美国东北部癌症流行病学 (2013-2017)
Judy R Rees1,2, Julie E Weiss2, Christine M Gunn2,3
1Department of Epidemiology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire.
Cancer research communications
|August 16, 2023
概括
与美国相比,新英格兰北部的癌症发病率和死亡率更高. 东北地区的癌症发病率较高,但死亡率较低,这表明了不同的区域癌症模式.
科学领域:
- 流行病学 流行病学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 癌症研究 癌症研究
背景情况:
- 在美国,癌症发病率和死亡率在地理位置上有所不同.
- 了解癌症负担的区域差异对于有针对性的公共卫生干预至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 将东北地区和新英格兰北部 (NNE) 的成人癌症发病率和死亡率与美国其他地区进行比较.
- 确定导致发病率和死亡率观察到的差异的特定癌症类型.
- 检查不同种族/种族小组的癌症指标和风险因素患病率.
主要方法:
- 利用国家公开的癌症注册数据进行分析.
- 为了进行比较,就业年龄标准化癌症发病率和发病率比率 (RR).
- 分析了总体数据,并按种族/种族分层.
主要成果:
- 与美国相比,东北地区 (RR 1.07) 和东北地区 (RR 1.06) 的成人癌症发病率更高.
- 癌症死亡率在东北部较低 (RR 0.98),但在NNE (RR 1.05) 高于美国.
- 对于包括大脑,子宫,食道,肺,膀和黑色素瘤在内的特定癌症,NNE的死亡率更高.
- 在大多数种族/种族小组中,东北地区的总体癌症发病率较高.
结论:
- 与美国相比,新英格兰北部 (NNE) 的癌症发病率和死亡率较高,呈现出明显的模式.
- 东北地区的癌症发病率较高,但总体死亡率较低,与NNE相比.
- 需要进一步的研究,以确定癌症发病率在东北地区升高的根本原因和NNE的过度死亡率.
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