Epidemiological characteristics of mortality of cervix in Lara state during the period 2000 - 2010

Abstract

The aim of the present study is to determine the epidemiological characteristics of mortality related to in Lara State during the period 2000-2010; through a retrospective longitudinal descriptive investigation. We checked the mortality information of Regional Epidemiology of the MPPS. We studied 823 deaths corresponding to the code C53 of ICD-10. The deaths by cervical cancer represented 1% of the total amount of deaths by all the causes during the studied period. 98.7% was due to not specified uterine neck malignant tumor; the 65 years group and even more has high risk of dying because of this cause with a rate of 59,34 per 10⁵ hab., the 55-64 years group was the next (32,59 per 10⁵ hab.). The areas with high mortality risk are Iribarren and Urdaneta municipalities (rate of 100,22 per 10⁵ hab. and 112,25 per 10⁵ hab. respectively). 36,8 % of deaths which took place at Iribarren municipality belong to the Juan de Villegas area. The biggest risk of dying occurred during 2005 and 2008 (rates of 12.26 per 10⁵ hab. and 10.02 per 10⁵ hab. respectively). We demonstrate due to this fact 2.690 PYLL get lost. This study will be important to other investigations; it is going to contribute information to the sector health to facilitate the capture of decisions in the control and prevention of the cervical cancer.