Neighborhood deprivation and risk of head and neck cancer: A multilevel analysis from France

Social inequalities in cancer incidence have been reported worldwide and for many cancer sites. An increased incidence in deprived populations has been observed for lung [1–4] head and neck [1,3–5], liver[1,5], cervix [1,4–6], bladder [4], stomach [1,5] and esophagus [1,5,7] and an increased incidence in affluent populations has been observed for breast [1,4,5,8] and prostate cancer [1,4,5,9], and for melanoma, [1,4,5,10]. The influence of area-based socioeconomic level on the incidence of cancer is well documented in the literature but the underlying mechanisms that create these associations are rarely addressed.

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