| Autor: |
Bonita Salmeron, Lohuwa Mamudu, Xiaohui Liu, Martin Whiteside, Faustine Williams |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
BMC Women's Health, Vol 21, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1472-6874 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s12905-021-01274-9 |
| Popis: |
Abstract Background Tennessee women experience the 12th highest breast cancer mortality in the United States. We examined the geographic differences in breast cancer incidence in Tennessee between Appalachian and non-Appalachian counties from 2005 to 2015. Methods We used ArcGIS 10.7 geospatial analysis and logistic regression on the Tennessee Cancer Registry incidence data for adult women aged ≥ 18 years (N = 59,287) who were diagnosed with breast cancer from 2005 to 2015 to evaluate distribution patterns by Appalachian county designation. The Tennessee Cancer Registry is a population-based, central cancer registry serving the citizens of Tennessee and was established by Tennessee law to collect and monitor cancer incidence. The main outcome was breast cancer stage at diagnosis. Independent variables were age, race, marital status, type of health insurance, and county of residence. Results Majority of the sample were White (85.5%), married (58.6%), aged ≥ 70 (31.3%) and diagnosed with an early stage breast cancer (69.6%). More than half of the women had public health insurance (54.2%), followed by private health insurance coverage (44.4%). Over half of the women resided in non-Appalachian counties, whereas 47.6% were in the Appalachian counties. We observed a significant association among breast cancer patients with respect to marital status and type of health insurance coverage (p = |
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