Table 5

Comparisons of crude and adjusted mortality clustering

Mortality cluster^a

Crude

Adjusted ^b

Adjusted ^c

RR

p-value

RR

p-value

RR

p-value

Male colon cancer

MC1

1.14

<0.001

*

1.10

<0.001

MC2

1.13

<0.001

1.14

<0.001

1.15

<0.001

MC3

1.10

0.002

*

*

MC4

1.18

0.015

*

*

MC5

1.51

0.02

1.39

0.009

*

Male lung cancer

MC1

1.17

<0.001

1.11

<0.001

1.16

<0.001

MC2

1.12

<0.001

1.08

<0.001

1.10

<0.001

MC3

1.22

<0.001

*

*

MC4

1.13

<0.001

1.12

<0.001

1.08

<0.001

MC5

1.66

<0.001

1.61

0.004

1.65

<0.001

MC6

1.08

<0.001

1.13

<0.001

1.09

0.007

MC7

1.13

0.03

1.08

0.02

1.13

<0.001

Female breast cancer

MC1

1.30

<0.001

*

1.22

<0.001

MC2

1.12

<0.001

*

*

MC3

1.13

0.01

1.19

<0.001

1.16

<0.001

MC4

1.22

0.045

*

*

^aMortality cluster (MC) of municipalities with high mortality was identified by the spatial scan statistic: Figures 2-4. ^bAdjusted for relative risk of societal indices and population density.

^cAdjusted for relative risk of societal cluster. *Cluster was not detected.

Fukuda et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2005 4:16   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-4-16