Nationwide analysis on the impact of socioeconomic land use factors and incidence of urothelial carcinoma.

•Nationwide data of cancer registries in Germany was analyzed and showed regional “hot-spots” of high incidence rates of urothelial carcinoma•Results on incidence rates revealed clusters with high incidence rates of up to 151% and 126% for men and women in Germany, respectively.•Socioeconomic land use factors (agricultural, industrial and residential) have an unequal association with tumor incidence.•These land use factors may be associated with a relative risk increase for urothelial carcinoma.