This chapter presents findings from two health equity studies of the social epidemiology of
cancer in the United States. Both these studies were designed to provide a framework for …

We analyzed socioeconomic, rural-urban, and racial inequalities in US mortality from all
cancers, lung, colorectal, prostate, breast, and cervical cancers. A deprivation index and …

Cancer is the second most common cause of death in the United States, following heart
disease. The American Cancer Society projected that about 1,596,670 new cancer cases …

In this article, we present a variety of measures that quantify equity in cancer mortality
outcomes, demonstrate how the measures perform with various cancer types, and identify …

Monitoring health inequalities according to socioeconomic status (SES) and other key
demographic factors such as race/ethnicity and rural/urban residence has long been an …

Objectives of study To test recent claims that cancer inequities are bound to increase as
population health improves. Methods We analyzed 1960–2006 age-standardized US county …

Disparities in breast cancer mortality are explored through a complex set of political and
economic circumstances. The forms of social injustices derived from inequitable income …

Inequalities in disease rates among racial or ethnic minority populations have been
documented in many parts of the world, including England (non-Whites vs Whites)(Nazroo et …

1.1 Background There is a significant disconnect between cancer research discovery/
development (ie, what we know) and the delivery of care to cancer patients (ie, what we do) …

Introduction This paper presents race-specific lung cancer mortality rates and the
corresponding rate ratios for the 50 largest US cities for the 5-year intervals 1990–1994 and …