Comparative analysis of statistical indicators of cervical cancer and their relations to the income of the population in the Arctic Zone of Russia in 2016-2022

Abstract

Taking into account the values of the cervical cancer (СС) statistics in the period 2016-2022 selected for the study – age-standardized incidence and mortality per 100 thousand population, deaths in the first year from the date of diagnosis and the relative quantity of patients registered alive with clinics for 5 years or more, the situation with СС in the State Entities of the Arctic zone of Russia (SE AZRF), with the exception of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, tends to continue to deteriorate, especially compared to the all-Russian. The growth of the standard of living in Russia and SE AZRF, estimated by the values of per capita monetary income and its ratio to the subsistence minimum, did not show an association with the CC incidence and, unlike Russia as a whole, in SE AZRF is not associated with a significant decrease in CC mortality. The indicators of the standard of living in the in six out of nine SE AZRF are positively correlated with the relative quantity of patients registered alive with clinics for 5 years or more. But in three SE AZRF, no association was found between CC indicators and the standard of living. Thus, at the current time, the population living in the TE AZRF continues to be in dire need of increasing the effectiveness of the healthcare system to fight against CC.