Table 5

Female colorectal cancer incidence statistics for the space-time analyses, Massachusetts, 1995–1998.

High 1

Low A

Time Frame

95–98

95–98

No Covariates

Observed

442

403

Expected

281.2

533.0

Relative Risk

1.57

0.76

p-value

< 0.0001

0.0002

Urbanicity

Observed

442

*

Expected

291.3

*

Relative Risk

1.52

*

p-value

< 0.0001

*

SES

Observed

442

403

Expected

281.7

547.5

Relative Risk

1.57

0.74

p-value

< 0.0001

< 0.0001

SES & Urbanicity

Observed

442

*

Expected

292.1

*

Relative Risk

1.51

*

p-value

< 0.0001

*

*Area not significant for this analysis

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