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U.S. congressional district cancer death rates

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Health Geographics, June 2006
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Title
U.S. congressional district cancer death rates
Published in
International Journal of Health Geographics, June 2006
DOI 10.1186/1476-072x-5-28
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Yongping Hao, Elizabeth M Ward, Ahmedin Jemal, Linda W Pickle, Michael J Thun

Abstract

Geographic patterns of cancer death rates in the U.S. have customarily been presented by county or aggregated into state economic or health service areas. Herein, we present the geographic patterns of cancer death rates in the U.S. by congressional district. Many congressional districts do not follow state or county boundaries. However, counties are the smallest geographical units for which death rates are available. Thus, a method based on the hierarchical relationship of census geographic units was developed to estimate age-adjusted death rates for congressional districts using data obtained at county level. These rates may be useful in communicating to legislators and policy makers about the cancer burden and potential impact of cancer control in their jurisdictions.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 1 6%
Unknown 15 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 8 50%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Other 1 6%
Student > Doctoral Student 1 6%
Student > Master 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Unknown 2 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 3 19%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 19%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Design 1 6%
Other 0 0%
Unknown 7 44%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 31 October 2022.
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#2,485,564
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#1
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