Breast cancer mortality in women of Southern Brazil, 1980-1999

• Main Author: Zago, Augusto
• Publication Date: 2005
• Other Authors: Pereira, Luiz A A, Braga, Alfésio L F, Bousquat, Aylene
• Format: Article
• Language: por
• Source: Revista de Saúde Pública
• Download full: https://www.revistas.usp.br/rsp/article/view/31916
• topic: Neoplasias mamárias^i1^smortalid; Coeficiente de mortalidade; Série de tempo^i1^spoluição ambien; Envelhecimento; Comportamento reprodutivo; Fatores de risco; Breast cancer^i2^smortal; Mortality rate; Time series; Environmental pollution; Aging; Reproductive behavior; Risk factors

OBJECTIVE: To analyze time and geographical trends of breast cancer mortality. METHODS: Annual mortality rates per 100,000 female inhabitants aged 20 to 59 years for the Baixada Santista metropolitan area, the city and state of São Paulo and Brazil, from 1980 to 1999, were standardized by age groups and analyzed. The analyses included regression models to estimate and compare time trends of each area.? RESULTS: Increasing mortality rate trends were observed for all areas. However, intrametropolitan variations have higher baselines and time trends than the other areas. Santos had standardized mortality rates between 25 and 35 per 100,000 women, which were the highest in the study. Differences between Santos rates and the rates of other cities included in the study were statistically significant (p