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Factors Associated With Geographic Disparities in Gastrointestinal Cancer Mortality in the United States

Description
Examines modifiable and nonmodifiable factors related to county-level mortality from esophageal, gastric, pancreatic, and colorectal cancers. Provides county-level U.S. maps and breaks down data by sex, race, health behaviors, income, insurance status, travel time and specialist density, screening rates, and location by large metropolitan, small metropolitan, and rural.
Author(s)
Christopher Ma, Stephen E. Congly, Darius E.Chyou, et al.
Citation
Gastroenterology, 163(2), 437-448
Date
08/2022
Type
Document
Tagged as
Cancer · County-by-county data · Health disparities · Mortality · Rural-urban differences