Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015

Objective Much has been published about tobacco smoking consumption in Russia, though tobacco-related mortality remains unexplored. This study aims to describe national and regional sex patterns of lung cancer (LC) mortality (as a marker for tobacco-related mortality) in Russia in 2000-2015. Method...

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Main Authors: Irina Zarubina, Yehuda Neumark
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Publishing 2018-10-01
Series:Tobacco Induced Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/,94646,0,2.html
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Yehuda Neumark
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description Objective Much has been published about tobacco smoking consumption in Russia, though tobacco-related mortality remains unexplored. This study aims to describe national and regional sex patterns of lung cancer (LC) mortality (as a marker for tobacco-related mortality) in Russia in 2000-2015. Methods Age-adjusted LC mortality (AALCM) rates by gender and for eight federal districts and 83 regions were calculated based on mortality and population data extracted from the Russian Fertility and Mortality Database. Annual percentage changes in AALCM on the national and federal district levels were estimated; average AALCM rates were mapped. Two-way ANOVA was applied to assess time-district interaction effects on LC mortality. Results At the national level, a monotonic decline in LC mortality during the 16-year period was noted among men (annual % change=1.9%), while among women, national LC mortality rates remained unchanged for most years. Sex differences in AALCM rates across federal districts and regions were noted. Among men, AALCM rates were consistently higher in northern, central and Far Eastern regions of Russia, while among women, AALCM rates increased moving from west to east over Russia. A strong time-district interaction for age-adjusted LC mortality male-to-female ratio (F=3.267,p<0.001) was found. Conclusions Given the significant increase in tobacco smoking prevalence among Russian women that began in the 1990s, female LC mortality will continue to rise in the coming decades, with a disproportionate burden on those regions located far from the federal centres with insufficient health services. Additional work is needed to identify factors underlying the regional and sex differences. Funding Invariable LC mortality among Russian women follows the observation of increasing tobacco smoking consumption in the past and predicts growing challenges to the national healthcare system in coming decades.
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spelling doaj.art-d3a1d32b626043f491ac064a8b3823d42022-12-21T23:33:53ZengEuropean PublishingTobacco Induced Diseases1617-96252018-10-0116310.18332/tid/9464694646Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015Irina Zarubina0Yehuda Neumark1Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IsraelHebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, IsraelObjective Much has been published about tobacco smoking consumption in Russia, though tobacco-related mortality remains unexplored. This study aims to describe national and regional sex patterns of lung cancer (LC) mortality (as a marker for tobacco-related mortality) in Russia in 2000-2015. Methods Age-adjusted LC mortality (AALCM) rates by gender and for eight federal districts and 83 regions were calculated based on mortality and population data extracted from the Russian Fertility and Mortality Database. Annual percentage changes in AALCM on the national and federal district levels were estimated; average AALCM rates were mapped. Two-way ANOVA was applied to assess time-district interaction effects on LC mortality. Results At the national level, a monotonic decline in LC mortality during the 16-year period was noted among men (annual % change=1.9%), while among women, national LC mortality rates remained unchanged for most years. Sex differences in AALCM rates across federal districts and regions were noted. Among men, AALCM rates were consistently higher in northern, central and Far Eastern regions of Russia, while among women, AALCM rates increased moving from west to east over Russia. A strong time-district interaction for age-adjusted LC mortality male-to-female ratio (F=3.267,p<0.001) was found. Conclusions Given the significant increase in tobacco smoking prevalence among Russian women that began in the 1990s, female LC mortality will continue to rise in the coming decades, with a disproportionate burden on those regions located far from the federal centres with insufficient health services. Additional work is needed to identify factors underlying the regional and sex differences. Funding Invariable LC mortality among Russian women follows the observation of increasing tobacco smoking consumption in the past and predicts growing challenges to the national healthcare system in coming decades.http://www.journalssystem.com/tid/,94646,0,2.htmllung cancermortalitysmokingRussia
spellingShingle Irina Zarubina
Yehuda Neumark
Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
Tobacco Induced Diseases
lung cancer
mortality
smoking
Russia
title Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
title_full Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
title_fullStr Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
title_full_unstemmed Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
title_short Sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in Russia over a 16-year period, 2000-2015
title_sort sex patterns of lung cancer mortality in russia over a 16 year period 2000 2015
topic lung cancer
mortality
smoking
Russia
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