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(Reference retrieved automatically from SciELO through information on FAPESP grant and its corresponding number as mentioned in the publication by the authors.)

Cancer mortality in industrial area of Southeastern region of Brazil

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Author(s):
Marcília de A M Faria [1] ; José Wilson R de Almeida [2] ; Dirce M T Zanetta [3]
Total Authors: 3
Affiliation:
[1] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
[2] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
[3] Universidade de São Paulo - Brasil
Total Affiliations: 3
Document type: Journal article
Source: Revista de Saúde Pública; v. 33, n. 3, p. 255-261, 1999-06-00.
Abstract

INTRODUCTION: In order to study the relationship between cancer and industrialization the cancer mortality in the an urban area (Baixada Santista, Brazil), an important industrial-harbour complex, two distinct groups: industrialized and non-industrialized, is analyzed. METHODS: A total of 8,546 cancer death registers (according to ICD-9) in males over 10 years old, resident in the that area, were obtained from "Fundação Sistema Estadual de Análise de Dados (SEADE)", during the period 1980-1993. The average mortality rates, standardized on the basis of the to 1960 world population for the area studied, and their strata: Stratum I (inside the industrial area - Santos, S. Vicente, Cubatão and Guarujá) and Stratum II (outside the industrial area - Praia Grande, Mongaguá, Itanhaém and Peruíbe) and the ratios among these rates were calculated adopting the 95% confidence interval. RESULTS: The annual average mortality rate was high, 197.9/100,000 and there was a statistically significant difference between the mortality rates observed in Stratum I and those in Stratum II, 209.2 and 146.7/100,000, respectively, with a ratio of 1.42 (CI 1.36 - 1.51). CONCLUSIONS: It seems that environmental and occupational exposure to carcinogenic chemical agents, related to the productive process in the industrial complex, is a significant factor in mortality due to cancer. (AU)