Texas Cancer
Can the Texas lifestyle be considered as a primary factor behind the high incidence of cancer diagnosed in Texas and is the rate of cancer higher there than in other areas of the United States?
H1: There is a relationship between lifestyles in Texas that affects the overall rate of incidences of cancer in the Texas population especially when comparing the incidence of cancer in Caucasian women as compared to African-American and Hispanic women.
H2: There is a relationship between the amount of self education sought by both genders and the overall rate of diagnosis of cancer in Texas.
H3: There is a relationship between the watershed system and the rate of air pollution in Texas and the overall number of cases of cancer in children in Texas as compared to other areas of the United States.
H4: There is a relationship between the number of cases of cancer in Texas and the overall rate of cancer studies that have not been fully evaluated.
H5: There is a relationship between the dollars being spent on research and the overall cancer rate in Texas.
Cases: Overall number of diagnosed cancer cases in Texas
Variable Name: Tebrecan
Variable Label: Number of breast cancer diagnosis in Texas categorized by race
Measured: Number of breast cancer diagnosis in women in Texas during a specific timeframe that is categorized by race
Source: "Cancer data have been provided by the Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, 1100 W. 49th Street, Austin, Texas, 78756, http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/tcr/default.shtm, or (512) [HIDDEN] "
Variable Name: SeEd
Variable Label: Number of times affirmative actions have been taken regarding self-education of cancer categorized by gender
Measured: Affirmative vs. non-affirmative replies to quantitative survey question(s) regarding whether the respondent has made any attempts at the self-education process regarding cancer and its treatment(s)
Source: Study created quantitative survey using Likert Scale investigative tool
Variable Name: KidCan
Variable Label: The number of cases of diagnosed cancer in kids categorized by geographical residences
Measured: The number of children diagnosed with cancer by type and the county in which they resided at the time of the diagnosis
Source: National Cancer Institute at the following website accessed April, 2011 at http://statecancerprofiles.cancer.gov/incidencerates/index.php?stateFIPS=48&cancer=516&race=00&sex=0&age=016&type=incd&sortVariableName=rate&sortOrder=default
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