Association Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Inequality and Cervical Cancer Incidence Rates in New York City

Stephanie Cham; Alicia Li; J Alejandro Rauh-Hain; Ana I Tergas; Dawn L Hershman; Jason D Wright; Alexander Melamed

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5779

Association Between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Inequality and Cervical Cancer Incidence Rates in New York City

JAMA Oncol. 2022 Jan 1;8(1):159-161. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2021.5779.

Authors

Stephanie Cham¹, Alicia Li², J Alejandro Rauh-Hain³, Ana I Tergas⁴, Dawn L Hershman⁴, Jason D Wright⁴, Alexander Melamed⁴

Affiliations

¹ Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Brigham and Women's Hospital/Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.
³ Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Reproductive Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston.
⁴ NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study uses Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality data to compare incidence of cervical cancer in the lowest–socioeconomic status neighborhoods with that in higher–socioeconomic status neighborhoods of New York City from 2012 through 2016.

Publication types

Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Incidence
New York City / epidemiology
Residence Characteristics
Socioeconomic Factors
Uterine Cervical Neoplasms* / epidemiology

Grants and funding

KL2 TR001874/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States