A regional study to evaluate the impact of coal-fired power plants on lung cancer incident rates

Autor:	Oluwatobiloba Ige, Isuru Ratnayake, Joshua Martinez, Sam Pepper, Alexander Alsup, Matthew McGuirk, Byron Gajewski, Dinesh Pal Mudaranthakam
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2024
Předmět:	Lung cancer coal-fired power plant Spatial analysis Environmental factors Public health Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology. Including cancer and carcinogens RC254-282
Zdroj:	Preventive Oncology & Epidemiology, Vol 2, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	28322134 2832-2134
DOI:	10.1080/28322134.2024.2348469
Popis:	Background: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths. In Kansas, where coal-fired power plants account for 34% of power, we investigated whether hosting counties had higher age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rates. We also examined demographics, poverty levels, percentage of smokers, and environmental conditions using spatial analysis.Methods: Data from the Kansas Health Matters, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2010–2014) for 105 counties in Kansas were analyzed. Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) assessed associations between risk factors and age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rates while Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR) examined regional risk factors.Results: Moran’s I test confirmed spatial autocorrelation in age-adjusted lung cancer incidence rates (p
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