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Table 5 Result of the ecological analysis using Bayesian BYM analysis for each of GUROC risk level

From: Geographic disparities in Saskatchewan prostate cancer incidence and its association with physician density: analysis using Bayesian models

 

Physician Density (Number of physicians per 1000 population)

Outcome

Mean

Credible Interval

Incidence Rate Ratio

(Credible Interval)

Metastatic

−0.067

− 0.128 to − 0.002

0.935 (0.880 to 0.998)

High Risk

− 0.076

− 0.128 to − 0.025

0.927 (0.880 to 0.975)

Intermediate Risk

− 0.041

− 0.109 to 0.026

Not significant

Low Risk

− 0.009

− 0.079 to 0.062

Not significant