title: Estimated number of people diagnosed with cancer in Brazil: data from the National Health Survey, 2013.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the profile of patients who reported a medical diagnosis of cancer and describe the most prevalent types of cancer, according to selected variables.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive study that used data from the National Survey of Health, 2013, to estimate prevalence and their values of confidence interval (95%CI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Less than 2% of adults reported a medical diagnosis of cancer, with most reported by women, people over 60, among whites, residents in the village and residents of South Prostate cancer was the most reported among men and breast among women. The lowest average age of first diagnosis was identified for cervical cancer (35.4 years; 95%CI 30.3 - 40.6) and the highest for prostate (65.7 years; 95%CI 64.2 - 67.0).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The findings of this study are important for the planning of health services and access, as they show differences mainly regional.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos não Transmissíveis e Promoção da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Max Moura
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Vigilância de Doenças e Agravos não Transmissíveis e Promoção da Saúde, Secretaria de Vigilância em Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Deborah Carvalho
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Malta
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Atenção Especializada e Temática, Secretária de Atenção à Saúde, Ministério da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brazil.
authors.forename: Heide
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guauche
authors.affiliation: Organização Pan-Americana da Saúde, Organização Mundial da Saúde, Brasília, DF, Brasil.
authors.forename: Lenildo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: de Moura
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Medicina Social, Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.
authors.forename: Gulnar Azevedo E
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms; D015995:Prevalence; D044465:White People