Titre : | Time trends in incidence of cervical cancer in Lithuania from 1983 to 1997. (1999) |
Auteurs : | R. DIDZIAPETRIS ; J. KURTINAITIS ; M. STUKONIS ; Department of Neoplasm Epidemiology and Cancer Registry. Lithuanian Oncology Center. Vilnius. LTU |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | European journal of epidemiology (vol. 15, n° 10, 1999) |
Pagination : | 888-892 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Mots-clés : | Cancer ; Epidémiologie ; Incidence ; Evolution ; Homme ; Femme ; Lituanie ; Europe de l'Est ; Europe |
Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST R0xL9Coi. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. This report examines time trends in both age-specific and age-standardized cervical cancer (ICD9-180) incidence rates among Lithuanian women. The study covers the period from 1983 to 1997. In case of the age-specific rates Poisson regression revealed the controversial results for the different age groups. The incidence rates increased (bêta>0) for the women below 50 years and decreased (bêta |