András Wéber , Freddie Bray , Mátyás Árvai , Lászlóné Hilbert , Dávid Kelemen , Péter Nagy , István Kenessey , Csaba Polgár
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Half a century of cancer transition in Hungary: A visualization and assessment of mortality dynamics in the Lexis diagram, 1970–2020
Objectives
Hungary is among the countries with the highest cancer mortality burden in Europe, consequently there is a crucial need to monitor changes in death rates in the population using appropriate surveillance tools. The Lexis diagram provides a means to depict age, period and cohort influences on long-term cancer mortality trends.
Methods
Age-specific mortality rates for six cancer localizations were constructed based on the Deaths Register of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office and the Human Mortality Database, then smoothed (p-splines) within the cells of the Lexis diagram assuming Poisson distribution. After calculating the annual percentage change in mortality rates, the results were visualized using heat maps.
Results
Substantial reduction in mortality was observable from the mid-1990s in both sexes as a strong period effect, depicting two distinct epidemiological eras in Hungary. Since 2010, breast cancer mortality in women among ages 70–90 (those born between 1930 and 1950) has been rising. Women born between 1940 and 50 experienced two plateaus in lung cancer mortality, unlike men, emphasizing the delayed nature of the smoking epidemic.
Conclusions
The results align with cancer transition patterns observed in similarly developed countries and emphasize a critical need to expand the implementation of effective primary and secondary prevention measures. This includes sustaining organized screening and anti-smoking programs, as well as introducing lung cancer screening with low-dose CT.
期刊介绍:
Cancer Epidemiology is dedicated to increasing understanding about cancer causes, prevention and control. The scope of the journal embraces all aspects of cancer epidemiology including:
• Descriptive epidemiology
• Studies of risk factors for disease initiation, development and prognosis
• Screening and early detection
• Prevention and control
• Methodological issues
The journal publishes original research articles (full length and short reports), systematic reviews and meta-analyses, editorials, commentaries and letters to the editor commenting on previously published research.