Cigarette Smoking and Prostate Cancer Mortality in Four US States, 1999–2010

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Jones, Miranda R ; Joshu, Corinne E. ; Kanarek, Norma ; Navas-Acien, Ana ; Richardson, Kelly A. ; Platz, Elizabeth A.
• Description:
  Introduction ; In the United States, prostate cancer mortality rates have declined in recent decades. Cigarette smoking, a risk factor for prostate cancer death, has also declined. It is unknown whether declines in smoking prevalence produced detectable declines in prostate cancer mortality. We examined state prostate cancer mortality rates in relation to changes in cigarette smoking. ; Methods ; We studied men aged 35 years or older from California, Kentucky, Maryland, and Utah. Data on state smoking prevalence were obtained from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Mortality rates for prostate cancer and external causes (control condition) were obtained from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Wide-Ranging Online Data for Epidemiologic Research. The average annual percentage change from 1999 through 2010 was estimated using joinpoint analysis. ; Results ; From 1999 through 2010, smoking in California declined by 3.5% per year (−4.4% to −2.5%), and prostate cancer mortality rates declined by 2.5% per year (−2.9% to −2.2%). In Kentucky, smoking declined by 3.0% per year (−4.0% to −1.9%) and prostate cancer mortality rates declined by 3.5% per year (−4.3% to −2.7%). In Maryland, smoking declined by 3.0% per year (−7.0% to 1.2%), and prostate cancer mortality rates declined by 3.5% per year (−4.1% to −3.0%).In Utah, smoking declined by 3.5% per year (−5.6% to −1.3%) and prostate cancer mortality rates declined by 2.1% per year (−3.8% to −0.4%). No corresponding patterns were observed for external causes of death. ; Conclusion ; Declines in prostate cancer mortality rates appear to parallel declines in smoking prevalence at the population level. This study suggests that declines in prostate cancer mortality rates may be a beneficial effect of reduced smoking in the population.
• Subjects:
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prostatic Neoplasms/mortality
  • Smoking
• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 13.
• DOI:
  http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd13.150454
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  27079649
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4852753
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 CA006973/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; T32 CA009314/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States
• Corporate as Subject:
  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.) ; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S.)
• Place as Subject:
  California ; Kentucky ; Maryland ; Utah
• Volume:
  13
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/39721/cdc_39721_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 339.10 KB]
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
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