Table 1 |
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Population-weighted means of absolute and relative disparity measures computed over 506 State Economic Areas. Calculations are based on age-adjusted mortality rates for black males (BM), white males (WM), black females (BF) and white females (BF). |
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| Disparity measures |
1970–1974 |
1975–1979 |
1980–1984 |
1985–1989 |
1990–1994 |
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| Prostate |
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| |BM-WM| |
23.49 |
26.66 |
27.56 |
28.47 |
32.22 |
| BM/WM |
2.03 |
2.14 |
2.16 |
2.13 |
2.22 |
| Cervix |
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| |BF-WF| |
8.769 |
6.816 |
5.065 |
5.212 |
4.074 |
| BF/WF |
2.66 |
2.75 |
2.50 |
2.94 |
2.42 |
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Goovaerts et al. International Journal of Health Geographics 2007 6:32 doi:10.1186/1476-072X-6-32 |
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