A Six-Year Analysis of the Distribution of Time to Death Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in the State of Texas

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dc.contributor.advisorAntonio A. Rene
dc.contributor.committeeMemberThomas J. Fairchild
dc.contributor.committeeMemberSally Blakley
dc.creatorWilliams, Vanessa P.
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-22T20:11:28Z
dc.date.available2019-08-22T20:11:28Z
dc.date.issued2000-05-01
dc.date.submitted2014-04-14T08:48:04-07:00
dc.description.abstractWilliams, Vanessa P., A Six-Year Analysis of the Distribution of Time to Death Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in the State of Texas. Master of Public Health (Epidemiology), May 2000, 55 pp., 11 tables, 9 figures, references, 52 titles. The cancer experience of Texans differs substantially by race/ethnicity. Among Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic men and women, colon cancer is either the second or third leading type of cancers among Texans. The distribution of time to death over a six-year period were assessed from a cohort of African American, Hispanic, and Caucasian men and women diagnosed with colon cancer in 1992. The purpose of this study is to determine if there is a difference in the overall death time distribution and tumor histology among African Americans, Hispanics, and Caucasian men and women who were diagnosed with colon cancer in 1992 in the state of Texas. Analysis results indicated that Hispanic females (65.59%) and Caucasian males (65.52%) had higher survival times among the race/ethnic groups. African American males (53.85%) and females (56.40%) experienced lower survival time for the cohort. For overall distribution of time to death among deceased subjects, African American males and Hispanic females experienced the lowest distribution times among the subjects. The overall distribution of time to death for all histology types were the same for each type.
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dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12503/28014
dc.language.isoen
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dc.subjectClinical Epidemiology
dc.subjectCommunity Health and Preventive Medicine
dc.subjectDiagnosis
dc.subjectDiseases
dc.subjectHealth Services Research
dc.subjectMedicine and Health Sciences
dc.subjectOncology
dc.subjectOther Public Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectAnalysis
dc.subjecttime to death
dc.subjectcolorectal cancer
dc.subjectpatients
dc.subjectTexas
dc.subjectepidemiology
dc.subjectcolon cancer
dc.subjectdeath
dc.subjectmortality
dc.subjectAfrican American
dc.subjectHispanic
dc.subjectCaucasian
dc.titleA Six-Year Analysis of the Distribution of Time to Death Among Colorectal Cancer Patients in the State of Texas
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thesis.degree.departmentSchool of Public Health
thesis.degree.disciplineEpidemiology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Public Health

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