Socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer mortality in Spain: a nation-wide study using area-based deprivation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Lung cancer is the main cause of cancer mortality worldwide and in Spain. Several previous studies have documented socio-economic inequalities in lung cancer mortality but these have focused on specific provinces or cities. The goal of this study was to describe lung cancer mortality in Spain by sex as a function of socio-economic deprivation.

Methods

We analysed all registered deaths from lung cancer during the period 2011-2017 in Spain. Mortality data was obtained from the National Institute of Statistics, and socio-economic level was measured with the small-area deprivation index developed by the Spanish Society of Epidemiology, with the census tract of residence at the time of death as the unit of analysis. We computed crude and age-standardized rates per 100,

SUBMITTER: Redondo-Sanchez D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10399030 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature