Temporal trends in lung cancer mortality and years of life lost in Wuhan, China, 2010-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Lung cancer is responsible for millions of deaths yearly, and its burden is severe worldwide. This study aimed to investigate the burden of lung cancer in the population of Wuhan based on the surveillance data from 2010 to 2019.

Methods

Data of this study was obtained from the Mortality Register System established by the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention. The study systematically analyzed the burden of lung cancer deaths in the population of Wuhan and its 13 administrative regions from 2010 to 2019 via the Joinpoint regression models, Age-Period-Cohort (APC) models, and decomposition analysis.

Results

This study found the upward and downward trends in the age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) and age-standardized years of life lost ra

SUBMITTER: Yan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9706208 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature