Morbi-mortality by cancer in Recife in the 90s

Abstract

In Public Health, the information about cancer is vital in order to elaborate monitoring indicators as well for a prompt acting and planning. In this article, the authors describe the morbi-mortality standards by cancers in the city of Recife city in the 90s. This is a descriptive study using the transversal cut with periodic tendency analysis. The secondary data were obtained from The Cancer Register System of Population basis and the mortality from the Mortality Information System of Health Ministry. In men, prostate appeared as being the main topographical site for cancer incidence. In women, breast appeared as the main incidence, with over 100 cases for each 100.000 women aged over 40 years. Death risk is higher between women aged over 20-40 years old. Only stomach cancer in men and cervix uteri in women showed a considerable statistical reduction tendency in this decade. In men over 40 years, results demonstrated an important statistical increasing tendency at the same period. Regarding the potential year of life lost the topographies "stomach", liver and intra-hepatic path", "trachea, bronchium, lungs" (TBL) presented an increase for males, while the topographies "breast" and "cervix uteri" presented a decrease for females. In this context, cancer has to be treated as a priority by public health. It is important to be alert to this in order to potentialize all successful procedures in course.