This study aims to define comparability of 2016 statistics between Global Health Estimates (GHE) and Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) registries for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and mortality of the 25 most frequent worldwide malignancies. An excellent correlation can be found between the two registries for both cancer DALYs (r = 0.988) and mortality (r = 0.993). Cancer-related DALYs are substantially equivalent (mean bias, -1.9%; P = 0.603), while cancer mortality is modestly but significantly overestimated in GDHx (mean bias, 9.1%; P = 0.004). These results suggest that cancer DALYs estimate appear almost overlapping between GHE and GHDx registries, while cancer mortality is slightly overestimated in GDHx.
Cancer statistics: a comparison between World Health Organization (WHO) and Global Burden of Disease (GBD)
Mattiuzzi, Camilla;Lippi, Giuseppe
2020-01-01
Abstract
This study aims to define comparability of 2016 statistics between Global Health Estimates (GHE) and Global Health Data Exchange (GHDx) registries for disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) and mortality of the 25 most frequent worldwide malignancies. An excellent correlation can be found between the two registries for both cancer DALYs (r = 0.988) and mortality (r = 0.993). Cancer-related DALYs are substantially equivalent (mean bias, -1.9%; P = 0.603), while cancer mortality is modestly but significantly overestimated in GDHx (mean bias, 9.1%; P = 0.004). These results suggest that cancer DALYs estimate appear almost overlapping between GHE and GHDx registries, while cancer mortality is slightly overestimated in GDHx.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.