AIMS: To update @entity5 mortality statistics in Italy, analyzing 1980-2010 trends, and to predict 2015 mortality rates. METHODS: World Health Organization @entity5 mortality and census data were extracted to calculate @entity204 rates for 30 @entity5 sites from 1980 to 2010. Trends were analyzed with joinpoint regression and predicted 2015 @entity204 rates were computed. RESULTS: In 2010 in Italy, there were 175,046 @entity5 @entity204 (98,847 @entity1 and 76,199 @entity1 ), with total mortality rates, respectively, of 138.22 and 82.6/100,000. The leading cause of @entity5 in @entity1 was @entity2 (25,457 @entity204 , 36.2/100,000), whereas in @entity1 it was @entity0 (12,115 @entity204 , 15.38/100,000). @entity5 mortality in @entity1 has been decreasing since the late 1980s, with an estimated annual percentage change (EAPC) of -1.8 in 1994-2010. In @entity1 , @entity5 mortality rates decreased throughout the study period, with an EAPC of -1.1 in 1992-2010. Trends in mortality were decreasing for most @entity5 in both sexes. Only @entity788 trends in @entity1 were unfavorable. Total numbers of predicted @entity5 @entity204 in Italy for 2015 increased to 102,647 @entity1 and 82,047 @entity1 ; however, the predicted rates decreased in @entity1 (129.1/100,000), while remaining stable in @entity1 (82.6/100,000). CONCLUSIONS: Mortality rates for the most common @entity5 in Italy showed favorable trends that are likely to continue in the near future, with the exception of @entity2 mortality in @entity1 . Maintaining these trends requires continuous and improved control of @entity286 , @entity285 , and nutrition/overweight. Further improvements in diagnosis and treatment may also have a significant impact on @entity5 mortality.

XXXX mortality trend analysis in Italy, 1980-2010, and predictions for 2015.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'men'] @entity286 :: ('4097', 'Species') :: ['tobacco'] @entity788 :: ('MESH:D010190', 'Disease') :: ['pancreatic and lung cancer'] @entity0 :: ('MESH:D001943', 'Disease') :: ['breast cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['Total cancer', 'total cancer', 'cancer death', 'cancers', 'cancer'] @entity2 :: ('MESH:D008175', 'Disease') :: ['lung cancer'] @entity285 :: ('D000431', 'Chemical') :: ['alcohol'] @entity204 :: ('MESH:D003643', 'Disease') :: ['deaths', 'death']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['Cancer']
