Distance to Health Care Facilities, Lifestyle Risk Factors, and Stage at Diagnosis in relation to Geographic Pattern of Esophageal Cancer in Tanzania, 2006–2016
Table 5
Poisson regressions for the association between regional hospitals for diagnosis of esophageal cancer and incidence rate (IR) of esophageal cancer (EC).
Poisson regressions stratified by geography compared to incidence rate
Degrees of freedom
Effect estimate
95% confidence limits
value
Association between zonal hospitals and EC IR
6
1.17
(1.04, 1.32)
<0.01
Association between regional hospitals and EC IR
19
1.60
(1.36, 1.88)
<0.01
Association between zonal hospitals and EC IR without eastern zone
5
1.02
(0.92, 1.13)
0.74
Association between regional hospitals and EC IR without Dar es Salaam
