Description of census-tract–level social determinants of health in cancer surveillance data
This article introduces the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results specialized dataset, which contains census-tract-level social determinants measures, including persistent poverty, rurality, SES quintile, and race and ethnicity. We demonstrate the capacity of these variables for use in producing trends and analyses focusing on cancer health disparities. Analyses may inform interventions and policy changes that improve cancer outcomes among populations living in disadvantaged areas, such as persistent-poverty tracts.
Authors
- Mandi Yu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1281-6456)
- Kathleen A. Cronin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7282-9323)
- Amy E. Kennedy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9589-5510)
- Manami Bhattacharya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3116-6065)
- Tracey Farrigan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3010-1385)
- Shobha Srinivasan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1207-2645)
Institutions
- Economic Research Service (US)
- Office of the Director (US)
- National Cancer Institute (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JNCI Monographs
- Published
- 2024-08-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jncimonographs/lgae027
- Citations
- 8
- Primary Topic
- Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.26
Funders
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute