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Socioeconomic, Environmental, And Geographic Factors And Us Lung Cancer Mortality, 1999–2009, Maria Carmenza Mejia De Grubb, Barbara J. Kilbourne, Katy Kilbourne, Michael Langston, Lisa Gittner, Roger J. Zoorob, Robert S. Levine
Socioeconomic, Environmental, And Geographic Factors And Us Lung Cancer Mortality, 1999–2009, Maria Carmenza Mejia De Grubb, Barbara J. Kilbourne, Katy Kilbourne, Michael Langston, Lisa Gittner, Roger J. Zoorob, Robert S. Levine
Sociology Faculty Research
Background The American Cancer Society estimates that about 25% of all US cancer deaths will be due to lung cancer – more than from cancers of the colon, breast, and prostate combined.
Methods We ascertained county-level age-adjusted and age-specific death rates and 95% confidence intervals from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Compressed Mortality File. Multiple regression analyses were used to estimate the strength and direction of relationships between county poverty, smoking, fine particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution, and US Census divisions and race- and sex-specific lung cancer deaths.
Results Poverty, smoking, and particulate matter air pollution were positively …
Rural Congestive Heart Failure Mortality Among Us Elderly, 1999–2013: Identifying Counties With Promising Outcomes And Opportunities For Implementation Research, Maria Carmenza Mejia De Grubb, Robert S. Levine, Barbara J. Kilbourne, Baqar A. Husaini, Tyler Skelton, Lisa Gittner, Michael Langston, George E. Rust
Rural Congestive Heart Failure Mortality Among Us Elderly, 1999–2013: Identifying Counties With Promising Outcomes And Opportunities For Implementation Research, Maria Carmenza Mejia De Grubb, Robert S. Levine, Barbara J. Kilbourne, Baqar A. Husaini, Tyler Skelton, Lisa Gittner, Michael Langston, George E. Rust
Sociology Faculty Research
Objective Describe modern trends in congestive heart failure (CHF) among elderly (>65 years of age) in the United States, to identify potentially successful rural areas. Compare CHF mortality using multiple- (MCOD) versus underlying-(UCOD) cause of death data.
Methods U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mortality files (WONDER internet site).
Results Using MCOD data, overall mortality rates/100,000 population (and 95% confidence intervals) for CHF among persons >65 years of age (1999–2013) were 482.0 (481.2–482.8) for large central and large fringe metropolitan (LCLF) counties, 549.6 (548.6–550.7) in small and medium metropolitan (SM) counties, and 652.6 (650.9–654.0) in micropolitan and non-core, …