Open AccessStage at diagnosis in breast cancer: race and socioeconomic factors.
Author(s) -
Barbara L. Wells,
John W. Horm
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.82.10.1383
Subject(s) - socioeconomic status , demography , medicine , census , disadvantage , census tract , incidence (geometry) , race (biology) , median income , social class , disease , breast cancer , cancer , household income , gerontology , stage (stratigraphy) , environmental health , geography , population , pathology , physics , optics , archaeology , sociology , political science , law , paleontology , botany , biology
Cancer incidence data from three US metropolitan areas were coupled with census tract indicators of education and income. The data suggest that both Black and White cancer patients living in census tracts with lower median education/income values are diagnosed in later disease stages than are patients in tracts with higher median education/income values. Within education and income strata, Black women had a less favorable stage of disease at diagnosis than Whites. The exception was in upper education/income levels, where the disadvantage for Blacks disappeared. These data provide additional evidence that women of low socioeconomic status could benefit from targeted screening.