Abstract

GAMEZ OLIVA, Humberto et al. Behavior of mortality from cáncer in Artemisa province in 2012. Rev Cubana Invest Bioméd [online]. 2015, vol.34, n.4, pp.357-364. ISSN 0864-0300.

Cancer is a serious health problem and one of the main causes of death worldwide. The World Health Organization estimated that in 2005 around 7.6 million people died of malignant neoplasias and it is foreseen that in the next ten years, 84 million people more will die. The Ministry of Public Health of Cuba and particularly the Independent Section for the cancer control carries out a strong work aimed at promoting actions that allow the reduction of mortality from malignant tumors. According to the analysis, the objective of this paper was to characterize the behavior of mortality from cancer in Artemisa province in the period of January to September 2012. A retrospective, cross-sectional, descriptive and epidemiological study was conducted in which the universe of study was the dead patients. A description of the behavior of the socio-demographic variables related to the mortality from Cancer in Artemisa province from January to September 2012 was made, on the basis of different statistical analysis tools.

Keywords : cancer; mortality; malignant neoplasias.

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