Alexandra Secreti Prevedello

Cervical cancer mortality: descriptive study and time series analysis, Mato Grosso, 2013-2022

Abstract Objective To analyze the temporal trend and sociodemographic profile of cervical cancer mortality in the state of Mato Grosso between 2013-2022. Methods Time series study, with data from the Mato Grosso Health Department. The age-adjusted mortality rate variation was calculated using Joinpoint software and sociodemographic variables were analyzed using the Chi-square test, through the SPSS Statistics. Results There were 1,071 deaths, with annual percentage change and mean annual percentage variation of -0.81 (95% confidence interval [95%CI -3.30; 1.81] p-value 0.516). The highest number of deaths occurred among women over 64 years of age (32.8%), with incomplete basic education (62.0%), light black skin (62.8%), single (32.3%), working in paid jobs (52.5%), residing in the Central-West/Northwest macro-region (53.9%), who received medical assistance (75.7%) and underwent medical tests (36.8%). Conclusion In Mato Grosso, cervical cancer mortality presented a stationary trend in the time series. Deaths predominated among women over 64 years old and residing in the Central-West/Northwest macro-region.