Individual- and area-level socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence in the working-age population – a cohort study based on German statutory health insurance data, 2015 to 2019
Our findings suggest that strategies to prevent cancer in the working-age population should take more account of the unequal structural conditions in which people work and live. The study shows that area-level socioeconomic deprivation has explanatory power for unequal cancer risks beyond the individual characteristics of socioeconomic position.
Authors
- Simon Brinkwirth (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3669-7711)
- Benjamin Wachtler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3959-5676)
- Fabian Tetzlaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6933-4162)
- Jens Hoebel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6623-1579)
- Juliane Tetzlaff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5393-5991)
- Marco Alibone (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8368-7298)
- Anja Cengia
Institutions
- Robert Koch Institute (DE)
- Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (DE)
- Institute for Applied Economic Research (DE)
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (SE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25890-4
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Health and Medical Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.82