The mortality of lung cancer attributable to smoking among adults in China and the United States during 1990-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Statistical data on the burden and relevant risk factors of lung cancer are valuable for policy-making. This study aimed to compare the mortality of lung cancer attributable to smoking stratified by sex and age among adults in China and the United States (US).

Methods

We extracted age-standardized mortality rates of lung cancer during 1990-2017 using the comparative risk assessment framework of the 2017 Global Burden of Disease study. We performed an age-period-cohort analysis to estimate time trend of lung cancer mortality attributable to smoking.

Results

During 1990-2017, the age-standardized mortality rate of lung cancer was increasing in China but decreasing in the US for both sexes. The mortality attributable to smoking in China showed a generally incr

SUBMITTER: Liu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7668493 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature