Table 1 |
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Relative change in male and female colorectal incidence. |
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| Variable |
Categories Compared |
Percent Increase |
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| Males |
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| Wealth |
1–2 |
16.7% |
| Poverty |
1–2 |
10.1% |
| Females |
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| Wealth |
1–5 |
1.9% |
| Wealth |
2–5 |
4.0% |
| Wealth |
3–5 |
0.0% |
| Wealth |
4–5 |
-3.5% |
| Poverty |
1–2 |
34.2% |
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The assessment of two levels of wealth and poverty for males and five levels of wealth and 2 levels of poverty for females where category 1 of wealth and the higher category of poverty are the highest levels of wealth and poverty. For example, for males, tracts with a wealth category of 1 had higher wealth compared to category 2 and 16.7% more colorectal incidence. |
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DeChello and Sheehan International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:20 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-20 |
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