Trends in major cancer mortality in Korea, 1983–2012, with a joinpoint analysis

• Published in: Cancer epidemiology Vol. 39; no. 6; pp. 939 - 946
• Main Authors: Lim, Daroh, Ha, Mina, Song, Inmyung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Adult; Age Distribution; Breast cancer; Cancer; Epidemiology; Female; Hematology, Oncology and Palliative Medicine; Humans; Internal Medicine; Joinpoint; Korea; Lymphoma; Male; Middle Aged; Mortality; Neoplasms - mortality; Republic of Korea - epidemiology; Sex Distribution; Trend; Trends; Womens health; Republic of Korea; Trend; Joinpoint; Mortality; Cancer; Korea

Highlights • Age-standardized mortality rates (ASRs) for all cancers in Korea peaked in 1994 and declined. • ASRs for esophagus and liver cancers increased until the early 1990s and then declined. • ASR for colorectal, lung, and prostate cancers increased until the early 2000s. • ASRs for stomach ca...