A cohort study into head and neck cancer mortality in Belgium (2001–11): Are individual socioeconomic differences conditional on area deprivation?

Previous studies have observed substantial geographic differences in incidence of and premature mortality from head and neck cancer (HNC) in Belgium [1–3]. Higher premature mortality (ages 1–74) from HNC has been observed in the southern part of Belgium (the Walloon Region) compared with the northern part (the Flemish Region) [1]. At a lower geographic level, the spatial pattern of premature HNC mortality follows a clear spatial pattern of low mortality in the north-eastern districts and high mortality parallel to the French border [2].

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