TY - JOUR
T1 - Lung cancer mortality decline among middle-aged men and women in Poland and the UK
AU - Zatoński, Witold A.
AU - Tukiendorf, Andrzej
AU - Zatoński, Mateusz
AU - Janik-Koncewicz, Kinga
AU - Marciniak, Arlen
AU - Wijatkowska, Katarzyna
PY - 2017/12/30
Y1 - 2017/12/30
N2 - In the early 1990s Poland was the country with the highest levels of lung cancer in Europe, especially among men. According to an analysis published in the Lancet in May 2017 (GBD-2015-1), in the years 1990-2015 Poland had one of the fastest smoking prevalence declines in Europe. This was accompanied by a steady lung cancer decline, also one of the fastest in Europe, that began among men in 1990, and among women in 2005. This article analyses the pace of decline in lung cancer mortality in middle-aged (35-54-year-old) men and women in Poland and the UK. If current trends continue in both countries, optimal conditions for the eradication of lung cancer in both countries could be achieved in the years 2020-2030.
AB - In the early 1990s Poland was the country with the highest levels of lung cancer in Europe, especially among men. According to an analysis published in the Lancet in May 2017 (GBD-2015-1), in the years 1990-2015 Poland had one of the fastest smoking prevalence declines in Europe. This was accompanied by a steady lung cancer decline, also one of the fastest in Europe, that began among men in 1990, and among women in 2005. This article analyses the pace of decline in lung cancer mortality in middle-aged (35-54-year-old) men and women in Poland and the UK. If current trends continue in both countries, optimal conditions for the eradication of lung cancer in both countries could be achieved in the years 2020-2030.
U2 - 10.5114/jhi.2017.74201
DO - 10.5114/jhi.2017.74201
M3 - Article
SN - 2450-5927
VL - 3
SP - 123
EP - 126
JO - Journal of Health Inequalities
JF - Journal of Health Inequalities
IS - 2
ER -