Socioeconomic status and cancer mortality and incidence in Melbourne Williams, Joanne, Clifford, Christine, Hopper, John and Giles, Graham 1991, Socioeconomic status and cancer mortality and incidence in Melbourne, European journal of cancer, vol. 27, no. 7, pp. 917-921. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Socioeconomic status and cancer mortality and incidence in Melbourne Author(s) Williams, Joanne orcid.org/0000-0002-5633-1592 Clifford, Christine Hopper, John Giles, Graham Journal name European journal of cancer Volume number 27 Issue number 7 Start page 917 End page 921 Total pages 5 Publisher Pergamon Press Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 1991 ISSN 0959-8049 0277-5379 Keyword(s) Adult Age Factors Aged Humans Incidence Middle Aged Neoplasms Risk Factors Socioeconomic Factors Victoria Summary Data were obtained for all deaths registered between 1979-1983, and for all new cancers recorded at the Victorian Cancer Registry between 1982-1983, in residents of Melbourne. A socioeconomic status (SES) measure had been produced for each local government area (LGA) by principal components analysis of sociodemographic variables recorded at the 1981 census. A SES score from 1 to 10 was assigned to each death and cancer. Population data from the census were similarly scored. Age standardised rates for all cause mortality, for mortality from all causes other than cancer and for both incidence and mortality of total cancers, cancer of the stomach, colon, rectum, lung, female breast, cervix, uterus, prostate and bladder, and for melanoma, lymphoma and leukaemia were analysed as a function of SES decile using weighted linear regression. Despite the limited number of years of data and the misclassification of the SES score, analyses showed there were inequitable distributions of mortality, and of some major cancers, across social strata in Melbourne during the early 1980s. The incidences of cancer of the breast, colon, prostate and melanoma were all positively associated with SES, while the incidences of cancer of the stomach, lung and cervix demonstrated negative SES gradients. For cancers where incidence showed a significant SES gradient there was a similar SES gradient with mortality. These patterns are consistent with the literature and implicate SES differences in education and access to services. Implications for health policy are discussed. Language eng Field of Research 1112 Oncology And Carcinogenesis Socio Economic Objective 920102 Cancer and Related Disorders HERDC Research category C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©1991, Pergamon Press Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30077694 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 31 Aug 2015, 15:29:00 EST Tue, 01 Sep 2015, 05:14:50 EST Tue, 01 Sep 2015, 06:14:43 EST Fri, 09 Jun 2017, 13:14:32 EST Fri, 09 Jun 2017, 13:16:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 41 times in TR Web of Science Cited 49 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 412 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 31 Aug 2015, 15:29:00 EST