This is the data output from SAS computing the SMR stratifie

This is the data output from SAS computing the SMR stratified by age for skin cancer in Florida compared to that of the U.S. reference population. Does this analysis by strata show a difference in SMR for skin cancer between Florida and the US?

This is the data output from SAS computing the SMR stratified by age for skin cancer in Florida compared to that of the U.S. reference population. Does this analysis by strata show a difference in SMR for skin cancer between Florida and the US?

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This is the data output from SAS computing the SMR stratified by age for skin cancer in Florida compared to that of the U.S. reference population. Does this analysis by strata show a difference in SMR for skin cancer between Florida and the US?

All the 95% confidence intervals for SMR estimates contains the value 1.

This shows that all the stratified SMR estimates are not significantly differ from 1.

So this analysis by strata show there is no difference in SMR for skin cancer between Florida and the US.