OBJECTIVE:
Describing the demographic and epidemiological aspects of mortality from cancer of the penis.
METHODS:
A cross-sectional study consisting of 183 deaths registered in a public information system on mortality that had penile cancer as the primary cause of mortality. It was used descriptive statistics and the mortality rate was calculated.
RESULTS:
The mean coefficient of mortality was 0.45/100,000 that is an increase of 19.04%. The demographic data revealed a higher prevalence in men aged 60 years or older (50.8%), brown (54.1%), married (47.6%), retired (24%) and residents of the metropolitan region (44.8%).
CONCLUSION:
The demographic and epidemiological aspects revealed increase of mortality rates from cancer in the penis.
Penile neoplasms/mortality; Penile neoplasms/epidemiology; Information systems; Vital statistics; Nursing in public health care; Nursing in oncology