An Analysis of Cancer Mortality from 1990 to 2002 in Zhejiang Province

To explore the characteristics of cancer mortality in Zhejiang province and to provido imformation for cancer prevention and control.Using the death data from Zhejiang Provincial Death Registration System,we compared mortalities of malignancies by age,gender and areas,and analyzed the trends of mortalities of malignancies by calculating the standarized mortality rates in 1990 to 1992 and in 2000 to 2002 respectively.Cancer was the leading cause of death in Zhejiang wherever in urban or rural areas.From 1990 to 2002, the cancer mortality was 31.85 per 100000.The leading cause of death due to malignancy was lung,liver and stomach cancer in urban area, and stomach, lung, liver cancer in rural area.Comparing with the period from 1990 to 1992, the mortality in male and female from 2000 to 2002 increased slightly(5.44%,3.75%)in urban area,and increased remarkably(17.55%,18.06%)in rural area.The mortality rate of lung cancer in female increased more than over 36% in both urban and rural areas.[Conclusion]Stomach,liver and lung cancer are the main causes of death due to malignancy in Zhejiang Poavince.And the prevention and control should be strengthened not only in urban area,but also in rural area.The further research should be conducted especially on risk factors of female lung cancer.