Open AccessPancreatic cancer incidence and mortality trends: a population-based study
Author(s) -
Wesley dos Santos,
Fábia Cheyenne Gomes de Morais Fernandes,
Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza,
Kezauyn Miranda Aiquoc,
Ana Mayara Gomes de Souza,
Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
revista de salud pública/revista de salud publica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2539-3596
pISSN - 0124-0064
DOI - 10.15446/rsap.v24n1.89397
Subject(s) - demography , incidence (geometry) , confidence interval , latin americans , population , ecological study , mortality rate , pancreatic cancer , medicine , cancer , geography , political science , physics , sociology , optics , law
Objectives To analyze trends in pancreatic cancer incidence and mortality in Latin American countries.Methods An ecological study with incidence data from the International Agency for Research on Cancer and mortality data from the World Health Organization. The trend of incidence by Joinpoint regression, the variation of the annual average and the 95% confidence interval were analyzed.Results There were increasing trends in incidence in Brazil, in males, aged 40-59 years, and reduction in Costa Rica. In females, there was stability in all age groups. The mortality rates increased in the elderly in Brazil (AAPC: 1.09%; 95% CI: 0.76; 1.42), Peru (AAPC: 1.76%; 95% CI: 0.36; 3.17) and El Salvador (AAPC: 2.88%; 95% CI: 0.38; 5.43), while in Mexico, there was a reduction. In females, this rate increased in Brazil (AAPC: 1.38%; 95% CI: 1.07; 1.69), Peru (AAPC: 2.25%; 95% CI: 0.68; 3.85), Chile (AAPC: 3.62%; 95% CI:1.96; 5.31), Nicaragua (AAPC: 2.51%; 95% CI: 0.36; 4.71) and Paraguay (AAPC: 1.17%; 95% CI: 0.37; 1.98) and a downward trend was observed in Colombia and Ecuador.Conclusions Pancreatic cancer had a higher incidence in the elderly population of both sexes and an increase of the mortality trend in females was noted.