Although cancer was the main cause of death in several countries in this period, a decreasing trend in mortality from all cancers was observed in most of them, which was not observed in Brazil, where mortality rates from all types of cancer remained unchanged.
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Cardiovascular and Cancer Death Rates in the Brazilian Population Aged 35 to 74 Years, 1996-2017.
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The comparison of the difference of the linear regression lines between men [y = 203.12 - 0.50 (R2 = 0.21; p = 0.099)] and women [y = 146.82 + 0.16 (R2 = 0.05; p = 0.276)] for all cancers was statistically significant (p = 0.011) showing declining trend for men and an increasing trend for women.