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Gorey, K. Association Between Socioeconomic Status And Cancer Incidence In Toronto, Ontario: Possible Confounding Of Cancer Mortality By Incidence And Survival, Kevin M. Gorey
Social Work Publications
OBJECTIVE: To observe the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and cancer incidence in a cohort of Canadians.
DESIGN: Cases of primary malignant cancer (83,666) that arose in metropolitan Toronto, Ont., from 1986 to 1993 were ascertained by the Ontario Cancer Registry and linked by residence at the time of diagnosis to a census-based measure of SES. Socioeconomic quintile areas were then compared by cancer incidence.
RESULTS: Significant associations between SES and cancer incidence in the hypothesized direction--greater incidence in low-income areas--were observed for 15 of 23 cancer sites.
CONCLUSIONS: These findings, together with the recently observed consistent pattern of significant …