Table 1

Statistics of the spatial analyses.

Zone
Population At Risk
Observed Cases
Observed/Expected
p-value

Analysis specific to White males
1
36,185
146
0.36
<0.0001
2
107,046
1,517
1.34
<0.0001
3
190,612
2,509
1.24
<0.0001
4
1,086,721
10,020
0.92
<0.0001
5
119,552
818
0.73
<0.0001
6
155,913
1,898
1.24
<0.0001
7
26,704
120
0.51
<0.0001
8
275,481
2,916
1.14
<0.0001
Analysis specific to African American males
A
32,522
267
0.72
<0.0001
B
21
6
19.24
0.0168
C
6,961
94
1.70
0.0244
Analysis specific to African American males after adjustment for spatial distribution of rates specific to White males
a
31,416
260
0.75
0.0022
b
1,731
43
2.35
0.0134

Statistics of the primary and statistically significant secondary clusters from the spatial analyses of white and black male prostate cancer incidence in CT and MA, 1994–1998.

DeChello et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:59   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-59

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