Observational studyBMC cancer2015
Lung cancer mortality and years of potential life lost among males and females over six decades in a country with high smoking prevalence: an observational study.
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- Declining Bowel Cancer Incidence and Mortality in Germany.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2016Pooled it
- Bronchus and lung cancer-related mortality trends in the United States from 1999 to 2023.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2026Article
- Investigating sex, race, and geographic disparities in bronchus and lung cancer mortality in the United States: a comprehensive longitudinal study (1999-2020) utilizing CDC WONDER data.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2024Review
- Trend Analysis of Lung Cancer Mortality and Years of Life Lost (YLL) in South of Iran, 2004-2019.Iranian journal of public health · 2024Article
- Male-Female Disparities in Years of Potential Life Lost Attributable to COVID-19 in the United States: A State-by-State Analysis.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2021Article
- Changes in mortality and years of life lost due to lung cancer in Poland, 2000-2016.Journal of translational medicine · 2020Article
- Avoidable Cancer Mortality in Germany Since Reunification: Regional Variation and Sex Differences.Frontiers in public health · 2019Article
- Cancer incidence in eastern Morocco: cancer patterns and incidence trends, 2005-2012.BMC cancer · 2017Article
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- Lung cancer and tobacco smoking in Crete, Greece: reflections from a population-based cancer registry from 1992 to 2013.Tobacco induced diseases · 2017Article
- Age- and Sex-Specific Trends in Lung Cancer Mortality over 62 Years in a Nation with a Low Effort in Cancer Prevention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2016Article
- Exploring Geographic Variability in Cancer Prevalence in Eastern Morocco: A Retrospective Study over Eight Years.PloS one · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known about sex-specific trends in lung cancer mortality and years of potential life lost (YPLL) attributable to lung cancer over more than five decades. The aim of the present study was to describe mortality and YPLL due to lung cancer over 61 years of observation in a country with a high smoking prevalence.
methodsWe obtained data on trends in lung cancer mortality, population-level vital statistics, sales of taxed tobacco products, and survey data on smoking behavior among the German population. We then undertook joinpoint regression analyses to determine sex-specific trends in lung cancer mortality and YPLL.
resultsRates of lung cancer mortality and rates of lung cancer among all causes of death increased more among females than among males. Although YPLL among females increased from 6.6 in 1952 to 11.3 in 2012, this figure was found to have decreased from 7.3 to 4.4 among males in the same period. Sales of tobacco subject to tax increased from 1,509 cigarette equivalents per resident aged 15 or older in 1952 to 2,916 in 1976 - after which there was a decline. The prevalence of current smoking among females aged 35 years or older remained stable between 17.9 and 18.9 % in the period from 1989 to 2009. Among males in the same age group, however, prevalence decreased from 36.7 % in 1989 to 27.5 % in 2009.
conclusionsLung cancer mortality and YPLL among females increased over the six decades studied. Women should be more considered in smoking policies.
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