An Epidemiological Study On Cervical Cancer In Middle And Old Age In Rural Areas Of Jiangxi Province

Background and ObjectiveCervical cancer is one of the most frequent malignant tumor in department of gynecology with incidence of 25% in all female cancer. Moreover, cervical cancer is one of the most frequent tumor in developing country. In our country, Jiangxi province is always a place that the morbility of cervical cancer is very high. Many studies about this disease were made in 1970's , but fewer research was done in recent twenty years. Female begins to be concerned about their health in countryside, with the development of society and economy and the raise of living and culture standard. Thus, it is necessary to research the risk factor of cervical cancer further. It is the first time to carry out a cohort study about prospective data of cervical cancer in rural areas in Jiangxi province .To study the risk factor and the influence factors of the prognosis of cervical cancer Could provide a scientific base for the prevention and treatment, epidemiology and etiology study of the disease . MethodsBetween June 1995 and December 2002 , 20050 female cases aged more than 40-year-old from four rural areas were studied . Data were analyzed with multifactor unconditional logistic regression and cox proportional hazard model. ResultDuring the study time, 1 146 cases died and 78 cases suffered with cervical cancer . 20004 cases were analyzed using unconditional logistic regression and Cox proportional hazard models. It shows that the relative risk (RR) for cervical cancer was significantly related to gynecological diseases,...