03	<.0001	−0.02	−0.03	−0.02	<.0001
F vs. M	−0.37	−0.37	−0.37	<.0001
Age (y) 0-44	−5.02	−5.03	−5.01	<.0001	0.95	0.91	0.98	<.0001
45-54	−2.64	−2.65	−2.63	<.0001	−0.05	−0.11	0.01	0.0866
55-64	−1.63	−1.64	−1.63	<.0001	−10.50	−10.72	−10.27	<.0001
65-74	−0.83	−0.83	−0.82	<.0001	−5.71	−5.76	−5.65	<.0001
75-84	−0.28	−0.29	−0.28	<.0001	−3.69	−3.72	−3.66	<.0001
African Am	0.38	0.38	0.39	<.0001	−2.17	−2.19	−2.15	<.0001
Hispanic	−0.23	−0.24	−0.22	<.0001	−1.04	−1.06	−1.02	<.0001
% Uninsured	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	<.0001	−0.01	−0.01	0.00	<.0001
Physician	−0.03	−0.03	−0.03	<.0001	−0.03	−0.04	−0.01	<.0001
	Colorectal				Lung-Bronchial
WI	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.0004	0.04	0.03	0.04	<.0001
F vs. M	−0.44	−0.45	−0.43	<.0001	−0.55	−0.56	−0.54	<.0001
Age (y) 0-44	−5.53	−5.56	−5.50	<.0001	−5.75	−5.78	−5.73	<.0001
45-54	−2.95	−2.97	−2.93	<.0001	−2.50	−2.52	−2.49	<.0001
55-64	−1.97	−1.99	−1.96	<.0001	−1.23	−1.25	−1.22	<.0001
65-74	−1.26	−1.27	−1.24	<.0001	−0.26	−0.27	−0.25	<.0001
75-84	−0.56	−0.58	−0.55	<.0001	0.15	0.14	0.16	<.0001
African Am	0.62	0.60	0.64	<.0001	0.18	0.16	0.20	<.0001
Hispanic	−0.13	−0.17	−0.09	<.0001	−1.08	−1.10	−1.05	<.0001
% Uninsured	−0.01	−0.01	0.00	<.0001	0.00	0.00	0.00	<.0001
Physician	−0.08	−0.09	−0.07	<.0001	−0.06	−0.06	−0.06	<.0001
	Breast				Female Genital System
WI	0.03	0.03	0.04	<.0001	0.04	0.03	0.05	<.0001
Age (y) 0-44	0.54	0.52	0.57	<.0001	0.40	0.36	0.43	<.0001
45-54	−0.18	−0.22	−0.14	<.0001	0.13	0.08	0.18	<.0001
55-64	−3.99	−4.01	−3.96	<.0001	−3.86	−3.89	−3.83	<.0001
65-74	−1.72	−1.74	−1.70	<.0001	−1.85	−1.88	−1.83	<.0001
75-84	−1.09	−1.11	−1.07	<.0001	−1.11	−1.13	−1.08	<.0001
African Am	−0.75	−0.77	−0.73	<.0001	−0.50	−0.53	−0.48	<.0001
Hispanic	−0.36	−0.38	−0.34	<.0001	−0.11	−0.13	−0.08	<.0001
% Uninsured	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	<.0001	−0.01	−0.01	−0.01	<.0001
Physician	0.01	0.00	0.02	0.1308	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.0004

Note: All age groups are compared with the group of 85 years or older. Y = years; Am = American; African American and Hispanic are compared with non-Hispanic whites. F = Female; M = Male.

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