Area Socioeconomic Variations in U.S. Cancer Incidence, Mortality, Stage, Treatment, and Survival, 1975–1999

This monograph analyzes area socioeconomic differentials and trends in incidence, mortality, stage of disease, treatment, and survival for all cancers combined and for six major cancers (lung, colon/rectum, prostate, breast, uterine cervix, and melanoma of the skin) by sex and race/ethnicity in the United States. The analysis of cancer rates and trends by socioeconomic characteristics may shed important light on the potential contribution of major cancer control efforts such as smoking reduction and cancer screening on reducing the cancer burden among the various segments of the U.S. population.

The monograph was published in 2003 by the Surveillance Research Program of the NCI. The monograph is provided in Portable Document Format (PDF), and requires the use of the free Adobe Acrobat Reader. You may use the PDFs to view or print the chapters, or you may order a printed copy of the book.

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Contents, Foreword, Abstract - 522 KB Highlights - 82 KB Introduction - 93 KB Data and Methods - 1.65 MB Incidence and Mortality - 902 KB Stage of Disease at Diagnosis - 194 KB Treatment (Cancer-Directed Surgery) - 119 KB Survival Summary and Discussion - 232 KB and Table 7.1 on Page 129* - 55 KB References - 132 KB * Table is provided separately to allow printing on 11 x 17 paper using landscape orientation. Download monograph in single PDF file - 2.87 MB