Impact of cancer diagnosis on life expectancy by area-level socioeconomic groups in New South Wales, Australia: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Improvement in cancer survival over recent decades has not been accompanied by a narrowing of socioeconomic disparities. This study aimed to quantify the loss of life expectancy (LOLE) resulting from a cancer diagnosis and examine disparities in LOLE based on area-level socioeconomic status (SES).

Methods

Data were collected for all people between 50 and 89 years of age who were diagnosed with cancer, registered in the NSW Cancer Registry between 2001 and 2019, and underwent mortality follow-up evaluations until December 2020. Flexible parametric survival models were fitted to estimate the LOLE by gender and area-level SES for 12 common cancers.

Results

Of 422,680 people with cancer, 24% and 18% lived in the most and least disadvantaged areas, respectively.

SUBMITTER: Rahman MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359496 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature