Neoplasias do colo do útero: tendência temporal de mortalidade no estado de Minas Gerais

Abstract

Cervical neoplasia represents a major public health problem with high incidence and mortality in developing countries. The objective of this study is to analyze the temporal trend of the cervical cancer mortality rate in the Minas Gerais state between the years 2000 to 2012. This is a retrospective, time-series study of cervical cancer mortality from 2000 to 2012 in the Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The data were collected from the Mortality Information System and the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics. The analysis of the mortality trend in the selected period was performed according to the following age groups: 20 to 29 years; 30 to 49 years; 50 to 59 years; 60 years or more, using linear regression, with a significance level of 5%. The results indicate that there was a decrease in cervical cancer mortality rates in the age groups from 20 years of age, but this decrease was significant only in the age range of 50-59 years (β = 0.303; P <0.001) and 60 years or more, (β = -0.286, p = 0.043). Knowing the high mortality rates for cervical cancer in the state of Minas Gerais, the study becomes relevant for the professionals of the health system, in the sense of guiding the public policies of prevention in the control of this neoplasia.