Table 2

Male purely spatial analysis.

High Areas
 Low Areas

1
 2
 3
 A
 B
 C
No Covariates





     Observed
 783
 39
 127
 331
 489
 76
     Expected
 615.0
 12.0
 81.0
 476.5
 609.2
 129.5
     RR
 1.27
 3.24
 1.57
 0.70
 0.803
 0.59
     p-value
 < 0.0001
 < 0.0001
 0.0318
 < 0.0001
 0.0027
 0.0051
Urbanicity





     Observed
 767
 39
 80
 339
 215
 76
     Expected
 619.8
 16.2
 45.5
 458.9
 293.2
 131.3
     RR
 1.24
 2.40
 1.76
 0.74
 0.73
 0.58
     p-value
 < 0.0001
 0.0261
 0.0466
 < 0.0001
 0.0172
 0.0028
SES





     Observed
 783
 39
 423
 331
 350
 *
     Expected
 626.6
 12.6
 336.3
 494.4
 465.1
 *
     RR
 1.25
 3.11
 1.26
 0.67
 0.75
 *
     p-value
 < 0.0001
 < 0.0001
 0.0438
 < 0.0001
 < 0.0001
 *
SES & Urbanicity





     Observed
 755
 *
 *
 339
 489
 *
     Expected
 629.8
 *
 *
 468.2
 594.1
 *
     RR
 1.20
 *
 *
 0.72
 0.82
 *
     p-value
 0.0061
 *
 *
 < 0.0001
 0.0437
 *

Male colorectal cancer incidence statistics for the purely spatial analyses, Massachusetts, 1995–1998.

*Area not significant for this analysis.

DeChello and Sheehan International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:20   doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-20

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