Evidence for cervical cancer mortality with screening program in Taiwan, 1981–2010: age-period-cohort model

Su, Shih‐Yung; Huang, Jing‐Yang; Ho, Chien-Chang; Liaw, Yung‐Po

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-13

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“…As others have argued and demonstrated, this context contributes to risky sexual practices as well as a lack of adequate policy responses (87–89), indicating the relevance of interventions that include structural components (90–92). …”

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Gender Expression and Risk of HIV Infection Among Black South African Men Who Have Sex with Men

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To explore demographic, behavioral and psychosocial risk factors for HIV infection in South African MSM we recruited 480 MSM (aged 18 and 44 years) using respondent-driven sampling. Data were collected through individual computer-assisted face-to-face interviews. Participants were tested for HIV. RDS-adjusted HIV prevalence is 30.1% (unadjusted 35.6%). Few participants had ever engaged in both receptive and insertive anal sex; sex with women was frequently reported. Independent demographic and behavioral correlates of HIV infection include age, education, number of male sexual partners, ever having been forced to have sex, and ever having engaged in transactional sex; engagement in sex with women was a protective factor. Psychosocial risk factors independently associated with HIV infection were feminine identification, internalized homophobia, and hazardous drinking. Our findings confirm what has been found in other studies, but also suggest that the dynamics and context of sexual transmission among MSM in South Africa differ from those among MSM in Western countries.

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Gender Expression and Risk of HIV Infection Among Black South African Men Who Have Sex with Men

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“…As one of the most common gynecological cancers, cervical cancer ranks as the second most prevalent malignancy after breast cancer and the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality (after lung and breast cancer) among women worldwide [1,2,3]. Although a decreasing trend in cervical cancer mortality associated with the implementation of various preventive measures and clinical methods has been observed in a number of developed countries over the last several decades, it remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality that threatens the health and lives of women worldwide [4,5].…”

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Comparison of Secular Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality in China and the United States: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Wang

Bai

Wang

et al. 2016

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Abstract:Background: As one of the most common cancers in the female population, cervical cancer has ranked as the second most incident gynecological cancer in recent years, trailing only breast cancer. We aimed to assess and compare the secular trends in cervical cancer mortality in China and the United States and analyze the independent effects of chronological age, time period and birth cohort using age-period-cohort (APC) analysis. Methods: We performed an age-period-cohort analysis using the intrinsic estimator method to estimate the independent effects of age, time period, and birth cohort on cervical cancer mortality. We collected mortality data for China and the United States from the WHO Mortality Database and China Health Statistical Yearbook database. Results: We examined the general trends in cervical mortality rates in China and the United States during the periods 1988-2012 and 1953-2012, respectively. The age-standardized mortality rates (ASMRs) for cervical cancer in urban China, rural China and the U.S. showed a general decreasing trend during the observation period, except for urban China, which experienced a significant increase beginning in 2002. The mortality rates for cervical cancer in the three areas showed a general increasing trend with age, regardless of the period effect. Period effects declined steadily in both rural China (from 0.19 to −0.26) and the U.S. (from −0.20 to −0.43); however, a slight increasing trend was identified (from −0.25 to 0.33) in urban China, which indicated that the risk of mortality increased with time. Cohort effects peaked in the cohort born in 1911-1915 in both rural China and urban China, declined consistently in the cohort born before 1950, and then decreased again in the cohort born after 1976-1980. The cohort effect in the U.S. peaked in the birth cohort born in 1876-1880, then leveled off and slightly decreased in younger generations. Conclusions: Our study showed that in general, cervical cancer mortality rates increased with age and decreased with birth cohort in the U.S., while the risk of mortality was highest in the cohort born during 1946-1975 in urban China. Additionally, the risk of mortality consistently increased with age in women younger than 64 years old in urban and rural China and began to decline in older groups. Although the age and cohort effects were relatively strong, the period effect may be the key factor affecting cervical cancer mortality trends, mainly reflecting the immediate effects of effective treatment and the implementation of screening.

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“…Most studies of the health of slum dwellers investigate this topic within one slum in particular (Subbaraman et al., 2013), in one city (Fotso et al., 2013, More et al, 2013) or across many countries employing a standardized definition of what constitutes slum dwelling (Fink et al, 2014). While one paper by Montgomery and Hewett investigated neighborhood socio-economic status’ effect on height for age (Montgomery and Hewett, 2005) using the NFHS, the association between slum dwelling and child height and weight has, to the author’s knowledge, not yet been systematically investigated in the Indian context.…”

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Slum Definitions in Urban India: Implications for the Measurement of Health Inequalities

Nolan

2015

Population & Development Rev

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Half the population of low- and middle-income countries will live in urban areas by 2030, and poverty and inequality in these contexts is rising. Slum dwelling is one way in which to conceptualize and characterize urban deprivation but there are many definitions of what constitutes a slum. This paper presents four different slum definitions used in India alone, demonstrating that assessments of both the distribution and extent of urban deprivation depends on the way in which it is characterized, as does slum dwelling’s association with common child health indicators. Using data from India’s National Family and Health Survey from 2005–2006, two indictors of slum dwelling embedded in the survey and two constructed from the household questionnaire are compared using descriptive statistics and linear regression models of height- and weight-for-age z-scores. The results highlight a tension between international and local slum definitions, and underscore the importance of improving empirical representations of the dynamism of slum and city residents.

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Evidence for cervical cancer mortality with screening program in Taiwan, 1981–2010: age-period-cohort model

Cited by 62 publications

References 27 publications

Gender Expression and Risk of HIV Infection Among Black South African Men Who Have Sex with Men

Gender Expression and Risk of HIV Infection Among Black South African Men Who Have Sex with Men

Comparison of Secular Trends in Cervical Cancer Mortality in China and the United States: An Age-Period-Cohort Analysis

Slum Definitions in Urban India: Implications for the Measurement of Health Inequalities

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