Table 3

Purely spatial analyses. Age-adjusted female invasive breast cancer statistics for the purely spatial analyses, Massachusetts, 1988–1997. a Relative Risk. bArea covers more geographic area than in the age-adjusted analysis. cArea covers more geographic area than in the analysis adjusted for SES. d Area covers less geographic area than in the age-adjusted analysis. e High 11 is a combination of Highs 2 and 10. *High or low area was not significant for this analysis.

Age-adjusted only
 Adjusted for Urban/Rural Status
Area
 Observed
 RRa
 p-value
 Observed
 RRa
 p-value
High





1
 3344
 1.15
 <0.0001
 3344
 1.15
 <0.0001
2
 94
 2.73
 <0.0001
 94
 2.40
 <0.0001
3
 57
 2.73
 <0.0001
 57
 2.72
 <0.0001
4
 126
 1.75
 0.0002
 126
 1.74
 0.0007
5
 276
 1.44
 0.0003
 276
 1.43
 0.0008
6
 1258
 1.17
 0.0008
 1258
 1.17
 0.0013
7
 16
 5.05
 0.0054
 16
 5.03
 0.0062
8
 1354
 1.15
 0.0060
 1354
 1.15
 0.0097
9
 874
 1.18
 0.0163
 874
 1.18
 0.0190
10
 941
 1.17
 0.0228
 997
 1.17
 0.0120
11e
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
Low





A
 1068
 0.74
 <0.0001
 1068
 0.74
 <0.0001
B
 521
 0.77
 <0.0001
 521
 0.76
 <0.0001
C
 2276
 0.89
 <0.0001
 *
 *
 *
D
 588
 0.81
 0.0012
 *
 *
 *
E
 *
 *
 *
 3600
 0.91
 0.0004
F
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 

Adjusted for SES
 Adjusted for SES & Urban/Rural Status
 
High





1
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
2
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
3
 57
 3.20
 <0.0001
 57
 3.21
 <0.0001
4
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
5
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
6
 1418b
 1.16
 0.0015
 1418b
 1.15
 0.0021
7
 16
 5.93
 0.0013
 16
 5.93
 0.0006
8
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
9
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
10
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
11e
 1763
 1.21
 <0.0001
 1994c
 1.21
 <0.0001
Low





A
 498d
 0.73
 <0.0001
 498d
 0.73
 <0.0001
B
 528b
 0.82
 0.0204
 528b
 0.82
 0.0226
C
 2196
 0.91
 0.0221
 *
 *
 *
D
 588
 0.83
 0.0243
 588
 0.83
 0.255
E
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
 *
F
 15
 0.36
 0.0335
 *
 *
 *

Joseph Sheehan et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2004 3:17   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-3-17