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Top 3 HSAs ordered on the cancer mortality rate for the association rules based on the highest support value |
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| Rule |
HSA |
Mortality rate |
Socio-economic variable value |
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| a: Lung cancer mortality among white men is high → Whites with low educational attainment is high |
Madison, MO |
119.293 |
0.787 |
| Scott, TN |
115.034 |
0.839 |
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| Pike, KY – Logan, WV |
100.694 |
0.801 |
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| b: Colorectal cancer mortality among white men is high → density of households with white male householder with no wife present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high |
Jefferson (Steubenville), OH – Harrison, OH |
24.503 |
0.017 |
| White, IL – Hamilton, IL |
24.427 |
0.014 |
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| Lackawanna (Scranton), PA – Wayne, PA |
24.157 |
0.021 |
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| c: Prostate cancer among black men is medium high → density of households with black female householder with no husband present and with no children under the age of 18 years is high |
Dallas, AL – Marengo, AL |
41.445 |
0.074 |
| Ouachita, AR – Dallas, AR |
41.364 |
0.033 |
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| Upson, GA – Lamar, GA |
41.017 |
0.035 |
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| d: Breast cancer among black females is high → density 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 |
Halifax, VA – Mecklenburg, VA |
39.206 |
0.041 |
| Lincoln, LA – Union, LA |
38.517 |
0.051 |
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| Gregg (Longview), TX – Rusk, TX |
36.581 |
0.028 |
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Vinnakota and Lam International Journal of Health Geographics 2006 5:9 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-5-9 |
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