Rajabali Daroudi|Nasrin Sargazi|Arya Sakhidel-Hovasin|Mohammadreza Sheikhy?Chaman
The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Cancer Survival Rate
Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iran University of Medical Sciences
background socioeconomic status major determinant health considerable impact cancer survival rate present study aimed investigate impact socioeconomic factors 5year survival rate common cancer types 56 countriesx0d methods ecological study 5year survival data gastric cancer colon cancer lung cancer breast cancer cervical cancer ovarian cancer prostate cancer leukemia period 20052009 socioeconomic factors including gross domestic product gdp life expectancy literacy rate urbanization healthcare expenditure extracted concord2 study world bank database respectively multivariate regression analysis used estimate model ordinary leastsquares ols method using stata 14 softwarex0d results gdp coefficient breast cancer cervical cancer leukemia positive significant correlation identified gastric colon lung ovarian prostate cancer gdp gastric colon breast prostate cancers positive significant correlation life expectancy contrast significant correlation found lung cancer cervical cancer ovarian cancer leukemia life expectancy correlation cancer survival rate literacy rate urbanization positive correlation prostate cancer healthcare expenditure furthermore statistically significant relationship gastric ovarian cancers socioeconomic variables finally gdp life expectancy significant impact cancer survival ratesx0d conclusion different countries play key role increasing cancer survival rates implementing policies improve economic social factors