Description of census-tract-level social determinants of health in cancer surveillance data.
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr
; 2024(65): 152-161, 2024 Aug 01.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Disparities in cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and mortality persist by race, ethnicity, and many other social determinants, such as census-tract-level socioeconomic status (SES), poverty, and rurality. Census-tract-level measures of these determinants are useful for analyzing trends in cancer disparities.METHODS:
The purpose of this paper was to demonstrate the availability of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program's specialized census-tract-level dataset and provide basic descriptive cancer incidence, stage at diagnosis, and survival for 8 cancer sites, which can be screened regularly or associated with infectious agents. We present these analyses according to several census-tract-level measures, including the newly available persistent poverty as well as SES quintile, rurality, and race and ethnicity.RESULTS:
Census tracts with persistent poverty and low SES had higher cancer incidence rates (except for breast and prostate cancer), higher percentages of cases diagnosed with regional or distant-stage disease, and lower survival than non-persistent-poverty and higher-SES tracts. Outcomes varied by cancer site when analyzing based on rurality as well as race and ethnicity. Analyses stratified by multiple determinants showed unique patterns of outcomes, which bear further investigation.CONCLUSIONS:
This article introduces the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results specialized dataset, which contains census-tract-level social determinants measures, including persistent poverty, rurality, SES quintile, and race and ethnicity. We demonstrate the capacity of these variables for use in producing trends and analyses focusing on cancer health disparities. Analyses may inform interventions and policy changes that improve cancer outcomes among populations living in disadvantaged areas, such as persistent-poverty tracts.
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Asunto principal:
Programa de VERF
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Censos
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Determinantes Sociales de la Salud
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Neoplasias
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Natl Cancer Inst Monogr
Asunto de la revista:
NEOPLASIAS
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos