Epidemiology of pancreatic cancer : a global approach

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Pancreatic cancer mortality rates have been increasing in high-income countries between the 1950's and the 1980's, and have leveled off or declined thereafter, particularly in men. To provide a global overview of recent pancreatic cancer mortality, we analyzed official death certification data derived from the World Health Organization for 35 European countries and 19 other countries over the period 1980-2007. In 2007, the highest mortality rates from pancreatic cancer were in the Baltic countries, and some central/eastern and northern European countries (over 9.5/100,000 men and 6/100,000 women), while the lowest ones were in Latin America and Hong Kong (below 5/100,000 men and 3/100,000 women). Japan, the USA, Russia and the European Union (EU), as well as the largest countries in the EU, had rates 7-9/100,000 men and 5-6/100,000 women. In the early 2000's, rates have been approximately stable in many European countries, as in the USA, Japan and Australia. In Nordic countries and the

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