Analysis of Cancer Mortality 2000-2009 in Tianjin Tanggu

Objective To understand distribution and trends of Cancer mortality during year 2000 to 2009 in Tanggu of Tianjin. Methods Cancer mortality information derived from the annual report of death cause during ten years in Tanggu CDC was collected and analyzed for the mortality, the standardized mortality, the constitute of death causes and the ranks of the death causes. Results During 2000-2009 in Tanggu, the average mortality rate was 153.34/100 000, the standardized mortality rate was 107.45/100 000. The crude death rate of male was as 1.26 times as the female’s, the difference was statistically significant (χ2=93.83, P0.01). The top five of the malignant tumors were lung cancer, liver cancer, stomach cancer, colon cancer, esophageal cancer, accounting for 72.70% of all malignant cancer deaths. Colorectal cancer mortality rates significantly increased to 40.91% in male and 65.10% in female during this decade. The death rate of lung cancer had been ranking the first and the average mortality rate was 59.00/100 000 and was 38.48% of the total cancer death. Conclusion During the decade of 2000 to 2009, the death of malignant cancer was always the first death cause of Tanggu’s residents; the cancer death rate was higher in male than in female. Lung cancer death ranked the first and colorectal cancer mortality rates increased obviously.