title: Cancer incidence, hospital morbidity, and mortality in young adults in Brazil.
abstract: There are still relatively few studies in the world on cancer incidence and mortality in young adults. The current study aimed to explore cancer distribution in young adults in Brazil. A descriptive study was conducted on cancer incidence (selected State capitals), hospital morbidity, and mortality (Brazil and selected capitals) in the 20-24-year age strata in 2000-2002, and trends in cancer mortality rates in Brazil in 1980-2008 in the same population. Testicular cancer was the principal anatomical site in young adult males; in young adult women, the main sites were thyroid, uterine cervix, and Hodgkin disease. Brain cancer was the principal cause of death from cancer in both sexes, and time trends in mortality showed an increase in mortality from brain cancer in men and from lymphocytic leukemia in both sexes. As a whole, the results show an epidemiological pattern of cancer in young adults with regional distribution characteristics.
authors.affiliation: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública Sergio Arouca, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil. sabrina_ssantos@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Sabrina da Silva
authors.initials: Sda S
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Leticia Rodrigues
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Rosalina Jorge
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Koifman
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koifman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000401:mortality*; D016012:Poisson Distribution; D012737:Sex Factors; D055815:Young Adult