Open AccessEstimates of future cancer mortality attributable to modifiable risk factors in Canada
Author(s) -
Joy Pader,
Yibing Ruan,
Abbey E. Poirier,
Keiko Asakawa,
Cuixian Lu,
S. Memon,
Anthony B. Miller,
Stephen D. Walter,
Paul J. Villeneuve,
Will D. King,
Karena D. Volesky,
Lisa F. Smith,
Prithwish De,
Christine M. Friedenreich,
Darren R. Brenner
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
canadian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1920-7476
pISSN - 0008-4263
DOI - 10.17269/s41997-020-00455-7
Subject(s) - medicine , cancer , environmental health , attributable risk , incidence (geometry) , population , mortality rate , demography , cancer incidence , cancer prevention , surgery , physics , sociology , optics
Modifiable lifestyle, environmental, and infectious risk factors associated with cancer impact both cancer incidence and mortality at the population level. Most studies estimating this burden focus on cancer incidence. However, because these risk factors are associated with cancers of disparate mortality rates, the burden associated with cancer incidence could differ from cancer mortality. Therefore, estimating the cancer mortality attributable to these risk factors provides additional insight into cancer prevention. Here, we estimated future cancer deaths and the number of avoidable deaths in Canada due to modifiable risk factors.