title: [Trends and social indicators of both mortality breast cancer and cervical cancer in Antioquia, Colombia, 2000-2007].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To estimate the mortality age-standardized rates (ASR) for breast and cervical cancer from 2000-2007 and explore social indicators that explain the variability of rates in Antioquia.
  
  
  METHODS
  The ASR was estimated by the direct method and linear regression was used to relate social indicators with rates by subregion.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Breast and cervical cancer mortality ASRs in Antioquia were 11.3 and 9.1 per 100 000 woman-years respectively. In Medellin, the breast cancer mortality ASR was 12.5, 1.8 times the rate of cervical cancer. A decrease of cervical cancer ASR between 2000 and 2007 was observed in Medellin (p-value=0.03) but not in the rest of Antioquia. Cervical cancer mortality ASR was related to the percentage of poverty (p-value=0.0003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Mortality due to these neoplasms has remained constant in Antioquia. The wide variation in mortality from cervical cancer between regions seems to be associated with poverty.
authors.affiliation: Grupo Infección y Cáncer, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia. arbaza@gmail.com
authors.forename: Armando
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baena
authors.forename: Maribel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Almonte
authors.forename: Marta Lía
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Valencia
authors.forename: Santiago
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Quintero
authors.forename: Gloria I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Sánchez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D003105:Colombia / Q000453:epidemiology; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012924:Social Conditions; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*