Open AccessGeographic Poverty and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Cervical Cancer Precursor Rates in Connecticut, 2008–2009
Author(s) -
Linda M. Niccolai,
Pamela J. Julian,
Alyssa Bilinski,
Niti R. Mehta,
James Meek,
Daniel Zelterman,
James L. Hadler,
Lynn Sosa
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2011.300447
Subject(s) - cervical cancer , demography , poisson regression , medicine , poverty , ethnic group , cervical intraepithelial neoplasia , geocoding , cancer , population , environmental health , geography , remote sensing , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
We examined associations of geographic measures of poverty, race, ethnicity, and city status with rates of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 2 or higher and adenocarcinoma in situ (CIN2+/AIS), known precursors to cervical cancer.