The impact of preventive screening resource distribution on geographic and population-based disparities in colorectal cancer in Mississippi

Table 1 Data characteristics of colorectal cancer and colorectal cancer screening resources in Mississippi’s Public Health Districts

Region	Practicing licensed GIs	Hospitals offering colonoscopy	Ambulatory surgical facilities offering colonoscopy	Age-adjusted CRC incidence rate (per 100,000; 2006-2010 MCR data)	Age-adjusted CRC mortality rate (per 100,000; 2006-2010 MCR data)	CRC mortality-to-incidence rate	% Advanced stage (regional + distant disease) at initial diagnosis	% (Age 50 +) reporting endoscopy	Population
Mississippi	104	61	26	54.49	19.79	0.3632	52.6	55.33	2,972,973
PHD 1	8	4	2	54.33	22.91	0.4217	53.5	54.87	319,959
PHD 2	16	5	5	53.36	20.33	0.3810	58.5	54.43	360,784
PHD 3	3	7	0	69.78	25.85	0.3704	47.4	45.80	216,708
PHD 4	6	4	1	54.88	18.72	0.3411	54.4	51.80	245,601
PHD 5	32	14	6	57.48	20.03	0.3485	51.2	60.60	640,418
PHD 6	6	7	2	53.86	18.69	0.3470	54.0	51.70	242,912
PHD 7	2	6	0	56.08	21.83	0.3893	53.4	54.53	174,798
PHD 8	15	6	4	50.90	16.73	0.3287	51.4	58.60	304,893
PHD 9	16	8	6	45.91	16.78	0.3655	51.0	59.17	466,900

The characteristics listed in this table include the number of practicing licensed gastroenterologists, the number of hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities offering colonoscopy, the age-adjusted colorectal cancer incidence and mortality rates, the mortality-to-incidence ratios, the percentage of colorectal cancers initially diagnosed at advanced stage (regional + distant disease) and the number of residents according to 2010 US Census data. The percentage of residents (age 50 and older) reporting endoscopy was calculated as the average value from the 2006, 2008 and 2010 BRFSS of those who reported having received a colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy in each of Mississippi’s Public Health Districts (PHDs)

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