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

Table 2 Population-based disparities in colorectal cancer characteristics in Mississippi

Colorectal cancer characteristic	Black Mississippians	White Mississippians	Difference (Black–White)	P value
Statistically-significant health disparities
% (Age 50+) reporting NEVER had a sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy (average: 2006, 2008 and 2010 BRFSS)	53.2 %	41.9 %	11.3 %	<.0001
Age-adjusted colorectal cancer incidence rate (per 100,000; 2006–2010 MCR data)	64.9	50.5	14.4	<.0001
Age-adjusted colorectal cancer mortality rate (per 100,000; 2006–2010 MCR data)	26.2	17.5	8.8	0.0001
CRC mortality-to-incidence rate	0.40	0.35	0.05	0.0035
No discernible differences between groups
% Advanced stage (regional + distant disease) at initial diagnosis	52.9 %	52.3 %	0.6 %	0.7926

Mississippi’s Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data on colorectal cancer screening and the Mississippi Cancer Registry colorectal cancer incidence, mortality and stage of disease at initial diagnosis were compared as Black and White subsets were compared via paired t test

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