Abstract

LACERDA, Kelly Cavalheiro; ROCHA, Renata Carneiro; MELO, Marcela Melquíades de  and  NUNES, Lélia Cápua. Stomach cancer mortality in the city of Volta Redonda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1981-2008. Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde [online]. 2014, vol.23, n.3, pp.519-526. ISSN 1679-4974.

OBJECTIVE: to describe stomach cancer mortality trends in individuals over 20 years old in the city of Volta Redonda-RJ, Brazil, from 1981 to 2008. METHODS: time series study, using Mortality Information System (SIM) data. Standardized mortality rates were calculated by age group. RESULTS: the average standardized stomach cancer mortality rate was higher among males (27 per 100,000 men vs. 15 per 100,000 women); between 1981 and 2008, the mortality trend was decreasing and relevant, varying from 33.4 to 193 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants (p<0.001); in the male group, this rate decreased from 45.6 to 24.8 deaths per 100 thousand men (p=0.019); and in the female group, from 20.7 to 14.4/100 thousand women (p=0.098). CONCLUSION: gastric cancer mortality is declining in the general population and men; women presented lower rates, without relevant reduction in the studied period.

Keywords : Stomach Neoplasm; Mortality; Time Series Studies; Temporal Distribution.

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