Bergantiño CND, Suárez RAE

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 216-228
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ABSTRACT

Background: cancer is currently one of the leading causes of death worldwide; an estimated 84 million people will die from this disease before 2015.
Objective: to characterize mortality from malignant tumors in the province of Cienfuegos.
Methods: a retrospective descriptive study of mortality from malignant tumors in the province of Cienfuegos from 2004 to 2013 was conducted. The variables analyzed were: age, sex, location of tumors, mortality rates and years of potential life lost.
Results: twenty four point eight percent of the deaths during the period studied was from malignancies; the higher number of deaths was observed in males and patients aged 70 years and over; the most common tumor location for both sexes was the trachea, bronchial tubes and lungs, prostate in males and breasts in females; 68.8 % of the deaths occurred at home; 83.7 % of the patients did not undergo necropsy; the highest rate of years of potential life lost occurred in 2007 (8.3 years of life per 1000 inhabitants) followed by the year 2005 (rate of 8.2); the highest crude death rate occurred in 2013, followed by 2012, the lowest rate was in 2004. Rates showed an upward trend; Cumanayagua municipality had the higher mortality from malignancies in the province.
Conclusions: the mortality rate from malignant tumors increases in the province of Cienfuegos.

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