Trends in oral cancer mortality in Europe

摘要: Mortality from oral cancer has been rising appreciably in most European countries up to the late 1980s, essentially for men. To update trends cancer, death certification data and pharyngeal 27 were abstracted analysed WHO mortality database over period 1980-99. Oral men started decline since 1980s western countries, although some persisting upward registered Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal, or Scotland. Persisting rises observed central eastern Europe mid 1990s, reaching exceedingly high rates Hungary (20.2/100000 at all ages, 51.4 age 35-64), Slovakia, Slovenia, Russian Federation. Some levelling of such as Poland Czech Republic, was more recent calendar years. low, but moderately upwards women, mainly Europe. These should be interpreted terms patterns changes exposure alcohol tobacco, call urgent control these factors, well improved diagnosis management