OBJECTIVE: To determine childhood and adolescent cancer mortality by the level of marginalization in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used 1990-2009 death certificates estimating age-standardized rates. We calculated the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) using the Joinpoint Regression program available at the National Cancer Institute to assess tendency. RESULTS: Cancer mortality rates increased. AAPC were 0.87% male and 0.96% female children, and for adolescents were: males 1.22% and females 0.63%. The neoplasm pattern in infants was leukemia -central nervous system- lymphomas; and in adolescents it was leukemia -bone and articulation- lymphomas. The increase in cancer mortality corresponded to the high and highest marginated areas of each state. CONCLUSION: The increase in highly marginated areas may be partly explained by well-documented local registration of deaths. Further studies focusing on survival are required in order to better assess the effectiveness of cancer detection and medical treatment in our country.
OBJECTIVE: To determine childhood and adolescent cancer mortality by the level of marginalization in Mexico. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We used 1990-2009 death certificates estimating age-standardized rates. We calculated the Average Annual Percent Change (AAPC) using the Joinpoint Regression program available at the National Cancer Institute to assess tendency. RESULTS:Cancer mortality rates increased. AAPC were 0.87% male and 0.96% female children, and for adolescents were: males 1.22% and females 0.63%. The neoplasm pattern in infants was leukemia -central nervous system- lymphomas; and in adolescents it was leukemia -bone and articulation- lymphomas. The increase in cancer mortality corresponded to the high and highest marginated areas of each state. CONCLUSION: The increase in highly marginated areas may be partly explained by well-documented local registration of deaths. Further studies focusing on survival are required in order to better assess the effectiveness of cancer detection and medical treatment in our country.
Authors: Angélica Castro-Ríos; Hortensia Reyes-Morales; Blanca E Pelcastre-Villafuerte; Mario E Rendón-Macías; Arturo Fajardo-Gutiérrez Journal: Int J Equity Health Date: 2019-03-04
Authors: J Smith Torres-Roman; Bryan Valcarcel; Pedro Guerra-Canchari; Camila Alves Dos Santos; Isabelle Ribeiro Barbosa; Carlo La Vecchia; Katherine A McGlynn; Dyego Leandro Bezerra de Souza Journal: BMC Pediatr Date: 2020-11-07 Impact factor: 2.125