Geographical variations of cancer incidence in Guadeloupe, French West Indies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Geographical disparities in cancer incidence are observed at different scales and may highlight areas of high risk that need special attention to improve health policies. In Guadeloupe, a French archipelago in the Caribbean, environmental and socioeconomic factors are potential factors associated with cancer incidence. Our objective was to describe geographical variations of cancer incidence in Guadeloupe at a small-area level, in order to identify potential clusters.

Methods

We conducted spatial analyses for the 18 most frequent cancer sites, using data collected by the population-based cancer registry of Guadeloupe over the period 2008-2017. For each cancer sites, we used the Besag, York and Mollié model to estimate smoothed standardized incidence ratios (SIRs)

SUBMITTER: Bhakkan-Mambir B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9290250 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature