Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

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Association of lower morbidity or mortality with higher community socioeconomic status.

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Five common cancers (lung, stomach, colorectal, liver, and breast) occur more often in communities with low employment rates or low incomes, per analysis of 16 years of data on Japanese adults

Article URL: http://plos.io/4envdYN

Article title: Association between socioeconomic background and cancer: An ecological study using cancer registry and various community socioeconomic status indicators in Kanagawa, Japan

Author countries: Japan

Funding: The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.

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Journal

PLOS One

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0326895 

Article Title

Association between socioeconomic background and cancer: An ecological study using cancer registry and various community socioeconomic status indicators in Kanagawa, Japan

Article Publication Date

9-Jul-2025