Abstract PO-181: Race, educational attainment and pancreatic cancer mortality among Latinos

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Abstract Background: Socioeconomic status, race, and educational attainment are known to impact outcomes of various cancers. Pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive types of cancer and accounts for a high number of deaths worldwide. This study aims to describe the mortality for pancreatic cancer by sex, race/skin color, and educational attainment in Brazil in the past decade. Methods: Descriptive ecological study, which evaluated the mortality rate for pancreatic cancer in the Brazilian National Health System from 2010-2019. The mortality rate was evaluated by sex, race/skin color, and educational attainment using the national database (DATASUS – Department of Informatics of the Unified Health System). The official classification of race/skin color in Brazil is composed of five categories: White, Brown [Pardo], Black, Yellow, and Indigenous. Results: During this time period, there was a total of 94024 deaths from pancreatic cancer in the Brazilian National Health System, of which 47295 (50.3%) were female. Regarding race/skin color; 58802 (62.5%) considered themselves white, 24845 (26.4%) brown, 5883 (6.3%) black, 954 (1%) others, and 3540 (3.8%) did not answer the question. Regarding educational attainment (n=76343); 9658 (12.7%) never had formal education, 41157 (53.9%) had >0 to 7 years, 15632 (20.4%) had 8 to 11 years, and 9896 (13%) had >12 years of educational attainment. Conclusions: The majority of patients who died from pancreatic cancer in our study were female, white, and had >0 to 7 years of educational attainment. However, these associations are still little analyzed worldwide and need more attention. Citation Format: Tulio L. Correa, Mariana S.T.C. Guelli. Race, educational attainment and pancreatic cancer mortality among Latinos [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the AACR Virtual Conference: 14th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2021 Oct 6-8. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022;31(1 Suppl):Abstract nr PO-181.