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Results of correlation analysis between cancer mortality rates and socioeconomic variables using Pearson's product-moment correlation |
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| Cancer mortality rate |
Socioeconomic variable |
Correlation coefficient |
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| Black female lung cancer |
Women who are widowed |
-0.468 |
| Black female lung cancer |
Women who are divorced |
0.449 |
| Black female lung cancer |
Houses that have complete plumbing |
0.438 |
| Black female breast cancer |
Women who are never married |
0.438 |
| Black female breast cancer |
Women who are married and living with their spouse |
-0.418 |
| Black female breast cancer |
Black female unemployment rate |
0.486 |
| Black female colorectal cancer |
Women who are never married |
0.422 |
| Black female colorectal cancer |
Black female unemployment rate |
0.514 |
| Black female colorectal cancer |
Population employed in Agricultural services industry |
-0.435 |
| White male lung cancer |
Population born in the south but living elsewhere |
0.451 |
| White male lung cancer |
Population working in the same county as residence |
-0.455 |
| White male lung cancer |
White population with less educational attainment |
0.458 |
| White male lung cancer |
White population with high educational attainment |
-0.458 |
Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9 |
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