Tendencies of mortality by prostate cancer in the states of the Central-West Region of Brazil, 1980 - 2011

• Main Authors: João Francisco Santos da Silva (Author), Inês Echenique Mattos (Author), Ricardo Dutra Aydos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Associação Brasileira de Pós-Graduação em Saúde Coletiva, 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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This study aimed at analyzing the pattern of prostate cancer mortality in the Central-West Region, in the period 1980 - 2011. The quadrennial and annual mortality rates, age-standardized by the world population, were calculated. Polynomial regression models were estimated to analyze trends of mortal...