Table 5

Association rules that have the highest support value for each of the four cancer sites used in the study


Association Rule
Support%, Confidence%, lift

a
Lung cancer mortality among white men is high → proportion of whites with low educational attainment is high
8.955%, 46.45%, 2.32 (72/155)
b
Colorectal cancer mortality among white men is high → proportion of households with white male householder with no wife present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high
7.463%, 45.80%, 2.29 (60/131)
c
Prostate cancer among black men is medium high → proportion of households with black female householder with no husband present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high
3.731%, 61.22%, 3.06 (30/49)
d
Breast cancer among black females is high → proportion of households with black female householder with no husband present and with the presence of own children under the age of 18 years in the house is high
2.861%, 74.19%, 3.59 (23/31)

Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9