Individual- and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence in the working-age population - a cohort study based on German statutory health insurance data, 2015 to 2019.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Cancer is a major public health challenge in Germany with significant socioeconomic inequalities in incidence and mortality. However, there is only limited research on the incidence of diagnosis-specific cancers and related inequalities among socioeconomic groups within the working-age population. This study aims to address this gap by analysing how the incidence of common cancers depends on individual- and area-level socioeconomic characteristics among working-age women and men.  METHODS: Using a prospective cohort design based on anonymised German statutory health insurance data, this study examined a cohort of 2.23 million individuals aged 25-67 years over a five-year period (2015-2019). Individual socioeconomic position was assessed using educational attainment and

SUBMITTER: Brinkwirth S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12781635 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature