The Inequalities Of Lung Cancer Prevalence On Terms Of Socioeconomic Status

Smoking is recognised as the largest single preventable cause of death and disease in Australia. It is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer, emphysema, bronchitis, asthma, renal disease and eye disease. Tobacco contains the powerfully addictive stimulant nicotine, which can make smoking a regular and long-term habit that is not easy to quit (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2014). Statistics show

This study examined the health inequalities among different socio-economic groups from 2004 to 2014 among Australians whose age ranging from 20 to 65 years old. According to the study, the health risk factor behaviour; smoking by sex results indicated that males smoking were higher than females during the study period. The highest rate of smoking were reported among males in 2004. Smoking status by education groups suggested that the highest rate of smoking were accounted in year 12 or below group in all three years, while university degree holders accounted for the least group. The different income groups showed that the poorest people smoking percentage were higher compared to the richest and the percentage had increased when it was moving

Socioeconomic inequalities in regards to lung cancer treatment have been founded. Researchers have studies participants with a leading diagnosis of lung cancer, where the outcome was odd of treatment and where the outcome was reported by a measure of SEP (Socioeconomic Position). Further investigation is required to determine the patient, tumor, clinician, and system factors that may contribute to socioeconomic inequalities in receipt of lung cancer treatment. Although the incidence and outcome of lung cancer varies with socioeconomic position (SEP) (L.F., 2013)

Ethnicity also plays a role in health inequalities. This factor is also closely linked to the socio-economic status mentioned above.The Health Survey for England conducted by Erens, Primatesta and Prior (2011) unleashed that many minority ethnic groups have smoking rates that are lower than that of the rest of the population. The higher smoking rates amongst some minority ethnic groups were connected to the socioeconomic position of these groups. The Office for National Statistics reported that minority ethnic groups were more likely than white groups to live in low income households in 2010 to 2011, although this varied by ethnic group. An exception to this was the smoking rate among Bangladeshi men, of whom 44% smoked. The survey also found

Collectively, the United States is a society in which the notion of equal opportunities is believed by many. The idea that, through individual action, with use of equal opportunities granted, one can better themselves and move upward in the mobility latter of class and economic stability. It is this notion, however, which is an illusion presented by government officials, that is handicapping people of society, resulting in self-blame when things are going wrong or unexpected. Additionally, it is this illusion that is bringing about inequalities of socioeconomic statuses, when really, opportunities are not equated as equal today and the system in which is bringing about such disparities between classes is not challenged by those being affected and put at a disadvantage the most. Through secondary data of scholarly articles and a documentary, this paper aims to identify the problems that socioeconomic statuses plays on health, the stakeholders who are present and how they are affected by this problem, and then conclude by offering some recommendations that propose change to be made to better the system in which the United States is currently in regarding socioeconomic statuses and the negative effects it has health.

Tobacco use is the major cause of preventable and premature death and disease in the United States, according to the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. Approximately 480,000 smoking-related deaths occur annually in the U.S. (CDC). That means every year, about one out of every five deaths in the U.S. is caused by smoking. According to MedlinePlus, an online medical encyclopedia associated with the National Institutes of Health, cigarette smoke has the potential to harm essentially every organ in the human body. Shockingly, 87 percent of lung cancers would disappear if every person in the U.S. stopped smoking. The NCI reports that smoking is linked to multiple other types of cancer, including cervix, bladder, kidney, pancreas, mouth and throat. Cigarette smoking also causes critical damage to the heart and the cardiovascular system. The American

In Australia, tobacco is the largest single preventable cause of diseases and death (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2013). According to the National drug strategy household survey 2013, the prevalence of daily smoking in Australian population over 14

Smoking is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide. It kills an estimated 5000 people in New Zealand every year and affects the quality of life for thousands more. The cost to the health system that can be directly attributed to smoking has been estimated to be at least $1.9 billion a year. There are about 650,000 smokers in New Zealand – and of those, 80 percent wish they had never started and about 65 percent have tried to quit in the past five years. (Ministry of Health, 2005). Smoking increases the risk of

The harmful effects of smoking are well known. Smoking increases the chances of chronic disease’s for example Lung Cancer, with 90% of these cases being caused by smoking (Cancer Research UK 2009). Responsible for 5200 lives per year, the huge financial burden on the National

World-wide efforts have increased to alarm people of the danger in consuming tobacco products, both first hand and second hand. In recent years, reports have proven a decline in smoking. However, there are still millions of people that smoke in the United State of America. As a result, the effect of smoking has become a major health risk. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death, disease, and disability in the US.

The author presents a few evidence to support their argument in a way that one’s insight can be clearer of what is written. As said before socioeconomic status influences multiple disease outcomes, where it discovered that the society’s poor and less privileged people lives in the worst health and die much younger than the more privileged people. It is said that they are at more risk of death for those being at their lowest

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States. Furthermore, the use of cigarettes and other tobacco products contributes to the death of 1 out of every five deaths in the United States. Moreover, I believe that the potential impact of shorting an individual’s life by allowing the tobacco industry to provide a message that seeks to promote the use of this deadly product.

Smoking tobacco is one of the most common bad habits in the worldwide. A large amount of data has been collected on the issues of tobacco and overall health globally. The relationship between tobacco use and health initially comes from professional clinical observations about lung cancer, the first disease linked to tobacco use. Many people are not able to stop their addiction of smoking due to the fact that tobacco contains a common drug called nicotine that makes smokers feel as if they need to smoke all the time in order to function normally. Nicotine is a substance that is found in tobacco. It is also found in all tobacco products such as: cigarettes, chewing tobacco, and cigars. Cigarette smoking is regarded as a major health risk factor in the development of lung cancer, which it has been proven that is the main cause of cancer deaths in men and women in the United States and the world.

Smoking harms one’s health in many ways but the main way is by causing lung cancer. It is caused by damaging the cells that line the lungs. Nearly 400,000 people in the US are living

“Lung cancer continues to be the leading cause of death in both men and women in the US, with over 158,900 deaths in 1999. Worldwide, lung cancer kills over 1 million people a year. Extensive prospective epidemiologic data clearly establish cigarette smoking as the major cause of lung cancer. It is estimated that about 90% of male lung cancer deaths and 75–80% of lung cancer deaths in the US are caused by smoking each year” (Hecht, 1999). Clearly, lung cancer is an important and widespread disease that constitutes a major public health problem. This was not always so. Some 150 years ago, it was an extremely rare disease. In 1878, malignant lung tumors represented only 1% of all cancers seen at autopsy in the Institute of Pathology of the