Trends in cancer mortality in Colombia, 1979-2019

To estimate and analyze cancer mortality trends in Colombia, 1979–2019. Ecological study of cancer mortality trends in Colombia. We obtained individual and anonymized records from death certificates gathered by the Colombian statistics bureau. Crude and age-standardized mortality rates (AMR) were calculated expressed in deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. For the adjustment of mortality rates by age, the direct method was used. The trend in mortality rates by sex and age was modeled using Joinpoint regression analysis. Annual percent change (APC) and the estimated. Between 1979-2019, 1,194,207 of cancer deaths occurred in Colombia (annual average: 29,127 deaths), 51.6% were in women (p