インドにおけるがん死亡率:全国的に代表的な調査調査
Rajesh Dikshit1, Prakash C Gupta, Chinthanie Ramasundarahettige
1Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India.
Lancet (London, England)
|March 31, 2012
まとめ
インドのがん死亡率は,教育や地域によって大きく異なります. タバコ関連のがんや子宮頸がんの予防と早期発見は,特にサービス不足の農村部では,死亡率を減らすことができます.
科学分野:
- エピデミオロジー エピデミオロジー
- 公衆衛生は公衆衛生である.
- 腫瘍学 腫瘍学
背景:
- インドの地域や亜集団では,がんによる死亡率に関するデータが不足しています.
- この研究では,インドの代表的な地域で死亡の原因を評価しました.
研究 の 目的:
- インド全土で年齢別がん死亡率を記録する.
- 異なる人口集団における一般的な致死性がんとリスク要因を特定する.
主な方法:
- ランダムに選択された6,671の地域から122,429人の死亡が分析されました.
- 訓練を受けた医師は,測量士の報告に基づいて死因を割り当てる.
主要な成果:
- 2010年,インドでは推定556,400人の癌による死亡が報告されています.
- 口腔がん,胃がん,肺がんは男性で最も多く,子宮頸がん,胃がん,乳がんは女性 (30~69歳) で最も多く見られた.
- 癌による死亡率は,農村部と都市部ではほぼ同じであったが,教育程度が低い地域ではより高く,州によって異なる.
結論:
- タバコ関連のがんや子宮頸がんを予防し,早期発見を改善することで,がんによる死亡率を下げることができます.
- がん率の格差は,未発見の危険因子や病原体を示唆している.
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