Armijo R
Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1982;62:91-4.
Review of detailed Chilean cancer mortality data for 1973-78 reveals that gastric cancer overshadows all other sites, with Chile second in the world in age-adjusted mortality rate. An excess of male deaths is seen for all cancer sites combined except in 2 age groups, i.e., 30-39 and 40-49 years, in which more female deaths occur. Stomach, lung, and esophageal cancers show a male:female ratio up to 4.7. Females experience higher mortality than males from gallbladder cancer; Chile has the highest death rate in the world from this cancer and also from other gallbladder diseases. In addition, Chile also has the highest death rate in the world for cancer of the cervix. An excess of female deaths is seen for colorectal cancer, whereas figures for cancer of the pancreas reveal only a slight excess of male deaths. This varied picture makes Chile an excellent setting in which one can study the epidemiology of cancer sites.
对1973 - 1978年智利详细癌症死亡率数据的回顾显示，胃癌在所有癌症部位中最为突出，智利的年龄调整死亡率在世界上排名第二。除了30 - 39岁和40 - 49岁这两个年龄组女性死亡人数更多外，所有癌症部位的男性死亡人数都超过女性。胃癌、肺癌和食管癌的男女比例高达4.7。女性胆囊癌死亡率高于男性；智利这种癌症以及其他胆囊疾病的死亡率在世界上最高。此外，智利宫颈癌死亡率在世界上也最高。结直肠癌女性死亡人数超过男性，而胰腺癌数据显示男性死亡人数仅略多于女性。这种多样的情况使智利成为研究各癌症部位流行病学的理想之地。
