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Table 1 Cancer incidence according to different socioeconomic indicators and selected cancer sites. Relative Index of Inequality (RII) with their 95% CI, estimated from the fully adjusted modela. Turin, 1985-99.

From: The socioeconomic determinants of cancer

 

ALL SITES

LUNG

STOMACH

UADT

LIVER

BREAST

CERVIX

 

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Women

Men

Men

Women

Women

 

n=33365

n=29834

n=7219

N=1656

n=1893

n=1212

n=2760

n=1726

n=9203

n=871

Education

RII (95% C.I.)

1.17

(1.09-1.27)

0.78

(0.72-0.85)

1.72

(1.45-2.04)

0.54

(0.37-0.77)

3.24

(2.28-4.61)

2.16

(1.34-3.48)

1.82

(1.39-2.36)

1.15

(0.81-1.63)

0.63

(0.55-0.72)

1.80

(1.13-2.88)

Occupational Class

RII (95% C.I.)

1.10

(1.02-1.18)

0.97

(0.90-1.05)

1.10

(0.94-1.27)

1.07

(0.74-1.52)

1.00

(0.74-1.36)

0.90

(0.58-1.40)

1.60

(1.27-2.02)

1.59

(1.17-2.17)

0.87

(0.77-0.99)

1.09

(0.70-1.68)

Housing Characteristics

RII (95% C.I.)

1.26

(1.18-1.34)

1.12

(1.04-1.19)

1.72

(1.51-1.95)

1.45

(1.06-1.98)

1.33

(1.02-1.73)

1.13

(0.77-1.65)

1.92

(1.57-2.35)

1.37

(1.05-1.80)

1.06

(0.95-1.18)

2.13

(1.48-3.09)

Deprivation Index

RII (95% C.I.)

1.09

(1.03-1.16)

0.98

(0.91-1.04)

1.24

(1.09-1.41)

1.08

(0.79-1.47)

1.03

(0.79-1.34)

1.26

(0.86-1.84)

1.38

(1.13-1.68)

0.94

(0.72-1.22)

0.92

(0.82-1.02)

1.30

(0.89-1.89)

  1. aadjusted for age, area of birth and all the other reported variables from Spadea et al. [26]