Cancer-related mortality among people with intellectual disabilities: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Concerns have been raised about access to cancer screening and the timely receipt of cancer care for people with an intellectual disability (ID). However, knowledge about cancer mortality as a potential consequence of these disparities is still limited. This study, therefore, compared cancer-related mortality patterns between people with and without ID.

Methods

A historical cohort study (2015-2019) linked the Dutch adult population (approximately 12 million people with an ID prevalence of 1.45%) and mortality registries. Cancer-related mortality was identified by the underlying cause of death (according to the chapter on neoplasms in the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision). Observed mortality and calculated age- and sex-standardized mortality

SUBMITTER: Cuypers M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9299498 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature