Prostate cancer mortality trends in Mexico, 1980-1995
| Autor: | Olga López-Ríos, Eduardo Lazcano-Ponce, Víctor Tovar-Guzmán, Carlos Hernández-Girón |
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| Rok vydání: | 1999 |
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Gerontology
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Urology Incidence (epidemiology) Mortality rate Public health Cancer Prostatic Neoplasms Middle Aged medicine.disease Prostate cancer Standardized mortality ratio Oncology Socioeconomic Factors Epidemiology Cochran–Armitage test for trend medicine Humans business Mexico Demography Aged |
| Zdroj: | The Prostate. 39(1) |
| ISSN: | 0270-4137 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND In Mexico, prostate cancer (PC) is the second highest cause of mortality by cancer in men. In 1991, there were 2,473 deaths, with a crude rate of 5.66 cases per 100,000 men age 40 or over. For this same year, the ratio of proportional mortality to the total number of malignant tumors was 12.6%. Our objectives were to determine the trends and geographic distribution of mortality for PC in Mexico for 1980–1995. METHODS Crude and adjusted mortality rates were carried out for 1980–1995. A test for trend was done using the simple lineal regression method. The standardized mortality ratio (SMR) was calculated for 1980–1995 for each Mexican state. RESULTS The total number of deaths by PC in Mexico for 1980–1995 was 32,349. The crude mortality rate increased during that period from 3.16 to 6.75 cases per 100,000 men over age 40. The statistical trend test with respect to time was significant (P < 0.0001). The state of Southern Baja California showed a higher SMR, and a smaller SMR was shown for the state of Quintana Roo. CONCLUSIONS The mortality trends for PC increased for the period studied. It represents a serious problem for public health. We find that the central and northern states of the country, characterized by a greater industrial and socioeconomic development, are those with a higher SMR. Prostate 39:23–27, 1999. © 1999 Wiley-Liss, Inc. |
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