Cervical cancer, a disease of poverty: mortality differences between urban and rural areas in Mexico

• Main Authors: Palacio-Mejía Lina Sofía (Author), Rangel-Gómez Gudelia (Author), Hernández-Avila Mauricio (Author), Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

OBJECTIVE: To examine cervical cancer mortality rates in Mexican urban and rural communities, and their association with poverty-related factors, during 1990-2000. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We analyzed data from national databases to obtain mortality trends and regional variations using a Poisson regres...