Abstract：
BACKGROUND:Esophageal cancer mortality is increased in African Americans relative to white patients. The reasons for this are unknown but are thought to be related to inadequate access to health care secondary to a higher poverty rate in African American populations. METHODS:The National Health Interview Survey database for years 1986 to 1994 were combined and linked to the National Death Index. Individuals who died from esophageal carcinoma were assessed in the combined database, thus enabling detailed analysis of their socioeconomic status, race, and health care access. RESULTS:Poverty was 4-fold more frequent in African Americans who died from esophageal carcinoma than whites. Despite poverty, African American patients' access to health care was good and was not statistically related to increased mortality. CONCLUSIONS:Although the esophageal carcinoma mortality rate is higher in African Americans than in whites, it is not clearly related to the presence of poverty or to limited health care access. The higher mortality may be related to lifestyle differences, environmental exposure, or difference in disease biology, but it is not related exclusively to socioeconomic factors.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Miller JA,Rege RV,Ko CY,Livingston EHdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2003.12.055subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2004-07-01 00:00:00pages
22-6issue
1eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002961004001059journal_volume
188pub_type
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