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Trends in cancer mortality in Mexico, 1970-1999

Malvezzi, M. ; Bosetti, C. ; Chatenoud, L. ; Rodríguez, T. ; Levi, F. ; Negri, E. ; La Vecchia, C.

In: Annals of Oncology, 2004, vol. 15, no. 11, p. 1712-1718

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    Titre
    • Trends in cancer mortality in Mexico, 1970-1999
    Auteur
    • Malvezzi, M.. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri', Milan
    • Bosetti, C.. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri', Milan
    • Chatenoud, L.. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri', Milan
    • Rodríguez, T.. Universidad Pùblica de Navarra, Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Pamplona, Spain
    • Levi, F.. Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Negri, E.. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri', Milan
    • La Vecchia, C.. Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri', Milan
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Annals of Oncology, 2004, vol. 15, no. 11, p. 1712-1718. Oxford University Press
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    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:292537
    Summary
    Background: Few data on cancer mortality have been published for Mexico over the last few decades. It is therefore of interest to conduct a systematic and updated analysis of cancer mortality in this country. Patients and methods: Age-standardised (world population) mortality rates, at all ages and truncated at age 35-64 years, from major cancers and all cancers combined were computed on the basis of certified deaths derived from the World Health Organization database for the period 1970-99. Results: Mortality rates for all neoplasms showed an upward trend in men of all ages (from 58.2/100 000 in 1970-74 to 87.1/100 000 in 1995-99) and in middle-aged men (from 76.1 to 93.7/100 000, respectively). This reflects the rise until the early 1990s in lung cancer mortality (from 8.1/100 000 in 1970-74 to 15.6/100 000 in 1995-99) and prostate cancer (from 5.5 to 12.2/100 000, respectively). In women, overall mortality rates showed an increase between the early 1970s (75.4/100 000) and the late 1990s (82.3/100 000). Total cancer mortality rates remained low, however, compared with other American countries (e.g. 153.3/100 000 men and 108.6/100 000 women in 1999 in the United States). Truncated rates were stable (126.5/100 000 in 1970-74 and 125.8/100 000 in 1995-99), although they were much higher than overall rates, reflecting exceedingly high rates for uterine (mostly cervical) cancer mortality in middle-aged women (29.5/100 000 in 1995-99). Conclusions: Total cancer mortality in Mexico has remained comparably low on a worldwide scale, and the upward trends in mortality rates for lung and other tobacco-related neoplasms have tended to level off over the last decade. However, steady rises have been observed for other major cancers, including prostate and breast. Cervical cancer remains a major health problem in women