Effects of population aging on the mortality burden of related cancers in urban and rural areas of China, 2004-2017: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

China is a developing country with urban-rural disparities and accelerating population aging. Therefore, quantifying the effects of population aging on the cancer mortality burden is urgently needed.

Methods

Using data from China's death surveillance datasets (2004-2017), we decomposed and quantified the effects of population aging and factor variations on cancer mortality rates in urban and rural China during 2004-2017 through a decomposition method. R ratios were used to assess the extent of the mortality decreases attributable to factor variations offsetting the increases attributable to population aging for 4 aging-related cancers (lung, colorectal, esophageal, and stomach cancer).

Results

Overall, population aging has led to continued increases i

SUBMITTER: Chen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9196052 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature