High Cancer Burden in Elderly Chinese, 2005-2011

Cancer risk increases with age, creating a challenge for the Chinese health system. To inform public health policy and research, we evaluated the cancer burden in elderly Chinese. Based on the published Chinese Cancer Registry Annual Report or related literature and the China Population and Employme...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of environmental research and public health 2015-09, Vol.12 (10), p.12196-12211
Hauptverfasser:	Li, Shugang, Zhang, Xuefei, Yan, Yizhong, Wang, Kui, Rui, Dongsheng, Pang, Lijuan, Li, Feng
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Aging Asian people Cancer Child Child, Preschool China - epidemiology Female Humans Incidence Infant Infant, Newborn Life Expectancy Male Middle Aged Neoplasms - epidemiology Neoplasms - mortality Older people Quality-Adjusted Life Years Risk factors Rural Population Sex Factors Time Factors Urban Population Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Cancer risk increases with age, creating a challenge for the Chinese health system. To inform public health policy and research, we evaluated the cancer burden in elderly Chinese. Based on the published Chinese Cancer Registry Annual Report or related literature and the China Population and Employment Statistics Yearbooks, we estimated the cancer burden of elderly Chinese, who were representative of the Chinese population. We calculated the cancer incidence, cancer-related mortality, potential years of life lost (PYLL), and disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2005-2011 by age, sex, district (rural, urban), and calendar year using national cancer registry, publication, and census data. The relative ratios (RRs) were determined between the elderly (≥60 years) and young (
ISSN:	1660-4601 1661-7827 1660-4601
DOI:	10.3390/ijerph121012196