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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
This investigation studies racial and socioeconomic differences in mortality from colorectal cancer, and how they vary by stage and age at diagnosis. Cox proportional hazards models were used to estimate the hazard ratio of dying from colorectal cancer, controlling for tumor characteristics and sociodemographic factors. Black adults had a greater risk of death from colorectal cancer, especially in early stages. The gender gap in mortality is wider among blacks than whites. Differences in tumor characteristics and socioeconomic factors each accounted for approximately one third of the excess risk of death among blacks. Effects of socioeconomic factors and race varied significantly by age. Higher stage-specific mortality rates and more advanced stage at diagnosis both contribute to the higher case-fatality rates from colorectal cancer among black adults, only some of which is due to socioeconomic differences. Socioeconomic and racial factors have their most significant effects in different age groups.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0895-4356
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
54
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
359-66
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-African Americans, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-African Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Colorectal Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-European Continental Ancestry Group, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Multivariate Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Neoplasm Staging, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Pennsylvania, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Population Surveillance, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Poverty, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Proportional Hazards Models, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Registries, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Sex Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:11297886-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Racial differences in colorectal cancer mortality. The importance of stage and socioeconomic status.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Environmental and Community Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA. marcelsw@umdnj.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't