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Rowana Ahmed, Colleen McGrath, Anna Wuest, Dougie Zubizarreta
What is the relationship between mammography use and breast cancer mortality?
What is the relationship between mammography use and breast cancer mortality?
- Does access to mammography reduce breast cancer mortality?
- How do mammography use and breast cancer mortality vary across geographic areas?
What are the social and structural determinants of mammography use?
What are the social and structural determinants of mammography use?
- Are certain subgroups of the population more likely to use breast cancer screening services? More likely to die from breast cancer?
- How does access to resources impact these relationships?
Background and Motivation
Background and Motivation
We aim to explore the following questions:
What is the relationship between mammography use and breast cancer mortality?
What are the social and structural determinants of mammography use?
Click to learn about the background and motivation for this project.
Data Sources
Data Sources
We harness data from the CDC's 500 Cities Project, the City Health Dashboard, and the FDA's Mammography Facilities database to address critical questions.
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Exploratory Analysis of 500 US Cities
Exploratory Analysis of 500 US Cities
Explore breast cancer mortality trends across U.S. cities to better understand key drivers of disparities in health outcomes.
Click to learn more about trends across U.S. cities.
New York City: A Deeper Look
New York City: A Deeper Look
Explore distributions of mammography use and sociodemographic variables across New York City neighborhoods.
Click to learn more about neighborhood characteristics in New York City.
User Shiny Application
User Shiny Application
Click here to explore trends relating to factors of interest, gain an overview of city-by-city trends in breast cancer screening and mortality, and find information for NYC mammography facilities near you.
Next Steps
Next Steps
Where can we go from here? How can we reduce breast cancer mortality in varying populations? How can we increase access to mammography services to those who would benefit most?
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