Abstract:
Objective To understand the death trend of malignant tumor in the elderly in China from 2010 to 2021, and provide evidence for the prevention of malignant tumor in China.
Methods Death data and population data of the elderly were collected from China Cause of Death Surveillance Dataset (2010−2021). The deaths of malignant tumor was described by crude mortality rate and standardized mortality rate, and the change trend was analyzed by Joinpoint regression analysis model.
Results The crude mortality rate of malignant tumor was 679.86/100 000, and the standardized mortality rate was 673.78/100000 in the elderly in China from 2010 to 2021. The standardized mortality rate showed a decreasing trend from 2015 to 2021 annual percent change (APC)=−2.54%, P=0.020. The crude mortality rate and standardized mortality rate were higher in men than in women (χ2=319 759.721, 317 584.837; all P<0.001). The crude mortality rate and standardized mortality rate were higher in urban area than in rural area (χ2=2 017.298, 3 770.360; all P<0.001). The crude mortality rate and standardized mortality rate were higher in eastern China than in central China (χ2=5 369.488, χ2=6 177.088; all P<0.001). The crude mortality rate and standardized mortality rate were higher in central China than in western China (χ2=4 310.508, χ2=4 462.661; all P<0.001). The top six causes of deaths were lung cancer, gastric cancer, liver cancer, esophageal cancer, colorectal cancer and pancreatic cancer. The crude mortality and standardized mortality of gastric cancer and esophageal cancer showed decreasing trends (AAPC=−4.16%, AAPC=−4.93% for gastric cancer; AAPC=−3.06%, AAPC=−4.31% for esophageal cancer, all P <0.05). The standardized mortality of liver cancer showed a decreasing trend (AAPC=−3.23%, P=0.002). The crude mortality of pancreatic cancer showed an increasing trend (AAPC=1.80%, P=0.027). The standardized mortality rate of cervical cancer increased at an average annual rate of 3.23% (P=0.036).
Conclusion In China, the groups at high-risk for malignant tumor death were mainly men, residents in urban area and in eastern China, to whom close attention needs to be paid.