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Volume 5: No.
1, January 2008
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Application of the Small-Area Estimation Method to Estimate a Population Eligible for Breast Cancer Detection Services
| Data Points |
Proportion of Eligible Women |
| All |
Hispanic |
White |
Black |
Asian/Pacific Islander |
American Indian/Alaskan Native |
| Whisker lower endpoint |
0.06 |
0.27 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
0.05 |
0.13 |
| 25th percentile |
0.11 |
0.32 |
0.06 |
0.12 |
0.10 |
0.18 |
| Mean (50th percentile) |
0.14 |
0.37 |
0.09 |
0.14 |
0.13 |
0.20 |
| Median |
0.14 |
0.36 |
0.09 |
0.14 |
0.14 |
0.21 |
| 75th percentile |
0.16 |
0.41 |
0.11 |
0.16 |
0.16 |
0.22 |
| Whisker top endpoint |
0.21 |
0.52 |
0.13 |
0.21 |
0.23 |
0.25 |
| Suspected outlier |
0.35a |
NA |
NA |
0.23b |
NA |
NA |
Figure. Estimated proportions of women aged 40 years or older in California counties eligible for breast cancer screening and diagnostic services through Cancer Detection Programs: Every Woman Counts, by racial/ethnic group, 1998–2003.
NA indicates not applicable.
a Imperial County.
b Del Norte County.
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