Trends in skin cancer incidence by socioeconomic position in Scotland, 1978-2004

Background: Non-melanoma skin cancer has been little studied in relation to deprivation. Methods: Incident cases diagnosed in 1978–2004 were extracted from the Scottish Cancer Register and assigned to quintiles of Carstairs deprivation scores. Age-standardised incidence rates (ASRs) (European standa...

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Published in:British journal of cancer 2010-05, Vol.102 (11), p.1661-1664
Main Authors: Doherty, V R, Brewster, D H, Jensen, S, Gorman, D
Format: Article
Language:English
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Adult
Age Factors
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Breast cancer
Cancer Research
Carcinoma, Basal Cell - epidemiology
Drug Resistance
Epidemiology
Female
Holidays & special occasions
Humans
Incidence
Information services
Male
Medical prognosis
Medical research
Melanoma
Melanoma - epidemiology
Molecular Medicine
Neoplasms, Squamous Cell - epidemiology
Oncology
Scotland - epidemiology
Sex Factors
Skin cancer
Skin Neoplasms - epidemiology
Social Class
Socioeconomic factors
Time Factors
Trends
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Summary:Background: Non-melanoma skin cancer has been little studied in relation to deprivation. Methods: Incident cases diagnosed in 1978–2004 were extracted from the Scottish Cancer Register and assigned to quintiles of Carstairs deprivation scores. Age-standardised incidence rates (ASRs) (European standard population) were calculated by deprivation quintile, sex, period of diagnosis, for the three main types of skin cancer. Results and conclusion: As age-standardised incidence of each skin cancer increased significantly over time across all deprivation categories, rates were consistently highest in the least deprived quintile.
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605678