Tendencies of the Mortality Rates From Esophageal Cancer in the Eu Countries and Ukraine

Abstract

Summary. In this article the problems of the prevalence of esophageal cancer and the distribution of mortality rates from this disease are considered in EU countries. The rates of mortality from esophageal cancer are analyzed by statistical methods and time series analysis. A study is carried out of the features of the tendencies of mortality rates from esophageal cancer in six EU countries and in Ukraine. It is emphasized that various factors, such as the environmental situation, socio-demographic characteristics of the population, culture and nature of nutrition, the general health status of the population, the availability of resources and the level of healthcare in the region should be took into account for development of the programmes for the prevention of prevalence of esophageal cancer. By means of the models for time series analysis we forecast the rates of mortality from esophageal cancer for six countries of EU and for Ukraine, which can be used for the development of the national strategies to reduce the prevalence and mortality from esophageal cancer.

Comparison of Population Mortality Rates in Ukraine and Poland: A Spatial Aspect

“…The topic of high mortality rates in post-Soviet countries has likewise interested many European scientists, but the specifics of such studies are often comparative (Pizzato et al, 2021). Research often compares medical and demographic indicators of Poland and Ukraine (Dubrovina et al, 2020;Grshybowskyj et al, 2019;Lyubinets et al, 2021;Zapadniuk, 2017), with much of the research being devoted to the impact of Ukraine's demographic problems on its economic development associated with both significant natural population and migratory decline (Ivanova, 2018;Kravets, 2021;Slabkiy et al, 2019). Although geographers significantly contribute to the study of population mortality and demographic issues in spatial terms (Niemets, 2018;Santalova, 2018), it was a team of Polish scientists that described the impact of concentrations of pollutants in the air on mortality in Podlaskie voivodeship compared with western Ukraine (Kuźma, Dąbrowski, et al, 2020).…”