title: Incidence and Mortality of Testicular Cancer and Relationships with Development in Asia.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Testicular cancer is one of the most common cancers among young men between ages 20-34 in countries with high or very high levels of the Human Development Index (HDI). This study investigated the incidence and mortality of prostate cancer and the relationship with the HDI and its dimensions in Asia in 2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted based on data from the world data of cancer and the World Bank (including the HDI and its components). Standardized incidence and mortality rates of testicular cancer were calculated for Asian countries. Correlations between incidence and/ormortality rates, and the HDI and its components were assessed with the use of the correlation test, using SPSS software.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There was a total of 14902 incidences and 5832 death were recorded in Asian countries in 2012. Among the Asian countries, the five countries with the highest standardized incidence rates of testicular cancer were Israel, Georgia, Turkey, Lebanon and Kazakhstan and the five countries with the highest standardized mortality rates were Turkey, Georgia, Jordan, Cambodia and the Syrian Arab Republic. A positive correlation of 0.382 was observed between the standardized incidence rates of testicular cancer and the HDI (p=0.009). Also a negative correlation of 0.298 between the standardized mortality rate of testicular cancer and the Human Development Index was noted although this relation was statistically non-significant (p=0.052).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There is a positive correlation between HDI and the standardized incidence rate of testicular cancer and negative correlation with standardized mortality rate.
authors: Faculty of Health, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran E-mail : alesaleh70@yahoo.com.
authors: Mostafa
authors: M
authors: Sadeghi
authors: Mahshid
authors: M
authors: Ghoncheh
authors: Abdollah
authors: A
authors: Mohammadian-Hafshejani
authors: Hamidreza Sadeghi
authors: HS
authors: Gandomani
authors: Hosein
authors: H
authors: Rafiemanesh
authors: Hamid
authors: H
authors: Salehiniya
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D001208:Asia / Q000453:epidemiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006803:Human Development; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011379:Prognosis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D015996:Survival Rate; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality*