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Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics.

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Moore, JX; Royston, KJ; Langston, ME; Griffin, R; Hidalgo, B; Wang, HE; Colditz, G; Akinyemiju, T
Published in: Cancer Causes Control
August 2018

PURPOSE: The goals of this study were to identify geographic and racial/ethnic variation in breast cancer mortality, and evaluate whether observed geographic differences are explained by county-level characteristics. METHODS: We analyzed data on breast cancer deaths among women in 3,108 contiguous United States (US) counties from years 2000 through 2015. We applied novel geospatial methods and identified hot spot counties based on breast cancer mortality rates. We assessed differences in county-level characteristics between hot spot and other counties using Wilcoxon rank-sum test and Spearman correlation, and stratified all analysis by race/ethnicity. RESULTS: Among all women, 80 of 3,108 (2.57%) contiguous US counties were deemed hot spots for breast cancer mortality with the majority located in the southern region of the US (72.50%, p value < 0.001). In race/ethnicity-specific analyses, 119 (3.83%) hot spot counties were identified for NH-Black women, with the majority being located in southern states (98.32%, p value < 0.001). Among Hispanic women, there were 83 (2.67%) hot spot counties and the majority was located in the southwest region of the US (southern = 61.45%, western = 33.73%, p value < 0.001). We did not observe definitive geographic patterns in breast cancer mortality for NH-White women. Hot spot counties were more likely to have residents with lower education, lower household income, higher unemployment rates, higher uninsured population, and higher proportion indicating cost as a barrier to medical care. CONCLUSIONS: We observed geographic and racial/ethnic disparities in breast cancer mortality: NH-Black and Hispanic breast cancer deaths were more concentrated in southern, lower SES counties.

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Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

August 2018

Volume

29

Issue

8

Start / End Page

737 / 750

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Black or African American
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services
 

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Moore, J. X., Royston, K. J., Langston, M. E., Griffin, R., Hidalgo, B., Wang, H. E., … Akinyemiju, T. (2018). Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics. Cancer Causes Control, 29(8), 737–750. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-018-1051-y
Moore, Justin Xavier, Kendra J. Royston, Marvin E. Langston, Russell Griffin, Bertha Hidalgo, Henry E. Wang, Graham Colditz, and Tomi Akinyemiju. “Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics.Cancer Causes Control 29, no. 8 (August 2018): 737–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-018-1051-y.
Moore JX, Royston KJ, Langston ME, Griffin R, Hidalgo B, Wang HE, et al. Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Aug;29(8):737–50.
Moore, Justin Xavier, et al. “Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics.Cancer Causes Control, vol. 29, no. 8, Aug. 2018, pp. 737–50. Pubmed, doi:10.1007/s10552-018-1051-y.
Moore JX, Royston KJ, Langston ME, Griffin R, Hidalgo B, Wang HE, Colditz G, Akinyemiju T. Mapping hot spots of breast cancer mortality in the United States: place matters for Blacks and Hispanics. Cancer Causes Control. 2018 Aug;29(8):737–750.
Journal cover image

Published In

Cancer Causes Control

DOI

EISSN

1573-7225

Publication Date

August 2018

Volume

29

Issue

8

Start / End Page

737 / 750

Location

Netherlands

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Humans
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Female
  • Epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms
  • Black or African American
  • 4202 Epidemiology
  • 3211 Oncology and carcinogenesis
  • 1117 Public Health and Health Services