Health Disparities between Black Hispanic and Black Non-Hispanic Cervical Cancer Cases in the USA
Health Disparities between Black Hispanic and Black Non-Hispanic Cervical Cancer Cases in the USA
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DOI：
10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.22.9719
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发表时间：
2014-01-01
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通讯作者：
Stewart, Tiffanie Shauna-Jeanne
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作者：
Khan, Hafiz Mohammad Rafiqullah;Gabbidon, Kemesha;Stewart, Tiffanie Shauna-Jeanne
背景：在全球范围内，宫颈癌是一个主要的公共卫生问题。宫颈癌是妇女中第二大常见癌症，每年约有50万例。本研究的目的是比较美国黑人西班牙裔（BH）和黑人非西班牙裔（BNH）女性之间的疾病特征。材料和方法：我们采用分层随机抽样方法从SEER数据库（1973-2009）中选择宫颈癌患者记录。我们使用卡方和独立样本t检验来检查比例和平均值的差异。结果：样本包括2,000例非西班牙裔黑人和91例西班牙裔黑人妇女的宫颈癌病例。西班牙裔黑人和非西班牙裔黑人在诊断时的平均年龄上有统计学显著差异（p
Background: Globally, cervical cancer is a major public health concern. Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women, resulting in approximately 500,000 cases per year. The purpose of this study is to compare disease characteristics between Black Hispanic (BH) and Black non-Hispanic (BNH) women in the US. Materials and Methods: We used stratified random sampling to select cervical cancer patient records from the SEER database (1973-2009). We used Chi-square and independent samples t-test to examine differences in proportions and means. Results: The sample included 2,000 cervical cancer cases of Black non-Hispanic and 91 Black Hispanic women. There were statistically significant differences between black Hispanic and black non-Hispanics in mean age at diagnosis (p