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Association rules that have the highest support value for each of the four cancer sites used in the study |
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| Association Rule |
Support%, Confidence%, lift |
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| 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) |
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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) |
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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 |
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