Cent Eur J Public Health 2017, 25(3):177-184 | DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a4360

The Czech Republic and Slovakia in Terms of Mortality from Malignant Neoplasms: Similar or Opposite Tendencies?

Klára Hulíková Tesárková ORCID...
Department of Demography and Geodemography, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

In Europe, a steady mortality decline has been observed from the 1950s, however, Central and Eastern Europe underwent a period of stagnation or even worsening from the 1960s to 1980s. Since that time an evident mortality decline could be observed in that part of Europe too. Within the post-communist countries, mortality development has been most favourable in Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The aim of this study is to describe the latest development of cancer mortality in two selected countries - the Czech Republic and Slovakia. These two countries have much in common, including many similar long term trends in demographic or social indicators' development. The study evaluates whether cancer mortality development differs in the two countries or rather follows a similar trend. From the presented results it is clear that the development apparently differs namely according to sex. The results according to selected particular causes of death (from the group of malignant neoplasms) are presented as well. It could be assumed that many aspects could be improved by prevention programmes or screening.

Keywords: cancer, mortality, Czech Republic, Slovakia, sex, decomposition

Received: March 28, 2015; Revised: July 31, 2017; Published: October 10, 2017  Show citation

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Hulíková Tesárková K. The Czech Republic and Slovakia in Terms of Mortality from Malignant Neoplasms: Similar or Opposite Tendencies? Cent Eur J Public Health. 2017;25(3):177-184. doi: 10.21101/cejph.a4360. PubMed PMID: 29022675.
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