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Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality in South Africa

Author(s) -

Ross Bailie,

Christine Selvey,

David Bourne,

Debbie Bradshaw

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

international journal of epidemiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406

H-Index - 208

eISSN - 1464-3685

pISSN - 0300-5771

DOI - 10.1093/ije/25.3.488

Subject(s) - cervical cancer , demography , medicine , mortality rate , population , cancer , environmental health , surgery , sociology

Cervical cancer is an important cause of death throughout the world, especially in less developed countries. Reports of trends in cervical cancer mortality from less developed countries have been limited by poor data quality and inaccurate population estimates. This paper examines trends in cervical cancer mortality in South Africa from 1949 to 1990 and discusses the impact of cytology screening on these trends.

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