世界的な傾向と眼がん負担の不平等: 世界的な疾病負担の研究に基づいた包括的な分析
Jianhao Bai1, Zhongqi Wan2, Yan Gao3
1Department of Ophthalmology, Shanghai East Hospital Affiliated to Tongji University, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Frontiers in medicine
|September 2, 2025
まとめ
世界的な眼がんの負担は増加しており,国,年齢層,性別によって発生率,罹患率,死亡率の格差が大きい. 標的を絞った介入は 視力低下や癌による死亡を 減らすのに不可欠です
科学分野:
- 眼科について
- 腫瘍学
- 流行病学
背景:
- 眼がんは 位置や診断の難しさや 攻撃的な性質により 視力や生存に重大な脅威をもたらします
- 眼がんに関する世界的な流行病学的データ,特に国,年齢,性別間の差異は,まだ十分に研究されていない.
研究 の 目的:
- 1990年から2021年までの眼がんの発生率,罹患率,死亡率,障害調整寿命 (DALYs) を含む世界的な傾向を分析する.
- 世界的な眼癌の負担における地理的,社会統計的,年齢的,性的な格差を調査する.
主な方法:
- 204か国 (1990年−2021年) の2021年世界疾病負担調査のデータを活用した.
- 雇用年齢標準化率と時間的な動向を評価するために推定された年率の変化.
- 社会人口指数 (SDI),性別,年齢による格差を分析した.
主要な成果:
- 1990年から2021年にかけて,世界の眼がんの発生率と罹患率が増加し,地理的および社会人口学的差異が顕著でした.
- 発展した地域ではより高い罹患率と発症率が認められ,発展途上地域ではより高い死亡率と障害が認められた.
- 高齢者集団 (≥65歳) が最大の負担を負い,男性は一般的により高い発生率/流行率を示し,SDIが低い地域の女性は不均衡な死亡率に直面しています.
結論:
- 社会統計学的要因,性別,年齢によって影響を受け,眼がんの負担は世界的に大きく異なっています.
- 診断インフラと 性別に配慮した公平なケアへの緊急の投資は不可欠です
- 予防可能な視力喪失と眼がんによる死亡率を減らすために 介入が必要です
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