Title |
Estimativa de pessoas com diagnóstico de câncer no Brasil: dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde, 2013
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Published in |
Revista Brasileira de Epidemiologia, December 2015
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DOI | 10.1590/1980-5497201500060013 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Max Moura de Oliveira, Deborah Carvalho Malta, Heide Guauche, Lenildo de Moura, Gulnar Azevedo e Silva |
Abstract |
To describe the profile of patients who reported a medical diagnosis of cancer and describe the most prevalent types of cancer, according to selected variables. A descriptive study that used data from the National Survey of Health, 2013, to estimate prevalence and their values of confidence interval (95%CI). Less than 2% of adults reported a medical diagnosis of cancer, with most reported by women, people over 60, among whites, residents in the village and residents of South Prostate cancer was the most reported among men and breast among women. The lowest average age of first diagnosis was identified for cervical cancer (35.4 years; 95%CI 30.3 - 40.6) and the highest for prostate (65.7 years; 95%CI 64.2 - 67.0). The findings of this study are important for the planning of health services and access, as they show differences mainly regional. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Brazil | 2 | <1% |
Unknown | 216 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Student > Bachelor | 74 | 34% |
Student > Master | 25 | 11% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 6% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 6% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 5% |
Other | 30 | 14% |
Unknown | 54 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
---|---|---|
Medicine and Dentistry | 50 | 23% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 38 | 17% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 14 | 6% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 13 | 6% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 9 | 4% |
Other | 36 | 17% |
Unknown | 58 | 27% |