Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study
ObjectivesTo examine cancer mortality rates in Colombia by ethnic groups (Indigenous, Rom, Raizal, Afro-Colombian, and Mestizo) and assess trends from 2011 to 2022.MethodsNational vital statistics from death certificates and the Colombian census data were used. Crude and direct age-standardized mort...
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| author | Maria Camila Urrea Suescun Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio Amr S. Soliman |
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| description | ObjectivesTo examine cancer mortality rates in Colombia by ethnic groups (Indigenous, Rom, Raizal, Afro-Colombian, and Mestizo) and assess trends from 2011 to 2022.MethodsNational vital statistics from death certificates and the Colombian census data were used. Crude and direct age-standardized mortality rates were determined by ethnicity for the study period, by year, sex, and cancer type and Joinpoint analysis was conducted to examine trends.ResultsAge-standardized cancer mortality of Mestizos (60.1 per 100,000 population) was lower than in Rom and Raizales (557.3 and 77.7 per 100,000), and higher than for Afro-Colombians and Indigenous (37.2 and 20.0 per 100,000). Indigenous people in Colombia had greater proportions of individuals under 45 dying of cancer than Mestizos (18.7% vs. 9.7%, p-value = <0.01). Compared to the Mestizo population, Raizales and Afro-Colombians experienced disproportionately higher age-standardized mortality rates due to prostate cancer (26.6/100,000 and 8.6/100,000 vs. 8.1/100,000), and for Raizales and Rom breast cancer (14.0/100,000 and 103.2/100,000 vs. 9.1/100,000).ConclusionThe disparities in cancer mortality in ethnic minorities in Colombia call for investigating cancer etiology and access to care among the Rom and the Raizal populations. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b0fc72a130d94e0abdacacfe2a99196a2025-02-03T04:11:13ZengFrontiers Media S.A.International Journal of Public Health1661-85642025-02-017010.3389/ijph.2025.16079751607975Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based StudyMaria Camila Urrea Suescun0Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio1Amr S. Soliman2Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, NY, United StatesEpidemiology Group, School of Public Health, Universidad de Antioquia UdeA, Medellín, ColombiaDepartment of Community Health and Social Medicine, City University of New York School of Medicine, New York, NY, United StatesObjectivesTo examine cancer mortality rates in Colombia by ethnic groups (Indigenous, Rom, Raizal, Afro-Colombian, and Mestizo) and assess trends from 2011 to 2022.MethodsNational vital statistics from death certificates and the Colombian census data were used. Crude and direct age-standardized mortality rates were determined by ethnicity for the study period, by year, sex, and cancer type and Joinpoint analysis was conducted to examine trends.ResultsAge-standardized cancer mortality of Mestizos (60.1 per 100,000 population) was lower than in Rom and Raizales (557.3 and 77.7 per 100,000), and higher than for Afro-Colombians and Indigenous (37.2 and 20.0 per 100,000). Indigenous people in Colombia had greater proportions of individuals under 45 dying of cancer than Mestizos (18.7% vs. 9.7%, p-value = <0.01). Compared to the Mestizo population, Raizales and Afro-Colombians experienced disproportionately higher age-standardized mortality rates due to prostate cancer (26.6/100,000 and 8.6/100,000 vs. 8.1/100,000), and for Raizales and Rom breast cancer (14.0/100,000 and 103.2/100,000 vs. 9.1/100,000).ConclusionThe disparities in cancer mortality in ethnic minorities in Colombia call for investigating cancer etiology and access to care among the Rom and the Raizal populations.https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607975/fullafro-descendantscancer mortalityColombiaethnic minorityindigenous people |
| spellingShingle | Maria Camila Urrea Suescun Isabel C. Garcés-Palacio Amr S. Soliman Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study International Journal of Public Health afro-descendants cancer mortality Colombia ethnic minority indigenous people |
| title | Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study |
| title_full | Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study |
| title_fullStr | Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study |
| title_short | Cancer Mortality by Ethnicity in Colombia Between 2011 and 2022: A Population-Based Study |
| title_sort | cancer mortality by ethnicity in colombia between 2011 and 2022 a population based study |
| topic | afro-descendants cancer mortality Colombia ethnic minority indigenous people |
| url | https://www.ssph-journal.org/articles/10.3389/ijph.2025.1607975/full |
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