Cancer mortality and sexual condition

Authors

  • Pablo Rodríguez Jiménez Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas
  • Jana Fernández Alfonso Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas
  • Lenia Delgado Pérez Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas
  • Ismary Garrote Rodríguez Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas
  • José Manuel Morales Rigau Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas
  • Fernando Jesús Achiong Estupiñán Centro Provincial de Higiene y Epidemiología.Matanzas

Keywords:

NEOPLASMS, GENDER AND HEALTH, DEATH CERTIFICATES, HUMANS

Abstract

Cancer mortality has maintained an increasing tendency in most of the countries. We carried out a descriptive study of the cancer mortality according to the sex condition from 1990 to 2007 in the province of Matanzas, covering 14 294 deceased for cancer from the total of 90 908 deceased due to different causes. We found a steady increase of the crude and adjusted rates in direct relation with age, being higher and statistically significant in the male sex. The lowest male/female ratio (1.5) was evident in the period from 2002 to 2007. Mean age was higher among men: 69.7 vs. 65.1. There was a tendency to increase in both sexes, but there was a bigger proportional mortality in men (17.5 vs. 13.5). Sex ratio was slightly higher among those died by cancer than among those who died by other causes (1.6 vs. 1.3), and also among those who were 70 years old and more. The bigger quantity of diseases was due to lung, prostate, colon and female breast cancer.

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Published

2009-09-15

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Rodríguez Jiménez P, Fernández Alfonso J, Delgado Pérez L, Garrote Rodríguez I, Morales Rigau JM, Achiong Estupiñán FJ. Cancer mortality and sexual condition. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2009 Sep. 15 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];31(1):39-45. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/581

Issue

Vol. 31 No. 1 (2009)

Section

Research article

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