[Years of life lost: known methods and a refined approach using the example of the most frequent causes of death in Germany].

Background: Years of life lost (YLL) is a meaningful indicator of the relevance of causes of death, although it is rarely used in Germany. Numerous methods have been developed to calculate YLL.

Objective: Prototypical methods for calculating YLL are presented and critically appraised.

Small-area analysis on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival for 25 cancer sites in Germany.

Socioeconomic inequalities in cancer survival have been reported in various countries but it is uncertain to what extent they persist in countries with relatively comprehensive health insurance coverage such as Germany. We investigated the association between area-based socioeconomic deprivation on municipality level and cancer survival for 25 cancer sites in Germany. We used data from seven population-based cancer registries (covering 32 million inhabitants).