Date of Award
Spring 2025
Degree Type
Thesis
Department
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Director of Thesis
Swann Arp Adams
Second Reader
Kara M Montgomery
Abstract
Purpose: To provide updated cancer mortality-to-incidence ratio (MIR) data across South Carolina (SC).
Methods: State and national incidence and mortality data were collected from the South Carolina Central Cancer Registry (SCCCR) and the National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER). MIRs (mortality rate/incidence rate) were calculated for all cancer sites, cervical, colon, female breast, lung and bronchus, oral cancers, and prostate cancers from the years 2016-2021, excluding 2020.
Results: Major racial disparities in MIR were found in SC, with the largest discrepancies seen in cervical, colon, and prostate cancers. Of note, each SC region had white cervical cancer MIRs lower than the SEER average, yet black women in the Pee Dee region saw a 99.8% increase.
Conclusions: These results highlight the poor cancer outcomes and disparities in SC. This research allows public health interventions to be targeted to the regions of our state which need them most.
First Page
1
Last Page
21
Recommended Citation
Stokes, William; Arp Adams, Swann; and M Montgomery, Kara, "Examining Racial Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality Across South Carolina Regions" (2025). Senior Theses. 758.
https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/senior_theses/758
Rights
© 2025, William Stokes, Swann Arp Adams, & Kara M Montgomery
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