Introduction - This article presents some results from the first survival study based on the combined data from the cancer registries of the Francim network. Materials and Methods - Data...

The Quebec Tumor Registry is a central data collection system designed to record all new cases of malignant tumors—also known as "cancer"—that occur in Quebec, with the aim of ensuring...

Objectives - To describe the relationship between disabling low back pain and socioeconomic status in France. Methods - The data used were from the 1999 HID national household survey for...

The Epac survey is the French extension of the European EHLASS (European Home and Leisure Accident Surveillance System) database, which was established in the 1980s in several European...

Introduction - The 2008 Household Survey on Disability and Health provides a basis for analyzing social inequalities in health through various self-reported indicators: perceived health,...

Given the evidence of social inequalities in health, as demonstrated by the existence of gradients based on current social status, income, or educational attainment, the objective here...

Background - As life expectancy increases, there are growing expectations that older adults will remain actively engaged in society, particularly in the labor market. However, social...

Introduction - Social disadvantage indicators enable routine monitoring of health inequalities. This study defines an indicator and assesses its association with mortality by cause of...

Objective - The objective of this study was to estimate the association between certain characteristics of the residential environment and obesity, after adjusting for age, sex, and...