[Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancer in Denmark--secondary publication].
This register-based study describes social variations in cancer incidence and survival in 3.22 million Danish residents born 1925-1973 and aged >or= 30 years. We followed up for cancer incidence in 1994-2003 and for survival in 1994-2006, yielding 147,973 cancers. The incidence increased with lower education and income, especially for tobacco- and other lifestyle-related cancers. Social inequality in the prognosis of most cancers was observed, with poorer relative survival related to fewer advantages, often most pronounced in the first year after diagnosis.
Dalton
Susanne Oksbjerg
SO
Kraeftens Bekaempelse, Institut for Epidemiologisk Kraeftforskning og Afdeling for Forebyggelse & Dokumentation, København Ø, Denmark. sanne@cancer.dk
Schüz
Joachim
J
Johansen
Christoff er
Ce
Engholm
Gerda
G
Kjaer
Susanne Krüger
SK
Steding-Jessen
Marianne
M
Storm
Hans H
HH
Olsen
Jørgen Helge
JH
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011379:Prognosis; D012042:Registries; D012307:Risk Factors; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015996:Survival Rate