Table 1 Physician densities in communities where people with colon cancer resided in California and Ontario, 2000
Physician specialization community density | California | Ontario | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | Sample | Percentage | Sample | Percentage |
Primary care physicians per 10,000 inhabitants | ||||
 1.9 to 5.9 | 2,003 | 34.7 | 1,000 | 37.0 |
 6.0 to 7.4 | 3,086 | 53.4 | 631 | 23.4 |
 7.5 to 18.0 | 687 | 11.9 | 1,069 | 39.6 |
|  | M = 6.8 (SD = 2.0) | M = 7.8 (SD = 2.2) | ||
|  | Mdn = 6.8 (range: 0.0–18.0) | Mdn = 7.3 (range: 5.00–15.0) | ||
Specialist physicians per 10,000 inhabitants | ||||
 0.0 to 9.9 | 839 | 14.0 | 2,112 | 78.6 |
 10.0 to 19.4 | 2,189 | 37.0 | 576 | 20.8 |
 19.5 to 53.5 | 2,748 | 49.0 | 12 | 0.6 |
|  | M = 17.8 (SD = 7.5) | M = 7.5 (SD = 5.3) | ||
|  | Mdn = 19.4 (range: 0.0–53.5) | Mdn = 6.1 (range: 0.0–25.0) | ||
Gastroenterologists per 100,000 inhabitants | ||||
 0.00 to 1.99 | 825 | 13.6 | 2,558 | 95.3 |
 2.00 to 3.24 | 1,846 | 32.4 | 142 | 4.7 |
 3.25 to 8.50 | 3,105 | 53.9 | 0 | 0.0 |
|  | M = 3.2 (SD = 1.2) | M = 0.8 (SD = 0.8) | ||
|  | Mdn = 3.3 (range: 0.0–8.5) | Mdn = 0.5 (range: 0.0–2.7) | ||
General Surgeons per 100,000 Inhabitants | ||||
 0.00 to 6.24 | 519 | 8.7 | 2,416 | 89.4 |
 6.50 to 10.49 | 2,554 | 43.9 | 263 | 10.1 |
 10.50 to 27.25 | 2,703 | 47.4 | 21 | 0.5 |
|  | M = 10.1 (SD = 3.1) | M = 4.5 (SD = 1.8) | ||
|  | Mdn = 10.4 (range: 0.0–27.2) | Mdn = 4.1 (range: 0.0–10.8) | ||
Oncologists per 100,000 inhabitants | ||||
 0.00 to 1.99 | 1,252 | 20.7 | 1,217 | 45.3 |
 2.00 to 3.24 | 2,004 | 34.7 | 1,441 | 52.8 |
 3.25 to 13.25 | 2,520 | 44.6 | 42 | 1.9 |
|  | M = 3.0 (SD = 1.4) | M = 1.6 (SD = 1.5) | ||
|  | Mdn = 3.1 (range: 0.00–9.50) | Mdn = 2.0 (range: 0.0–13.3) | ||