| Abstract [eng] |
Relevance of the topic: In the world, prostate cancer in men is the second most common malignancy and the sixth leading cause of death among all malignant diseases [1]. It is projected that by 2040, the global burden of prostate cancer will increase to nearly 2.3 million new cases and 740,000 deaths due to a rapidly aging population and the growing number of prostate cancer cases [2]. An in-depth analysis of insidence and mortality is necessary to identify more vulnerable groups on society, which may have more difficult access to health services and are at higher risk of dying from prostate cancer, in order to know which parts of the populiation should be targeted to reduce mortality from prostate cancer. Purpose: To analyse the risk of prostate cancer incidence and mortality among different educational groups. Tasks: 1. To calculate incidence in different educational groups and indentify the risk of prostate cancer among different educational groups. 2. To calculate mortality in different educational groups and determine the risk of death from prostate cancer among different educational groups. 3. To determine the risk of prostate cancer and the mortality risk resulting from it among different educational groups in combination with the place of birth and marital status. Methods: Data from the Lithuanian Cancer Registry were analyzed to calculate the risk of insidence and mortality. Icidence rate as the number of new cases per during the period of observation. IRR and MRR for each level of education were estimated by means of multivariante Poisson regression models. Results: The highest incidence betwen 2001 m. and 2005 m. was among the primary (24.5 cases per 100,000), secondary (11 cases per 100,000) and higher (14.2 cases per 100,000) education groups. 2005 illiterate men are at the highest risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer, witg a risk 16.37 (95% CI 14.41; 18.60) times higher than men with higher education. It has been determined that men born in rural areas and illiterate have a 270.99 (95% CI 163.37; 449.50) times higher likelihood of dying from prostate cancer than those men who are married and have higher education. Conclusions: Illiterate men have a higher risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer than men with higher education. The highest mortality from prostate cancer was observed among men with primary education. Keywords: Prostate cancer, insidende from prostate cancer , mortality from prostate cancer, education and prostate cancer. |
