Trends in mouth cancer incidence in Mumbai, India (1995-2009): An age-period-cohort analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Despite tobacco control and health promotion efforts, the incidence rates of mouth cancer are increasing across most regions in India. Analysing the influence of age, time period and birth cohort on these secular trends can point towards underlying factors and help identify high-risk populations for improved cancer control programmes.

Methods

We evaluated secular changes in mouth cancer incidence among men and women aged 25-74 years in Mumbai between 1995 and 2009 by calculating age-specific and age-standardized incidence rates (ASR). We estimated the age-adjusted linear trend for annual percent change (EAPC) using the drift parameter, and conducted an age-period-cohort (APC) analysis to quantify recent time trends and to evaluate the significance of birth cohor

SUBMITTER: Shridhar K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911594 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature