Differences in cancer incidence between parts with different socio-economic structure within a Swedish big-city area.
Two subareas with different socio-economic structure in the same big-city area were compared with respect to cancer incidence. Pulmonary cancer was overrepresented in the low socio-economic area. Smoking was more common in the same area, which may be a main contributory factor for the increased incidence of pulmonary cancer in that area. The results indicate that useful information, to be used as a base for local preventive measures, can be obtained from cancer statistics on the community level.
Månsson
J
J
Primary Health Care Centre of Lövgärdet, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Marklund
B
B
Bengtsson
C
C
Odén
A
A
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012737:Sex Factors; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology