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ALBUJAR-BACA, Pedro. Cancer mortality in Trujillo: 2003-2010. Acta méd. peruana [online]. 2014, vol.31, n.3, pp.150-156. ISSN 1728-5917.

Objective. To describe the epidemiological characteristics of cancer mortality in Metropolitan Trujillo in the 20032010 period. Material and Methods. This is an observational retrospective and descriptive study using as database all death certificates with cancer as basic cause of death and the 2007 official population census data. The topographic distribution of cancer diagnoses were classified according to the 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases. The frequency and age standardized mortality rates were calculated. Results. Cancer was the cause of death of 4 200 persons, 44 % men and 56 % women. The average annual cancer death was 525. The most frequent cancer sites were stomach, cervix uteri and prostate. Three out of five deaths occurred in patients older than 65 years. Among males the leading causes of cancer deaths were tumors of stomach, prostate and lung whereas in females were cervix uteri, stomach and breast. Childhood mortality was 1,5 % of all cancer deaths, leukemia, central nervous system tumors and lymphomas were the principal cause of cancer death at this age group.

Palabras clave : Neoplams; Mortality; Peru.

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