Impacts of Sociodemographic Factors, Screening, and Organization of Health Services on Breast Cancer Mortality in Brazil: An Ecological Study of 20 Years
Table 1
Correlation between mortality rate with screening, primary healthcare coverage, and procedures of diagnosis.
North
Northeast
Southeast
South
Midwest
Primary care coverage
to 0.9703
to 0.9774
to 0.9677
to 0.9774
to 0.9730
Family health strategy coverage
to 0.9896
to 0.9751
to 0.9758
to 0.9866
to 0.9936
Bilateral mammography for screening
to 0.8658
to 0.8681
to 0.6962
to 0.5199
to 0.7377
Bilateral breast ultrasound
to 0.8804
to 0.8478
to 0.9901
to 0.9901
to 0.9536
Anatomopathological examination of the breast—biopsy
to 0.8411
to 0.9068
to 0.9559
to 0.9854
to 0.9444
Cytopathological examination of the breast
to 0.9642
to 0.7317
to -0.2381
to -0.3400
to -0.2858
Statistical difference (). P: Pearson’s ; S: Spearman’s . High correlation: P or . Moderate correlation: P or S 0.34 to 0.66. Low correlation: P or .