Association between Socioeconomic Factors and the Risk of Gastric Cancer Incidence: Results from an Ecological Study

Majid Babaei*, Habibollah Pirnejad, Jafar Rezaie, Gholamreza Roshandel, Rana Hoseini

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Abstract

Background:
Gastric cancer (GC), one of the most common cancer worldwide, remains the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality. The etiology of GC may arise from genetic and environmental factors. This study aimed to determine the association between GC incidence and socioeconomic status in Iran.

Methods:
An ecological study was designed to investigate the relationship between socioeconomic factors and the risk of GC incidence. The data of socioeconomic variables such as income changes, unemployment rate, urbanization ratio, inflation rate, and air pollution changes in 31 provinces were collected from the Statistical Center of Iran, and the data of GC of 31 provinces were provided from the Iranian National Population-based Cancer Registry (INPCR). Data from 2014 to 2017 was analyzed using panel data analysis, the fixed effects model by EViews software.

Results:
Panel data model was suitable for the present study. Results showed that there was a positive and significant relationship between GC incidence and socioeconomic factors including income changes (P≤ 0.001), unemployment rate (P≤0.01), inflation rate (P≤ 0.05), and air pollution changes (P≤ 0.001). The urbanization ratio showed a negative relationship and was not statistically associated with GC incidence (P> 0.05).

Conclusion:
Our findings suggest a positive and significant association between socioeconomic status and GC incidence, proposing a GC risk factor. The key public health policies and welfare policies' priority should there-fore be to schedule for the GC management.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1739-1748
Number of pages10
JournalIranian Journal of Public Health
Volume52
Issue number8
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported by the Research Committee of Urmia University of Medical Sciences [grant unmer: bIUMRS.REU.C.1400.079].

Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Babaei et al.

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