Abstract 59: Brazilian Epidemiological Profile of Deaths from Pancreatic Cancer: A 10-Year Retrospective

Abstract Purpose: Describe the epidemiological profile of deaths from pancreatic cancer in Brazil between 2013 and 2023. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological study was conducted using secondary data from the DATASUS platform provided by the Brazilian Ministry of Health. The data refer to the Brazilian population from 2013 to 2023. The variables analyzed were the number of hospitalizations, sex, age group, and ethnicity of these patients. Results: Between 2013 and 2023, a total of 117,289 deaths from pancreatic cancer were recorded in Brazil. Of these occurrences, 49.62% were men and 50.38% were women. Regarding age group, the deaths were distributed as follows: 0.06% in the 0 to 19 age group, 0.24% between 20 and 29 years old, 1.24% between 30 and 39 years old, 5.20% between 40 and 49 years old, 15.73% between 50 and 59 years old, 27.45% between 60 and 69 years old, 28.28% between 70 and 79 years old and 21.80% in people over 80 years old. Regarding ethnicity, 63.01% of patients were self-declared white, 6.97% black, 28.92% brown, 1% yellow and 0.1% indigenous. Conclusion: Notably, the prevalence of deaths related to pancreatic cancer in Brazil is associated with women, people between 70 and 79 years old, and white people. Globally, pancreatic cancer is described as more frequent in men, with an incidence of 5.5 per 100,000 people, while in women it occurs in 4.0 per 100,000 people. In this case, although the Brazilian rates are very similar, the opposite phenomenon is observed, in which there is a higher prevalence of female deaths, disregarding a trend about sex. Regarding age, it is described in the literature that most cases are diagnosed after the age of 70, which is in agreement with the findings since 93.26% of the deaths presented occurred in adults and elderly people. Finally, the ethnicity percentages are aligned with the 2020 census conducted by the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), which reports that the majority of the population self- identifies as white, followed by brown and black. Based on this analysis, it is possible to construct an epidemiological profile of deaths from pancreatic cancer in Brazil, which is essential for health services to pay more attention to the types of patients with the highest prevalence, investing in more effective monitoring and treatment to prevent this outcome from occurring early. Citation Format: Rafaela C. Pires, Ana Lúcia S. Rosson, Gabriela G. Dal Alba, Jéssica M. Bohnenberger, Júlia Dorcinio, Luiza N. Candanedo, Mariana S. Afonso, Yasmin M. Loureiro. Brazilian Epidemiological Profile of Deaths from Pancreatic Cancer: A 10-Year Retrospective [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 13th Annual Symposium on Global Cancer Research; 2025 Sep 16. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2025;34(12_Suppl):Abstract nr 59.