EVOLUTION OF MORTALITY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER IN BRAZIL AND REGIONS, BY SEX, 1996-2015

• Autor(a) principal: DUTRA,Viviane Gomes Parreira
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Outros Autores: PARREIRA,Virgilio Augusto Gomes, GUIMARÃES,Raphael Mendonça
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Arquivos de gastroenterologia (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032018000100061
• topic: Colorectal neoplasms, mortality; Men; Women; Regression analysis; Colonic neoplasms; Time series studies

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Colorectal cancer is among the three most frequent neoplasms in Brazil, being a public health problem. OBJECTIVE: To describe distribution pattern of colorectal cancer mortality in Brazil and regions, according to sex, between 1996 and 2015. METHODS: Values of standardized and stratified mortality rates by sex between 1996 and 2015 were used, through polynomial regression models and joinpoint analysis. RESULTS: It was observed that, for linear trends in mortality rates, for both sexes, there is a statistically significant trend increasing in both models, with rates and trends, and higher for men than for women, respectively, 7.3% per year (R2=0.95, P<0.001) and 6.5% per year (R2=0.87, P<0.001). It is observed a difference in magnitude and behavior of trend between the regions. CONCLUSION: It is understood that it is important to know the trend of rates in order to define priority populations for early interventions that increase survival and reduce mortality.