Yudhi Adhitya, Grathya Sri Mulyani, Mario Köppen, Jenq-Shiou Leu
IoT and Deep Learning-Based Farmer Safety System
Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
low educational attainment high cancer incidence mortality rates long challenge appalachian kentucky prior studies reported disparities cancer incidence mortality appalachian nonappalachian populations influence education disparity extensively studied herein cancers two cancer sites available screenings colorectal lung joined education indicators educational attainment literacy one geographic indicator across 120 kentucky counties dataset used build choropleth maps perform simple linear spatial regression assess statistical significance measure strength linear relationship countylevel education cancerrelated outcomes appalachian nonappalachian kentucky among cancer sites ageadjusted cancer incidence mortality higher appalachian versus nonappalachian kentucky percentage population completing high school positively correlated increased colorectal lung cancer incidence mortality appalachia similarly counties higher percentage population lacking basic literacy strongest correlation colorectal lung cancer incidence mortality concentrated appalachian kentucky findings suggest need implementing interventions increase educational attainment enhance basic literacy means improving cancer outcomes appalachia