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. 2016 Jun;8(6):1094-102.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2016.03.91.

Epidemiology, incidence and mortality of lung cancer and their relationship with the development index in the world

Hosein Rafiemanesh  1 , Mojtaba Mehtarpour  1 , Farah Khani  1 , Sayed Mohammadali Hesami  1 , Reza Shamlou  1 , Farhad Towhidi  1 , Hamid Salehiniya  1 , Behnam Reza Makhsosi  1 , Ali Moini  1
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Epidemiology, incidence and mortality of lung cancer and their relationship with the development index in the world

Hosein Rafiemanesh et al. J Thorac Dis. 2016 Jun.

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Abstract

Background: The highest incidence of lung cancer is seen in North America and the lowest incidence in central Africa. Socioeconomic factors of inequality reflect regional disparities in human development. Due to the importance of awareness about incidence and mortality of lung cancer in health programming and the possible role of the human development index (HDI), this study was done with the aim to investigate the epidemiology of lung cancer in the world and its relationship with HDI.

Methods: The study was conducted based on data from the world data of cancer and the World Bank (including the HDI and its components). Data about the age-specific incidence and mortality rate (ASR) for every country in 2012 were getting from the global cancer project. To analyze data, correlation tests between incidence and death rates, and HDI and its components were employed with a significance level of 0.05 using SPSS software.

Results: Lung cancer with standardized incidence rate (ASIR) and standardized mortality rate (ASMR), equal to 23.1 and 19.7 (in 100,000 people), respectively. The highest and lowest values of mortality incidence ratio (MIR) for lung cancer due to continents division were 0.93 and 0.71 for Eastern Africa and Australia/New Zealand, respectively. Univariate analysis showed significant relationship (P<0.0001) between ASIR and ASMR with life expectancy at birth and mean years of schooling.

Conclusions: The highest MIR for lung cancer was for medium human development countries. Linear regression analysis showed a reverse significant relationship between MIR and HDI.

Keywords: Lung cancer; human development index (HDI); incidence; mortality; world.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

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Figure 1
ASIR and ASMR in the world region. ASIR, standardized incidence rate; ASMR, standardized mortality rate.
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Figure 2
ASIR and ASMR in male and female based on HDI. ASIR, standardized incidence rate; ASMR, standardized mortality rate; HDI, human development index.
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Figure 3
The correlation between the HDI and ASIR of lung cancer. HDI, human development index; ASIR, standardized incidence rate.
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