NDLI: Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession?

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Gomez, Scarlett Lin Canchola, Alison J. Nelson, David O. Keegan, Theresa H. M. Clarke, Christina A. Cheng, Iona Shariff Marco, Salma DeRouen, Mindy Catala, Ralph Sataria, William A. Davidson Allen, Kathleen Glaser, Sally L.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	In recent years, cancer case counts in the U.S. underwent a large, rapid decline—an unexpected change given population growth for older persons at highest cancer risk. As these declines coincided with the Great Recession, we examined whether they were related to economic conditions.Using California Cancer Registry data from California’s 30 most populous counties, we analyzed trends in cancer incidence during pre-recession (1996–2007) and recession/recovery (2008–2012) periods for all cancers combined and the ten most common sites. We evaluated the recession’s association with rates using a multifactorial index that measured recession impact, and modeled associations between case counts and county-level unemployment rates using Poisson regression.Yearly cancer incidence rate declines were greater during the recession/recovery (3.3% among males, 1.4% among females) than before (0.7 and 0.5%, respectively), particularly for prostate, lung, and colorectal cancers. Lower case counts, especially for prostate and liver cancer among males and breast cancer, melanoma, and ovarian cancer among females, were associated with higher unemployment rates, irrespective of time period, but independent of secular effects. The associations for melanoma translated up to a 3.6% decrease in cases with each 1% increase in unemployment. Incidence declines were not greater in counties with higher recession impact index.Although recent declines in incidence of certain cancers are not differentially impacted by economic conditions related to the Great Recession relative to pre-recession conditions, the large recent absolute declines in the case counts of some cancer may be attributable to the large declines in unemployment in the recessionary period. This may occur through decreased engagement in preventive health behaviors, particularly for clinically less urgent cancers. Continued monitoring of trends is important to detect any rises in incidence rates as deferred diagnoses come to clinical attention.
Starting Page	145
Ending Page	154
Page Count	10
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09575243
Journal	Cancer Causes & Control
Volume Number	28
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	15737225
Language	English
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Publisher Date	2017-01-27
Publisher Place	Cham
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Recession Case counts Economy Unemployment Cancer Research Biomedicine Oncology Public Health Epidemiology Hematology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Cancer Research Oncology

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Association of the California Tobacco Control Program with Declines in Lung Cancer Incidence

Trajectory of overall health from self-report and factors contributing to health declines among cancer survivors

Recent trends and patterns in breast cancer incidence among Eastern and Southeastern Asian women

Declines in breast cancer after the WHI: apparent impact of hormone therapy

Occupational exposure to terbufos and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

Poverty and childhood cancer incidence in the United States

Incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Germany 2009–2013

Use of acetaminophen in relation to the occurrence of cancer: a review of epidemiologic studies

Proportionate cancer incidence in the Laotian population of California, 1988–2006

Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession?

Similar Documents

Association of the California Tobacco Control Program with Declines in Lung Cancer Incidence

Trajectory of overall health from self-report and factors contributing to health declines among cancer survivors

Recent trends and patterns in breast cancer incidence among Eastern and Southeastern Asian women

Declines in breast cancer after the WHI: apparent impact of hormone therapy

Occupational exposure to terbufos and the incidence of cancer in the Agricultural Health Study

Poverty and childhood cancer incidence in the United States

Incidence of malignant mesothelioma in Germany 2009–2013

Use of acetaminophen in relation to the occurrence of cancer: a review of epidemiologic studies

Proportionate cancer incidence in the Laotian population of California, 1988–2006

Recent declines in cancer incidence: related to the Great Recession?