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Trends in socioeconomic inequalities in cancer mortality in Barcelona: 1992–2003
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Puigpinós i Riera, Rosa; Borrell i Thió, Carme; Ferreira Antunes, José Leopoldo; Azlor, Enric; Pasarín i Rua, M. Isabel; Serral Cano, Gemma, 1973-; Pons i Vigués, Mariona; Rodríguez Sanz, Maica; Fernández Muñoz, Esteve
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Background: The objective of this study was to assess trends in cancer mortality by educational level in Barcelona from 1992 to 2003. Methods: The study population comprised Barcelona inhabitants aged 20 years or older. Data on cancer deaths were supplied by the system of information on mortality. Educational level was/nobtained from the municipal census. Age-standardized rates by educational level were calculated. We also fitted Poisson regression models to estimate the relative index of inequality (RII) and the/nSlope Index of Inequalities (SII). All were calculated for each sex and period (1992–1994, 1995–1997, 1998–2000, and 2001–2003). Results: Cancer mortality was higher in men and women with lower educational level throughout the study period. Less-schooled men had higher mortality by stomach, mouth and pharynx,/noesophagus, larynx and lung cancer. In women, there were educational inequalities for cervix uteri, liver and colon cancer. Inequalities of overall and specific types of cancer mortality remained stable/nin Barcelona; although a slight reduction was observed for some cancers. Conclusion: This study has identified those cancer types presenting the greatest inequalities/nbetween men and women in recent years and shown that in Barcelona there is a stable trend in inequalities in the burden of cancer. |
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This project is partially financed by "Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias ( Grant nº 04/2013), CIBER de Epidemiologia y Salud Pública" (CIBERESP), and the Thematic Network of Cooperative Research on Cancer RD06/0020/0089. This paper forms part of the PhD dissertation of Rosa Puigpinós i Riera in the doctoral Programme in Public Health, University of Barcelona. |
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-Estudis regionals -Càncer -Tumors -Teràpia -Espanya |
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© 2009 Puigpinós et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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