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Table 1 Colorectal cancer data, screening, and demographic characteristics of the counties in the study population

From: Development of a multilevel intervention to increase colorectal cancer screening in Appalachia

 

Incidenceb

Mortalityb

% Screenedc

% Femaled

# age 45-74 (%)e

Median household incomef

% Below poverty (age 18–64)g

% Below poverty (age 65+)g

US

125.1

48.9

66.3

50.8

103,202,874

$55,322

14.2

9.3

Kentucky

156.9

57.3

67.2

50.8

1,507,404 (35%)

$44,811

18.0

11.4

Breathitt

183.0

76.8

54.5

50.0

5225 (38%)

$25,484

34.1

17.2

Carter

150.7

83.2

64.6

50.4

4281 (37%)

$35.095

28.2

10.0

Lawrence

215.0

111.9

58.4

50.6

6024 (38%)

$35,016

22.6

19.3

Lewis

158.6

78.7

61.7

50.1

5221 (38%)

$29,088

27.2

20.1

Morgan

126.5

a

53.4

43.3

4910 (35%)

$32,517

20.6

24.9

Powell

261.9

a

62.9

50.3

4564 (36%)

$34,048

25.8

15.5

Ohio

130.0

54.3

65.1

51.2

4,044,691 (35%)

$50,674

14.7

8.1

Adams

174.3

84.7

64.3

50.6

10,396 (36%)

$34,709

24.8

10.9

Belmont

111.8

65.7

62.7

49.6

27,495 (39%)

$44,719

14.6

8.6

Guernsey

176.4

74.0

63.2

51.0

15,090 (38%)

$41,566

19.0

8.6

Hocking

136.9

84.5

59.3

50.0

11,321 (39%)

$43,382

15.9

8.7

Lawrence

141.7

61.2

64.7

51.4

22,926 (37%)

$44,256

17.6

12.1

Morgan

126.2

74.2

64.5

50.2

5867 (39%)

$38,941

19.9

11.9

  1. a Suppressed due to small number of cases
  2. bhttps://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/, per 100,000 population, 2010–2014, age 50+
  3. chttps://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/, per 100,000 population, 2008–2010, age 50+
  4. dhttps://www.socialexplorer.com/, 2010 (US Census Bureau)
  5. ehttps://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml, 2010 (US Census Bureau)
  6. fhttps://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t, in 2016 inflation adjusted dollars (American Community Survey)
  7. ghttps://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/searchresults.xhtml?refresh=t, 2012–2016 (American Community Survey)