PEOPLE WHO LIVE in the most deprived areas have almost a 30% higher risk of dying from cancer within five years of a diagnosis than those in more affluent areas of Ireland, according to a new report.
People living in the most deprived areas had a higher risk of late-stage presentation for breast and prostate cancers than those living in the least deprived areas.No disparities in stage of presentation were found for lung or colorectal cancers when comparing the least and most deprived groups. “There is an increased focus on cancer inequalities experienced across the cancer continuum as part of Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan,” NCRI co-author Dr Niamh Bambury said.
Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)
A box of 20 smokes cost price is about €2.50 yet in the shops they cost approx €14 so €11.50 is taxes the government take in
'Smoking rates reach 18 per cent among those on the lowest income level, compared with 7 per cent for people with the highest. Some 17 per cent of Irish people with the lowest level of educational attainment smoke, compared with 9 per cent of those with higher levels.'
Not surprising.
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