Socio-economic deprivation and cancer incidence in England: Quantifying the role of smoking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More deprived populations typically experience higher cancer incidence rates and smoking prevalence compared to less deprived populations. We calculated the proportion of cancer cases attributable to smoking by socio-economic deprivation in England and estimated the impact smoking has on the deprivation gap for cancer incidence.

Methods

Data for cancer incidence (2013-2017), smoking prevalence (2003-2007) and population estimates (2013-2017) were split by sex, age-group and deprivation quintile. Relative risk estimates from meta-analyses were used to estimate the population attributable fraction (PAF) for 15 cancer types associated with smoking. The deprivation gap was calculated using age-specific incidence rates by deprivation quintile.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Payne NWS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9491592 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature