Racial disparities of liver cancer mortality in Wisconsin

To calculate tract-level estimates of liver cancer mortality in Wisconsin and identify relationships with racial and socioeconomic variables. County-level standardized mortality ratios (SMRs) of liver cancer in Wisconsin were calculated using traditional indirect adjustment methods for cases from 2003 to 2012. Tract-level SMRs were calculated using adaptive spatial filtering (ASF). The tract-level SMRs were checked for correlations to a...