ADS Capstone Chronicles Revised

1

Comparing the Effects of Various Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Health Disparity Metrics on Stomach Cancer Mortality Rates in 2019 Across U.S. Counties * Shailja Somani † A pMpal si et edrD’ saPt ar oSgcri ae mn c e E nSghiinl eeye rMi nagr c/oUs nSicvheor os il toy f o f San Diego ssomani@sandiego.edu Yicong Qiu † A pMpal si et edrD’ saPt ar oSgcri ae mn c e E nSghi ni l ee eyrMi nagr /c oUsnSicvheor soilt yo fo f San Diego yqiu@sandiego.edu

0t h. 0e0m0 e0a3n5 5o f (t thoe toaf rf egre tcvoanrtieaxbtl,e t) haantdi as d3j u6s. 8t e%d Ro f 2 vp ae lruf oe r moaf n c0e. 9d6e0c 7l i .n e Gd iavtehni g ht he ar tm ot rhtea l i tmy or da teel ’ss, wc uet orf fe c obma sme de n do np u br el isco uhrecael st h aovf af iicl ai abl lse s e(tf oar ec ox ammb pi nl ea ,t i o tnosp, a s 1t h0 e0 t a rcgoeutndt ay t a iasnsde p aargaet /e rdabc ye ar egseo uarncde s rtaoc ea)l l pa no dp u ltahtei on n sa lal obcoavtee t ha da td ictui ot on fafl, ae xs pdleati enramb ii lni teyd abnydo guar i mn ot hdee la. bT iol i it my pt or odveee mp od di veel ipnrteod i chtoi own , f e awt ue r e su suesde d Si Hmappal cety a Asdpdeict ii fvi ec ef axcPt loarnsa t iionn s t h( eS H AmPo) d evla l ui ensc.l uTdoe p apgree, d i cr at icvee, pa nr edv emnat amt imv eo gcraarme s )(,s uacnhd acso ma on rnbuiadli t icehse c(ks uu cphs ar es c obmi nmg ee nddr ipnukbi nl igc haenadl t hc uorf friecni at l saas nt hdmhao)s. p Wi t ael nc aest ewmo raknsa gi ne rv essutp pi no r rt ei ns etahrecshe, aprreoags r. a m s , a n d ∗ c S a c T p i h e s i n t s o c e r n e e p s r e p o a r g r o r c j a h e m c w t a a f t s o t r h c o e t n h S d e h u il M c e t y S e - d M i n a a s r A c t p o h p s e l S i a e c u d h t o h D o o a l r o t s a f ’ Engineering at the University of San Diego. † S c Shhoaoill joaf ESnogmi naenei r, i nRgo, gUenr i vQe ri us i, t ySohfi lSeayn- MDai er cg oo s. 92

ABSTRACT Si stsoume ai cnh t hcea nUcneirt eids Satna t eosn, gwo ii tnhg appupbr ol i xc i mh ea at el tl hy 1d 1i s,e0a0s0e iAnm2e0r i2c4a nasn de xappepcrt eodx i mt oa t edl yi e 1 3o 0f , 2t6h3e pi ne 2o p0 l2e1 e. Ps tai smt ar tees de atroc hb eh al isv si nh go wwni t thh at ht eo ndci os el oa gs ye pd ea mt i eongtr aopuhticco, ms eo sc i aal r ed egt reer amt liyn a inntfsl u eo nf c he de a lbt hy (r Se Ds eOaHr c)h, ahna ds ohf et ea nl t ho nel qy ul iot oy k feadc taotr sa, sbuubts ept a os tf fsaeccttoi or ns . rTa ht heegr otahl aonf ct ho inss wi doe rr ki nwg aas wt oi dceo nc sr iodsesr- 3h i5g3h seuxcphe cf at ec dt o sr tso tmo :a c( ha ) cpa rnecde irc tmcoorut na ltiiteys rwa ti et hs tdoe tael rl omc iant ee hwi ghhi ec rh mf ae cdti oc ar sl r ea sr oe u rmc eo ss tt os at rnodn (gbl y) cf uorrtrheel ar treeds e awr ci thh a nmd oprrtoa gl irt ay m rfautneds i ntgoi n ti on .v e s t We evaluated various models and hb ey ipnegr p aa r aLmi geht et r sG, r awdi itehn t t hBe o oospt itni mg a lM amc ho idneel Rh ee aglrtehs es oq ru i ttyr af ai nc et odr s o, ans wa lel l l daes m9 0o gcroamp hp iocn eanntds d( PeCr iAv)e do nf rtohme SPDr iOnHc i pf eaal t Cu roems .p To nh ee nftisn aAl nma loyds ei sl achieved a Root Mean Squared Error (RMSE) of