Trushdeep Agrawal, physician and cancer research collaborator in India, shared on LinkedIn:
“Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung Cancer in India, 1990 vs 2023: Sex Specific Trends and Changing Disparities in GBD 2023
In my recent work, I’ve analyzed the GBD dataset for lung cancer in India, directly comparing 1990 and 2023 with a special focus on sex-specific differences.
Here’s what I found:
- The absolute burden increased substantially between 1990 and 2023.
- Incidence increased by 288.08%, deaths by 290.54%, and DALYs by 264.46%.
- Age-standardized incidence, mortality, and DALY rates increased by 45.29%, 44.02%, and 41.91%, respectively.
- Although males had higher age-standardized rates in both years, females showed substantially greater relative increases in ASIR (+103.43% vs +34.21%), ASMR (+102.64% vs +32.72%), and ASDR (+93.10% vs +32.55%).
- The female-to-male ratio increased across all age-standardized measures, indicating a narrowing sex disparity.
The narrowing sex disparity highlights the need for sex-specific approaches to lung cancer prevention and screening in India.
This work is available as a preprint on SSRN.
Title: Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung Cancer in India, 1990 vs 2023: Sex Specific Trends and Changing Disparities in GBD 2023
Author: Trushdeep Agrawal
About the Study
The preprint, “Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung Cancer in India, 1990 vs 2023: Sex Specific Trends and Changing Disparities in GBD 2023,” was posted on SSRN on October 10, 2026. The analysis used Global Burden of Disease 2023 data to compare incidence, mortality and disability-adjusted life years in India between 1990 and 2023.
Title: Tracheal, Bronchus, and Lung Cancer in India, 1990 vs 2023: Sex Specific Trends and Changing Disparities in GBD 2023
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