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Table 4 Statistical results for the association between administrative area and incidence/mortality growth rate of lung cancer (general linear regression, adjusted by gender and age)

From: Health inequality: a longitudinal study on geographic variations in lung cancer incidence and mortality in Taiwan

 

Incidence Growth Rate

Mortality Growth Rate

SS

DF

MS

F

Sig.

SS

DF

MS

F

Sig.

Intercept

2097.424

1

2097.424

9.04

0.003

2641.545

1

2641.545

9.873

0.002

city

7024.615

18

390.256

1.682

0.039

3646.008

18

202.556

0.757

0.751

gender

3083.842

1

3083.842

13.292

0.000

2178.501

1

2178.501

8.143

0.005

age

7708.991

13

592.999

2.556

0.002

44,702.152

13

3438.627

12.853

0.000

Factors

Incidence growth rate

Mortality growth rate

Estimate

Sig.

95% Confidence Interval

Estimate

Sig.

95% Confidence Interval

  

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

  

Lower Bound

Upper Bound

Administrative Areas

 Taipei City

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Keelung City

−8.71

0.03

−16.71

−0.72

−5.16

0.24

−13.74

3.43

 New Taipei City

4.44

0.28

−3.56

12.44

2.45

0.58

−6.14

11.04

 Yilan County

−1.87

0.65

−9.87

6.13

−1.60

0.71

−10.19

6.99

 Taoyuan City

5.43

0.18

−2.57

13.43

3.31

0.45

−5.28

11.90

 Hsinchu City

3.15

0.44

−4.85

11.15

1.43

0.74

−7.16

10.02

 Hsinchu County

0.95

0.82

−7.05

8.94

4.45

0.31

−4.14

13.04

 Miaoli County

−0.41

0.92

−8.41

7.58

1.97

0.65

−6.62

10.56

 Taichung City

−1.29

0.75

−9.29

6.71

1.49

0.73

−7.10

10.08

 Changhua County

1.06

0.80

−6.94

9.06

1.24

0.78

−7.35

9.82

 Nantou County

5.73

0.16

−2.26

13.73

4.57

0.30

−4.02

13.16

 Yunlin County

−2.99

0.46

−10.99

5.01

3.03

0.49

−5.55

11.62

 Chiayi City

3.79

0.35

−4.21

11.79

−3.44

0.43

−12.03

5.15

 Chiayi County

−2.09

0.61

−10.09

5.91

5.23

0.23

−3.36

13.82

 Tainan City

−2.19

0.59

−10.19

5.81

2.51

0.57

−6.08

11.10

 Kaohsiung City

−0.72

0.86

−8.72

7.27

−0.05

0.99

−8.64

8.54

 Pingtung County

−0.19

0.96

−8.19

7.81

2.26

0.61

−6.33

10.85

 Hualien County

1.77

0.67

−6.23

9.76

4.10

0.35

−4.49

12.69

 Taitung County

6.93

0.09

−1.07

14.93

1.41

0.75

−7.18

10.00

Gender

 Male

0.00

   

0.00

   

 Female

4.82

0.00

2.22

7.41

4.05

0.01

1.26

6.83

Age

 20–24

0.00

   

0.00

   

 25–29

0.00

1.00

−6.87

6.86

0.05

0.99

−7.32

7.43

 30–34

−0.10

0.98

−6.97

6.77

−0.14

0.97

−7.51

7.24

 35–39

0.09

0.98

−6.78

6.95

−0.13

0.97

−7.50

7.24

 40–44

1.40

0.69

−5.46

8.27

0.22

0.95

−7.16

7.59

 45–49

4.01

0.25

−2.86

10.87

0.81

0.83

−6.57

8.18

 50–54

4.17

0.23

−2.70

11.03

1.15

0.76

−6.23

8.52

 55–59

6.72

0.06

−0.14

13.59

−1.29

0.73

−8.67

6.08

 60–64

1.58

0.65

−5.28

8.45

−0.41

0.91

−7.78

6.96

 65–69

5.61

0.11

−1.26

12.47

−4.49

0.23

−11.86

2.89

 70–74

−1.76

0.62

−8.63

5.11

−11.14

0.00

−18.51

−3.77

 74–49

−7.63

0.03

−14.49

−0.76

−21.42

0.00

−28.80

−14.05

 80–84

5.01

0.15

−1.85

11.88

−15.20

0.00

−22.57

−7.83

  > 85

7.16

0.04

0.29

14.02

20.26

0.00

12.88

27.63

  1. SS sum of square; DF degree of freedom; MS Mean square; Sig. significant
  2. Sig. significant