Cancer incidence and mortality in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China, 2016: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Backgrounds

Cancer is one of the main causes of death worldwide, seriously threatening human health and life expectancy. We aimed to analyze the cancer incidence and mortality rates during 2016 in Zhejiang Province, Southeast China.

Methods

Data were collected from 14 population-based cancer registries across Zhejiang Province of China. Cancer incidence and mortality rates stratified by sex and region were analyzed. The crude rate, age-standardized rate, age-specific and region-specific rate, and cumulative rate were calculated. The proportions of 10 common cancers in different groups and the incidence and mortality rates of the top five cancers in different age groups were also calculated. The Chinese national census of 2000 and the world Segi population was used for calcul

SUBMITTER: Wang YQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8382332 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature