Lung cancer mortality decline among middle-aged men and women in Poland and the UK

Witold Zatoński; Andrzej Tukiendorf; Mateusz Zatoński; Kinga Janik-Koncewicz; Arlen Marciniak; Katarzyna Wijatkowska

doi:10.5114/jhi.2017.74201

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Lung cancer mortality decline among middle-aged men and women in Poland and the UK

Witold A. Zatoński

^{1, 2}

,

Andrzej Tukiendorf

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,

Mateusz Zatoński

¹

,

Kinga Janik-Koncewicz

¹

,

Arlen Marciniak

¹

,

Katarzyna Wijatkowska

¹

Health Promotion Foundation, Nadarzyn, Poland
Medical University, Wrocław, Poland

J Health Inequal 2017; 3 (2): 123-126

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/jhi.2017.74201

Online publish date: 2017/12/30

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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.

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lung cancer, mortality, middle-aged men and women, Poland, UK

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Lung cancer mortality decline among middle-aged men and women in Poland and the UK

Witold A. Zatoński 1, 2 , Andrzej Tukiendorf 1 , Mateusz Zatoński 1 , Kinga Janik-Koncewicz 1 , Arlen Marciniak 1 , Katarzyna Wijatkowska 1

lung cancer, mortality, middle-aged men and women, Poland, UK

Witold A. Zatoński

^{1, 2}

,

Andrzej Tukiendorf

¹

,

Mateusz Zatoński

¹

,

Kinga Janik-Koncewicz

¹

,

Arlen Marciniak

¹

,

Katarzyna Wijatkowska

¹