Neda Mahdavifar|Mahshid Ghoncheh|Abdollah Mohammadian-Hafshejani|Bahman Khosravi|Hamid Salehiniya
Epidemiology and Inequality in the Incidence and Mortality of Nasopharynx Cancer in Asia
Zahedan University of Medical Sciences|Hamedan University of Medical Sciences|Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Zabol University of Medical Sciences
one common head neck cancers nasopharynx cancer knowledge incidence mortality disease distribution terms geographical areas necessary study better planning therefore study conducted aim determining incidence mortality rates nasopharynx cancer relationship human development index hdi asia 2012the aim ecologic study assess correlation agespecific incidence rate asir agespecific mortality rate asmr hdi components include following life expectancy birth mean years schooling gross national income per capita data sir smr every asian country 2012 obtained global cancer project used correlation bivariate method assessment statistical significance assumed p 005 reported p values twosided statistical analyses performed using spss version 150 spss inca total 68272 cases males 7102 females 2897 sex ratio 245 40530 mortalities males 7163 females 2836 sex ratio 252 recorded asian countries 2012 five countries highest asir nasopharynx cancer malaysia singapore indonesia vietnam brunei five countries highest asmr indonesia vietnam singapore malaysia brunei correlation hdi asir 0097 p 0520 0105 men p 0488 0119 women p 0901 correlation hdi asmr 0102 p 0502 0072 men p 0633 0224 women p 0134nasopharynx cancer native southeast asia highest incidence mortality rates found malaysia singapore indonesia vietnam brunei significant relation found standardized incidence mortality rates nasopharynx cancer hdi components studies recommended southeast asian countries order find etiology cancer well diagnosis treatment