{"id":13113,"date":"2022-10-24T10:21:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/?post_type=ec-news&#038;p=13113"},"modified":"2022-10-24T10:21:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T08:21:47","slug":"wide-geographic-variation-in-colorectal-cancer-screening-rates-in-the-u-s-associated-with-cdcs-social-vulnerability-index","status":"publish","type":"ec-news","link":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/wide-geographic-variation-in-colorectal-cancer-screening-rates-in-the-u-s-associated-with-cdcs-social-vulnerability-index\/","title":{"rendered":"Wide Geographic Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in the U.S. Associated With CDC\u2019s Social Vulnerability Index"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quantifies social vulnerability in the U.S. at the county level. The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) reflects infrastructure, resources, and access to health care. The SVI was previously shown to be associated with COVID incidence and mortality, and obesity. The SVI is based on socioeconomic status, household composition and disability, minority status and language, type of housing, and transportation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an analysis performed in the U.S., the mean county-level colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rate was 61.9% and ranged from 39.8% in an Alaskan county to 74.4% in a Rhode Island county. Screening rates for colorectal, breast, and cervical cancer were highest on the coasts and lower in the South and Midwest. For CRC screening, counties in the highest quintile of the SVI had 14% lower screening rates than counties with the lowest SVI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) quantifies social vulnerability in the U.S. at the county level. The Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) reflects infrastructure, resources, and access to health care. The SVI was previously shown to be associated with COVID incidence and mortality, and obesity. The SVI is based on socioeconomic status, household composition &#8230; <a title=\"Wide Geographic Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in the U.S. Associated With CDC\u2019s Social Vulnerability Index\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/ec-news\/wide-geographic-variation-in-colorectal-cancer-screening-rates-in-the-u-s-associated-with-cdcs-social-vulnerability-index\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Wide Geographic Variation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates in the U.S. Associated With CDC\u2019s Social Vulnerability Index\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","categories":[1768,1769],"tags":[3460,3411,2058,3231,3461],"class_list":["post-13113","ec-news","type-ec-news","status-publish","hentry","category-asge-journal-scan","category-asge-kolon","tag-cdc","tag-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention","tag-colon-2","tag-covid","tag-svi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news\/13113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ec-news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ec-news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.endoscopy-campus.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}