Global incidence and mortality of skin cancer by histological subtype and its relationship with the human development index (HDI); an ecology study in 2018

Autor: Z. Khazaei, F. Ghorat, A. Jarrahi, H. Adineh, M. Sohrabivafa, E. Goodarzi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: World Cancer Research Journal, Vol 6 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2372-3416
DOI: 10.32113/wcrj_20194_1265
Popis: Objective: Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, ranking first in men and second in women. The aim of this study was to determine the incidence and prevalence of skin cancer and its association with the Human Development Index (HDI) in the world. Materials and Methods: The present study is a descriptive-analytic study based on extraction of cancer incidence data and cancer mortality rates from the World Bank for Cancer in 2018. The incidence and mortality rates and skin cancer distribution maps were drawn for world countries. To analyze data, correlation test and regression tests were used to evaluate the correlation between the incidence and mortality with HDI. The statistical analysis was carried out by Stata-14 and the significance level was estimated at the level of 0.05. Results: Countries with the highest incidence of melanoma and non-melanoma cancer were Australia and New Zealand. The results of the study showed a positive and significant correlation between the incidence (R = 0.572, p
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