Area-level Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Cancer Survival in Metropolitan Detroit.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Racial segregation is linked to poorer neighborhood quality and adverse health conditions among minorities, including worse cancer outcomes. We evaluated relationships between race, neighborhood social disadvantage, and cancer survival.

Methods

We calculated overall and cancer-specific survival for 11,367 non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and 29,481 non-Hispanic White (NHW) individuals with breast, colorectal, lung, or prostate cancer using data from the Metropolitan Detroit Cancer Surveillance System. The area deprivation index (ADI) was used to measure social disadvantage at the census block group level, where higher ADI is associated with poorer neighborhood factors. Associations between ADI and survival were estimated using Cox proportional hazards mixed-effects models

SUBMITTER: Snider NG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10071652 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature