Hosein Rafiemanesh|Mojtaba Mehtarpour|Farah Khani|Sayed Mohammadali Hesami|Reza Shamlou|Farhad Towhidi|Hamid Salehiniya|Behnam Reza Makhsosi|Ali Moini
Epidemiology, incidence and mortality of lung cancer and their relationship with the development index in the world
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iranshahr University|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iranshahr University|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Imam Reza Hospital|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Zabol University of Medical Sciences|Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences|Tehran University of Medical Sciences|Iranshahr University|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Imam Reza Hospital|Zabol University of Medical Sciences|Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences|Imam Reza Hospital
background highest incidence lung cancer seen north america lowest incidence central africasocioeconomic factors inequality reflect regional disparities human developmentdue importance awareness incidence mortality lung cancer health programming possible role human development index hdi study done aim investigate epidemiology lung cancer world relationship hdimethods study conducted based data world data cancer world bank including hdi componentsdata agespecific incidence mortality rate asr every country 2012 getting global cancer projectto analyze data correlation tests incidence death rates hdi components employed significance level 005 using spss softwareresults lung cancer standardized incidence rate asir standardized mortality rate asmr equal 231 197 100000 people respectivelythe highest lowest values mortality incidence ratio mir lung cancer due continents division 093 071 eastern africa australia new zealand respectivelyunivariate analysis showed significant relationship p00001 asir asmr life expectancy birth mean years schoolingconclusions highest mir lung cancer medium human development countrieslinear regression analysis showed reverse significant relationship mir hdi