Subject loss in spatial analysis of breast cancer

• Published in: Health & place Vol. 5; no. 2; pp. 173 - 177
• Main Authors: Gregorio, David I, Cromley, Ellen, Mrozinski, Richard, Walsh, Stephen J
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.1999
• Subjects: Address matching; Adult; Aged; Breast cancer; Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology; Breast Neoplasms - etiology; Breast Neoplasms - therapy; Connecticut - epidemiology; Female; GIS; Humans; Middle Aged; Odds Ratio; Selection Bias; Space-Time Clustering; Spatial analysis; Subject loss; Treatment Outcome; Connecticut; GIS; Spatial analysis; Address matching; Breast cancer; Subject loss

Possible selection bias from assignment of latitude–longitude coordinates to the place of residence of all Connecticut women diagnosed with breast cancer from 1992 to 1995 ( N=11,470) was evaluated. Exact address-matching was accomplished for 8,121 records (70.8%) and an additional 1,722 records (15...