title: Cancer in a 29-county area in eastern North Carolina: an opportunity to reduce health inequities.
abstract: Cancer mortality rates are higher in a 29-county area of Eastern North Carolina than in the state's other 71 counties combined; within this 29-county subregion, African Americans have higher cancer mortality rates than whites. Better integration of health promotion and structural changes that improve health care access and delivery are needed to reduce these disparities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA. leac@ecu.edu.
authors.forename: C Suzanne
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Lea
authors.affiliation: Doctor of Nursing Practice Program, Adult Geriatric and Family Nurse Practitioner Concentrations, College of Nursing, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: Ann
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: King
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D055088:Early Detection of Cancer / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054625:Healthcare Disparities; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000401:mortality*; D009657:North Carolina / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*