Table 3 |
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Geographic variation of prostate cancer incidence using of a restrictive (10%) scanning window according to selected study areas across Southern New England, USA, 1994–1998. |
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Study Area |
Location* |
Population at-risk |
Size (sq km) |
Cases |
O/E** |
p_value |
|
|
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|
CT, MA & RI |
18 |
340,925 |
3,306.1 |
2763 |
0.79 |
0.0001 |
|
19 |
200,603 |
13,809.5 |
2729 |
1.27 |
0.0001 |
|
|
20 |
239,448 |
17,572.6 |
1917 |
0.77 |
0.0001 |
|
|
21 |
115,636 |
973.1 |
1626 |
1.33 |
0.0001 |
|
|
22 |
376,304 |
1,935.3 |
3925 |
1.16 |
0.0001 |
|
|
23 |
5,741 |
5.3 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.0001 |
|
|
24 |
31,229 |
36.1 |
127 |
0.49 |
0.0001 |
|
|
25 |
177,096 |
865.7 |
2194 |
1.21 |
0.0001 |
|
|
26 |
117,550 |
1,179.9 |
966 |
0.77 |
0.0001 |
|
|
27 |
6,027 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.0001 |
|
|
28 |
116,216 |
713.5 |
1293 |
1.24 |
0.0001 |
|
|
29 |
20,338 |
12.8 |
220 |
1.66 |
0.0001 |
|
|
30 |
91,701 |
1,626.0 |
774 |
0.82 |
0.0003 |
|
|
31 |
17,970 |
86.9 |
211 |
1.50 |
0.0010 |
|
|
32 |
28,139 |
42.5 |
228 |
0.71 |
0.0016 |
|
|
33 |
32,013 |
779.3 |
225 |
0.73 |
0.0118 |
|
|
34 |
19,704 |
28.8 |
159 |
0.69 |
0.0220 |
|
|
35 |
3,526 |
1.3 |
42 |
2.33 |
0.0479 |
|
|
Massachusetts (MA) |
36 |
164,636 |
13,224.3 |
1325 |
0.73 |
0.0001 |
|
37 |
185,321 |
13,167.3 |
2546 |
1.27 |
0.0001 |
|
|
38 |
29,381 |
497.2 |
114 |
0.45 |
0.0001 |
|
|
39 |
5,741 |
5.3 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.0001 |
|
|
40 |
31,229 |
36.1 |
127 |
0.48 |
0.0001 |
|
|
41 |
177,096 |
865.7 |
2194 |
1.20 |
0.0001 |
|
|
42 |
6,027 |
0.4 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.0001 |
|
|
43 |
204,367 |
1,542.7 |
2174 |
1.19 |
0.0001 |
|
|
44 |
144,083 |
3,295.9 |
1193 |
0.82 |
0.0001 |
|
|
45 |
39,483 |
169.3 |
546 |
1.37 |
0.0001 |
|
|
46 |
20,338 |
12.8 |
220 |
1.64 |
0.0001 |
|
|
47 |
14,521 |
7.9 |
126 |
1.70 |
0.0010 |
|
|
48 |
19,704 |
28.8 |
159 |
0.69 |
0.0098 |
|
|
Connecticut (CT) |
49 |
105,999 |
920.8 |
1487 |
1.32 |
0.0001 |
|
50 |
105,495 |
1,488.9 |
860 |
0.75 |
0.0001 |
|
|
51 |
64,714 |
3,261.4 |
433 |
0.69 |
0.0001 |
|
|
52 |
116,216 |
713.5 |
1293 |
1.22 |
0.0001 |
|
|
53 |
28,139 |
42.5 |
228 |
0.69 |
0.0002 |
|
|
Rhode Island (RI) |
54 |
36,996 |
912.2 |
424 |
1.51 |
0.0001 |
|
55 |
31,645 |
31.8 |
215 |
0.71 |
0.0002 |
|
|
56 |
28,593 |
28.3 |
198 |
0.75 |
0.0245 |
|
|
|
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* Illustrated in Figure 2. ** Risk of prostate cancer for residents of a given location, relative to the risk elsewhere around the designated study area. |
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Gregorio et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:8 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-8 |
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