Years of potential life lost due to breast and cervical cancer: a challenge for Brazilian public policy.

Background: The purpose of the article was to analyze the years of potential life lost (YPLL) of women who died from breast and cervical cancer in the State of Parana, Southern Brazil. This was a temporal trend study (2000 to 2010) about the coefficients of mortality and the years of potential life lost in women aged 20 to 70 years.

Materials And Methods: Data were obtained through the database of the Department of the Unified Health System (DATASUS) and the National Mortality Information System.

[Climacteric symptoms and nutritional status of women in post-menopause users and non-users of hormone therapy].

Purpose: To analyze the climacteric symptoms, nutritional status and distribution of abdominal fat in postmenopausal women using or not hormone therapy.

Methods: exploratory analytical study of the population survey type in the urban area of Maringa, Parana, conducted on 456 postmenopausal women aged 45 to 69 years. Data collection was based on the urbanized census sector (368) of the municipality, according to the Brazilian Demographic Census.

[Factors associated with lack of Pap smear screening in a group of postmenopausal Brazilian women].

This study aimed to analyze risk factors for lack of Pap smear screening among menopausal women. This population-based study evaluated 456 women 45-69 years of age (mean 58.7; SD 5.