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Título

ETHNIC AND ECONOMIC DIVERSITY IN BRAZILIAN CANCER MORTALITY: TUMOR-SPECIFIC AND SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS

Introdução

Brazilian population is remarkably ethnically and economically diverse. However, there is a lack of literature comparing cancer death toll within different ethnic and economic groups.

Objetivo

This study aims to analyze cancer mortality rates in Brazilian population based on ethnic and economic factors.

Método

DATASUS data were used to estimate the mortality of patients diagnosed with colon, breast, cervical and prostate cancer between 2015 and 2020. The patients were assessed by their ethnic groups (black, white, yellow and indigene), gender and location of Brazil.

Resultado

Between 2015 and 2020, the overall mortality for colon cancer was leased by white (59.51%) and men (60.47%), while indigenous recorded the lowest rate (0.04%). However, black people died more (71.35%; 65.82% and 37.87%, respectively) in the North, Northeast and Central-West regions. The same pattern was found regarding breast cancer, with highest mortality rate in Brazil among whites (49.79%) and the lowest among indigenous people (0.03%). Black population died more in North (83.68%), Northeast (87.58%) and Midwest (72.95%). When looking for cervical cancer, black community died more (58.8%), especially in the Southeast region (51.08%), while indigenous people died the least (0.2%), with maximum mortality in the North region (1.43%). Concerning to prostate cancer, the highest Brazilian mortality rate was among blacks (50.51%), despite white people died more in the South (86.42%) and Southeast (51.95%) regions.

Conclusão

It is noticeable that there is a disparity in cancer mortality taking ethnicity and regions of Brazil into consideration. This might occur due to delayed or missed notification of serious diseases for indigenous and black population. This paper purposes to raise scientific community’s awareness on to absence of reliable oncology data regarding ethnic and economic diversity in Brazil.

Palavras-chave

cancer mortality; economic diversity ; ethnic diversity