Using Population Health Measures to Evaluate the Environmental Burden of Cancer at the County Level

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Results of a study using population health indicators and county-level factor analysis to examine rates of cancer from 2010 to 2014. Includes maps with shadings to show burden index and age-adjusted cancer mortality rates. Variables included poverty, income, food insecurity, isolation in rural areas, and long commutes.

Lia C. Scott, Lawrence E. Barker, Lisa C. Richardson

Preventing Chronic Disease, 16

04/2019

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Cancer · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data