Using data from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021, the investigators analyzed age-standardized incidence, mortality, and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis in adults aged ≥70 years across 204 countries and territories, stratified by sex, Socio-Demographic Index (SDI), health system performance, and region. The investigators calculated estimated annual percentage changes (EAPCs), applied age-period-cohort modelling, and used Bayesian models to project future burden. Attributable burdens for key risk factors were also estimated.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
723,415
Natural history of pancreatic diseases
Incidence
The number of new cases of a givencause during a given period in aspecified population. It is xpressed as the number of newcases in a year divided by the mid-year population size.
Time frame: 1990-2021
Deaths
Deaths occurring in a population during a certain time period.
Time frame: 1990-2021
Disability-adjusted life years (DALYs)
The sum of years lost due to premature death (YLLs) and yearslived with disability (YLDs). DALYs are also defined as years of healthy life lost.
Time frame: 1990-2021
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