Disability-Adjusted Life Years for Cancer in 2010–2014: A Regional Approach in Mexico

Efrén Murillo-Zamora, Oliver Mendoza-Cano, Mónica Ríos-Silva, Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña, Martha Alicia Higareda-Almaraz, Enrique Higareda-Almaraz and Agustin Lugo-Radillo
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Efrén Murillo-Zamora: Unidad de Medicina Familiar No. 19, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Av. Javier Mina 301, Col. Centro, Colima 28000, Colima, Mexico
Oliver Mendoza-Cano: Facultad de Ingeniería Civil, Universidad de Colima, Km. 9.0 Carretera Colima-Coquimatlán, Coquimatlán 28400, Colima, Mexico
Mónica Ríos-Silva: Profesora Investigadora Cátedras CONACyT-Universidad de Colima, Centro Universitario de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Colima 28040, Colima, Mexico
Ramón Alberto Sánchez-Piña: Center for Health and the Global Environment, Department of Environmental Health, Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health, 401 Park Drive, P.O. Box 15677, 4th Floor West, Suite 415, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Martha Alicia Higareda-Almaraz: Jefatura de Servicios de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Álvaro Obregón 184, Col. Centro, Colima 28000, Colima, Mexico
Enrique Higareda-Almaraz: Jefatura de Servicios de Prestaciones Médicas, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Álvaro Obregón 184, Col. Centro, Colima 28000, Colima, Mexico
Agustin Lugo-Radillo: CONACYT-Facultad de Medicina y Cirugía, Universidad Autónoma Benito Juárez de Oaxaca, Ex Hacienda de Aguilera S/N, Carretera a San Felipe del Agua, Oaxaca 68020, Oaxaca, Mexico

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 15, issue 5, 1-10

Abstract: The disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) were used to estimate the regional (state of Colima, Mexico) cancer burden in 2010–2014. The years of life lost (YLL) were estimated with mortality data and years lived with disability (YLD) using incidence data. The DALYs were calculated as the arithmetic addition of YLL and YLD. Sex and cancer site-specific estimations were made and DALY rates were used to identify the leading causes of disease burden. Data from 2532 deaths were analyzed and, for all malignant tumors combined, 18,712.9 DALYs and 20,243.3 DALYs were estimated in males and females respectively. The overall contribution of YLL in DALY estimates was higher among females (93.7% vs. 87.4%). Age-standardized DALY rates (and 95% confidence intervals, CI) per 100,000 inhabitants were used to rank the leading causes of disease burden and, among males, malignant tumors from the prostate, lower respiratory tract, and colon and rectum accounted the highest rates (45.7, 95% CI 32.7–59.3; 37.6, 95% CI 25.7–49.9; and 25.9, 95% CI 16.0–36.1 DALYs). Breast, cervix uteri, and lower respiratory tract cancer showed the highest burden in females (66.0, 95% CI 50.3–82.4; 44.4, 95% CI 31.5–57.7; and 20.9, 95% CI 12.0–30.0 DALYs). The present study provides an indication of the burden of cancer at the regional level, underscoring the need to expand cancer prevention, screening, and awareness programs, as well as to improve early diagnosis and medical treatment.

Keywords: neoplasms; burden of illness; YLL; YLD; DALYs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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